{"id":777029162,"date":"2025-07-17T08:39:14","date_gmt":"2025-07-17T11:39:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777029162"},"modified":"2026-04-21T20:54:36","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T23:54:36","slug":"macau-vip-baccarat-revenue-up-22-7-in-q2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-vip-baccarat-revenue-up-22-7-in-q2","title":{"rendered":"Macau VIP baccarat revenue up 22.7% in Q2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Macau\u2019s VIP baccarat revenue was MOP16.33bn (US$2.02bn).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Macau.- The <strong>Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ)<\/strong> has reported that <strong>VIP baccarat<\/strong> gaming revenue was up 13 per cent quarter-on-quarter in the second quarter of the year at MOP16.33bn (US$2.02bn). In year-on-year terms, the figure was up 22.7 per cent.\u00a0VIP baccarat accounted for 26.7 per cent of all GGR in the quarter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Mass-market revenue<\/strong> accounted for 73.3 per cent of the MOP61.1bn (US$7.58bn) aggregate GGR. Non-VIP Baccarat play revenue reached MOP35.58bn (US$4.4bn), up 2.7 per cent yearly and 3.67 per cent sequentially. Slot machines revenue reached MOP3.51bn\u00a0(US$434m), up by 7.33 per cent quarter-to-quarter and 9.4 per cent yearly. Meanwhile, Live Multi Game revenue came in at MOP1.26bn (US$155.8m), rising by 4 per cent sequentially and 10.88 per cent yearly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last month, the Macau government lowered its gross gaming revenue (GGR) forecast for this year <a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-government-lowers-ggr-forecast-for-2025\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-government-lowers-ggr-forecast-for-2025\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">by 5 per cent<\/a>, from&nbsp;MOP240bn (US$29.8bn)&nbsp;to MOP228bn (US$28.3bn).&nbsp;<strong>Andr\u00e9 Cheong Weng Chon<\/strong>, the city\u2019s secretary for administration and justice, made the announcement after the Executive Council reviewed the government\u2019s amended budget plan for 2025. <strong>Macau Legislative Assembly<\/strong>&nbsp;passed the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-lawmakers-pass-budget-lowering-gaming-tax-revenue\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-lawmakers-pass-budget-lowering-gaming-tax-revenue\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2025 fiscal budget&nbsp;amendment bill<\/a>, which estimates gaming tax revenue of&nbsp;<strong>MOP79.8bn (US$9.87bn)<\/strong>, 5 per cent lower than previously expected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"see-also-container\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"see-also-label\">See also:<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"related-article\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"related-article__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/12\/16388858421637591606macau-ggr-300x200.jpeg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"related-article__text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"see-also-label-strong\">See also:<\/span> <a href='https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-ebitda-growth-lags-amid-strong-q2-ggr-growth'>Macau EBITDA growth lags amid strong Q2 GGR growth<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Macau\u2019s VIP baccarat revenue was MOP16.33bn (US$2.02bn).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":226,"featured_media":777028006,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Macau's Q2 GGR reached MOP61.1bn, with VIP baccarat revenue surging 13% QoQ to MOP16.33bn, now comprising 26.7% of total GGR. Despite strong performance across gaming verticals, the Macau government has revised its 2024 GGR forecast downwards by 5% to MOP228bn and similarly reduced its 2025 gaming tax revenue projection.","focusai_entities":"Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ), Andr\u00e9 Cheong Weng Chon, Executive Council, Macau Legislative Assembly","focusai_location":"Macau","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.9), compliance_legal (0.7), operator_casino (1.0), marketing_crm (0.7), payments_fraud_aml (0.7), investor_analyst (1.0), supplier_vendor (0.7)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Macau GGR Forecast Impact","query":"What are the primary factors contributing to the Macau government's 5% downward revision of its 2024 GGR forecast, particularly given the strong Q2 performance in VIP baccarat and other verticals?"},{"label":"VIP vs. Mass Market Strategy","query":"How will Macau's gaming operators adjust their capital allocation and marketing strategies in response to the continued robust growth in VIP baccarat revenue relative to the mass market, especially considering the long-term diversification goals?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,16338,24628],"tags":[20582,23908,257],"class_list":["post-777029162","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-casino-news","category-east-asia-news","category-highlight-of-the-week","tag-dicj","tag-gaming-regulation","tag-macau"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777029162","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\/226"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777029162"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777029162\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777029200,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777029162\/revisions\/777029200"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/777028006"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777029162"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777029162"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777029162"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}