{"id":777011247,"date":"2023-11-20T09:24:46","date_gmt":"2023-11-20T12:24:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777011247"},"modified":"2026-04-22T15:26:25","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T18:26:25","slug":"macau-premium-mass-wager-per-player-up-37-in-november-analysts-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-premium-mass-wager-per-player-up-37-in-november-analysts-say","title":{"rendered":"Macau premium mass wager per player up 37% in November, analysts say"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Citigroup cites a figure of HK$22,251 per player.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Macau.- Analysts at Citigroup say that the average mass wager per player in Macau in November was  HK$22,251 (US$2,855). That&#8217;s a rise of <strong>37 per cent <\/strong>from 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/galaxy-entertainment-group-net-revenue-up-11-4-in-q3\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/galaxy-entertainment-group-net-revenue-up-11-4-in-q3\" target=\"_blank\">Galaxy Entertainment<\/a> had a 38 per cent market share and an average wager per player at HK$26,319. <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/sands-china-posts-net-revenue-of-us1-78bn-for-q3\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/sands-china-posts-net-revenue-of-us1-78bn-for-q3\" target=\"_blank\">Sands China<\/a> was second with circa 20 per cent market share in the premium mass segment. The Citigroup survey was conducted on Friday (November 17), coinciding with this year&#8217;s 70th Macau Grand Prix meeting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Citigroup&#8217;s analysts<strong>&nbsp;George Choi&nbsp;<\/strong>and<strong>&nbsp;Ryan Cheung<\/strong>, the amount of premium mass wagers observed in November was roughly HK$9.5m, an increase of about 9 per cent over the same month last year. According to the researchers, this equates to a 37 per cent increase in average wager compared to November of 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Citigroup&#8217;s Sunday memo, premium mass was sustained in November by concerts on Saturday and Sunday (November 18 and 19), two days after the survey. Galaxy Entertainment&#8217;s Galaxy Macau resort&#8217;s Galaxy Arena hosted mandopop group Teens in Times while Sands China&#8217;s The Londoner Macau hosted Irish pop group Westlife.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Citigroup cites a figure of HK$22,251 per player.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":21862,"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 reported Macau's average mass wager per player reached HK$22,251 in November, a 37% increase from 2019. Galaxy Entertainment led the premium mass segment with a 38% market share and a higher average wager, while Sands China held approximately 20%. Non-gaming events, such as concerts, were cited as key drivers for sustained premium mass activity.","focusai_entities":"Citigroup, Galaxy Entertainment, Sands China, George Choi, Ryan Cheung, Teens in Times, Westlife","focusai_location":"Macau","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.95), operator_casino (0.98), marketing_crm (0.75), investor_analyst (0.97), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Premium Mass GGR Impact?","query":"What is the projected impact of non-gaming entertainment events, such as concerts and the Macau Grand Prix, on Macau's premium mass GGR for Q4 and the subsequent fiscal year?"},{"label":"Operator Strategy Comparison?","query":"What specific operational or marketing strategies did Galaxy Entertainment employ to achieve a higher average wager per player compared to Sands China within the premium mass segment in November?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16338,163],"tags":[23906],"class_list":["post-777011247","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-east-asia-news","category-finance-news","tag-macau-casinos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777011247","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=777011247"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777011247\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777040934,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777011247\/revisions\/777040934"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21862"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777011247"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777011247"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777011247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}