{"id":777014099,"date":"2024-03-19T08:55:09","date_gmt":"2024-03-19T11:55:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777014099"},"modified":"2026-04-22T11:54:04","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T14:54:04","slug":"citigroup-survey-finds-macau-premium-mass-wager-showing-strength-this-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/citigroup-survey-finds-macau-premium-mass-wager-showing-strength-this-month","title":{"rendered":"Citigroup survey finds Macau premium mass wager showing strength this month"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Citigroup analysts have reported a 73 per cent rise compared to last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Macau.-\u00a0<strong>Citigroup\u00a0<\/strong>has reported strong premium mass wagers in Macau in its monthly survey. Conducting the survey on a typical Friday in a month with no holiday period, it counted HK$10m (US$1.3m) in premium mass wagers, up 73 per cent when compared to last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> According to analysts\u00a0<strong>George Choi\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0<strong>Ryan Cheung<\/strong>, the number of premium mass players is up by 71 per cent at 482. The average wager per player stands at HK$20,817, slightly surpassing the figure in March 2023. <strong>Wynn Macau\u00a0<\/strong>was identified as market leader with 25 per cent of observed wagers, followed by\u00a0<strong>MGM China<\/strong> at 21 per cent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>See also:<\/strong>&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-expects-over-100000-daily-visitors-for-easter-holiday-period\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Macau expects over 100,000 daily visitors for Easter holiday period<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Citigroup analysts have reported a 73 per cent rise compared to last year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":21522,"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 have reported a substantial 73% year-on-year increase in premium mass wagers in Macau, based on their recent monthly survey. This growth is attributed to a 71% rise in premium mass players, with Wynn Macau and MGM China identified as key market leaders in this high-value gaming vertical. The data underscores robust recovery and strong performance within Macau's premium gaming segment.","focusai_entities":"Citigroup, Wynn Macau, MGM China, George Choi, Ryan Cheung","focusai_location":"Macau","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.7), operator_casino (1.0), marketing_crm (0.7), investor_analyst (1.0), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Premium Mass Sustainability","query":"What are the underlying drivers contributing to the sustained growth in Macau's premium mass segment, and how might evolving geopolitical or economic factors impact this trajectory?"},{"label":"Operator Market Share","query":"Beyond observed wagers, what are the specific strategic initiatives or competitive advantages enabling Wynn Macau and MGM China to secure leading market shares in the premium mass vertical?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[157,16338,158],"tags":[23906],"class_list":["post-777014099","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-news","category-east-asia-news","category-slider-home","tag-macau-casinos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777014099","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=777014099"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777014099\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777014102,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777014099\/revisions\/777014102"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21522"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777014099"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777014099"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777014099"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}