{"id":777007373,"date":"2023-07-18T07:15:11","date_gmt":"2023-07-18T10:15:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777007373"},"modified":"2026-04-22T19:57:35","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T22:57:35","slug":"new-gaming-room-at-raffles-at-galaxy-macau-sees-strong-start","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/new-gaming-room-at-raffles-at-galaxy-macau-sees-strong-start","title":{"rendered":"New gaming room at Raffles at Galaxy Macau sees strong start"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The new premium mass room beat other venues on July 14.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Macau.- Horizon, the new gaming room at <strong>the Raffles at Galaxy Macau hotel <\/strong>tower, has got off to a strong start, according to Citigroup. The group&#8217;s monthly gaming table survey at Macau casinos found 56 players cites <strong>56 players <\/strong>collectively wagering HK$1.5m (US$192,000) on July 14. That was the highest total at a single premium mass room on that day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Analysts said players were seen betting more than six times the average minimum bet. The gaming room has 63 baccarat tables, all operational and staffed by dealers during the table survey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Citigroup&#8217;s analysts,\u00a0<strong>George Choi<\/strong>\u00a0and<strong>\u00a0Ryan Cheung<\/strong>, said the development has contributed to a month-on-month rise in the average wager per player to approximately 52 per cent higher than July 2019 figures.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The\u00a0<strong>Raffles at Galaxy Macau Hotel\u00a0<\/strong>will see a soft opening on August 16. The opening was delayed from April due to the labour shortage. The 450-suite hotel tower, part of Galaxy Entertainment Group\u2019s\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/galaxy-macau-phase-iii-could-open-by-the-end-of-this-year\" target=\"_blank\">phase III project<\/a>, won\u2019t have an\u00a0<strong>official opening until the end of 2023<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>See also:&nbsp;<\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-gaming-market-to-double-in-size-in-next-decade-analysts-say\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Macau gaming market to double in size in next decade, analysts say<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The new premium mass room beat other venues on July 14.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":15350,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Citigroup analysts report a robust initial performance for Horizon, the new premium mass gaming room at Raffles at Galaxy Macau, with significant wagering activity and high average wagers per player. This strong start, despite hotel soft opening delays due to labor shortages, indicates positive momentum for Galaxy Entertainment Group's Phase III expansion. The room's early success suggests a strong rebound in the premium mass segment, exceeding pre-pandemic wagering levels.","focusai_entities":"Citigroup, Horizon, Raffles at Galaxy Macau, Galaxy Macau, George Choi, Ryan Cheung, Galaxy Entertainment Group","focusai_location":"Macau","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.7), operator_casino (0.95), marketing_crm (0.75), investor_analyst (0.98), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.85)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"GGR Contribution Forecast","query":"What is Citigroup's revised GGR contribution forecast for Galaxy Entertainment Group's Phase III, specifically factoring in the Horizon room's premium mass performance and the delayed full hotel opening?"},{"label":"Premium Mass Strategy","query":"How does the initial performance of Horizon's premium mass segment influence Galaxy Entertainment Group's broader strategy for high-roller and premium player acquisition and retention across its Macau portfolio?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[157,16338],"tags":[23959],"class_list":["post-777007373","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-news","category-east-asia-news","tag-galaxy-entertainment-group"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777007373","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/176"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777007373"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777007373\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777007384,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777007373\/revisions\/777007384"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15350"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777007373"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777007373"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777007373"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}