{"id":777010017,"date":"2023-10-10T07:11:43","date_gmt":"2023-10-10T10:11:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777010017"},"modified":"2026-04-22T17:19:57","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T20:19:57","slug":"macaus-golden-week-average-wager-rises-94","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macaus-golden-week-average-wager-rises-94","title":{"rendered":"Macau&#8217;s Golden Week: average wager rises 94%"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>That&#8217;s according to a Citigroup survey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Macau.- A Citigroup survey has estiimated that average wager per player during\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-sees-record-visitor-numbers-during-october-golden-week\" target=\"_blank\">the recent October Golden Week<\/a> rose by 94 per cent compared to 2019. Analysts<strong> George Choi <\/strong>and <strong>Ryan Cheung<\/strong> conducted a site visit on October 5 and counted wagers of HKD15.1m (US$1.93m).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Analysts said  <strong>the figure was 3 per cent lower<\/strong> than the all-time high average for the six years the survey has been conducted, which was HKD15.5m. The survey identified<strong> a record 33 high rollers<\/strong>, or &#8216;blue whales,&#8217; betting HKD100,000 or more per hand. This surpassed the previous record of 27 in February 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The quality of high rollers was said to thave improved, with an average wager of HKD191,364 among the 33 whales up by HKD33,625 compared to 2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>That&#8217;s according to a Citigroup survey.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":25238,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"A Citigroup survey indicates a significant rebound in Macau's high-roller segment during the recent October Golden Week, with average wager per player up 94% compared to 2019. The survey identified a record 33 'blue whales' betting HKD100,000 or more per hand, surpassing pre-pandemic levels and demonstrating an improved quality of VIP play.","focusai_entities":"Citigroup, George Choi, Ryan Cheung","focusai_location":"Macau","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), operator_casino (1.0), marketing_crm (0.75), investor_analyst (1.0), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"VIP Segment Sustainability?","query":"What are the long-term projections for Macau's VIP segment growth, and how might evolving regulatory frameworks impact its sustainability and operator profitability?"},{"label":"Capital Allocation Strategy?","query":"Given the improved quality of high-roller play, how should integrated resort operators adjust their capital allocation towards VIP amenities, marketing, and operational infrastructure?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[157,16338],"tags":[23906],"class_list":["post-777010017","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-news","category-east-asia-news","tag-macau-casinos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777010017","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=777010017"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777010017\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777041178,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777010017\/revisions\/777041178"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25238"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777010017"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777010017"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777010017"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}