{"id":777034043,"date":"2025-11-03T07:53:50","date_gmt":"2025-11-03T10:53:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777034043"},"modified":"2026-04-21T17:32:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T20:32:11","slug":"macau-october-ggr-reaches-new-record-since-covid-19-pandemic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-october-ggr-reaches-new-record-since-covid-19-pandemic","title":{"rendered":"Macau October GGR sets new post-pandemic record"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Gross gaming revenue amounted to MOP24.09bn (US$3bn) in October.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Macau.- The Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ) has reported that Macau\u2019s gross gaming revenue (GGR) was MOP24.09bn (US$3bn) in October<\/strong>. That\u2019s an increase of 15.9 per cent in year-on-year terms and up 31.7 per cent compared to September\u2019s GGR<\/a> of MOP18.3bn (US$2.27bn). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

October\u2019s figures beat the previous post-pandemic record<\/a> of MOP22.16bn (US$2.76bn) set in August, which had topped the total from January 2020 (MOP22.13bn) just before the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cumulatively, Macau\u2019s GGR for the first ten months of 2025<\/strong> was MOP205.43bn (US$25.64bn), an 8 per cent increase year-on-year. However, the figure remains 16.7 per cent below the January-October period in 2019, when GGR totalled MOP246.74bn (US$30.8bn).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Figures from October reflect the Golden Week holiday<\/a> period. The Public Security Police Force (CPSP) reported that Macau received 1.14 million visitor arrivals<\/a> during the holiday period, which ran from October 1 to 8, slightly below the forecast of 1.2 million but above 2024\u2019s tally of 993,117 arrivals, although the holiday was shorter in 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In July, the Legislative Assembly<\/strong> passed the 2025 fiscal budget<\/a> amendment bill, which forecasts annual gaming tax revenue of MOP79.8bn (US$9.87bn)<\/strong>, 5 per cent lower than previously expected. The government cut its GGR estimate from MOP240bn ($29.69bn) to MOP228bn ($28.2bn). At the time of the revised forecast, Ho In Mui<\/strong>, deputy director of the Financial Services Bureau, cited global economic conditions and changes in tourist consumption patterns as factors.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\tSee also:<\/span> Four arrested in Macau over alleged casino credit scam<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Gross gaming revenue amounted to MOP24.09bn (US$3bn) in October.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":226,"featured_media":26451,"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 Gross Gaming Revenue (GGR) reached MOP24.09bn (US$3bn) in October, marking a 15.9% year-on-year increase and a post-pandemic record, largely driven by the Golden Week holiday. Cumulatively, GGR for the first ten months of 2025 stands at MOP205.43bn, an 8% increase year-on-year, though still 16.7% below 2019 levels. The government has revised its 2025 annual GGR estimate downwards to MOP228bn, citing global economic conditions and evolving tourist consumption patterns.","focusai_entities":"Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ), Public Security Police Force (CPSP), Legislative Assembly, Financial Services Bureau, Ho In Mui","focusai_location":"Macau","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (1.0), regulator (1.0), operator_casino (1.0), investor_analyst (1.0), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (1.0)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"GGR Vertical Breakdown?","query":"What specific gaming verticals (e.g., VIP, Mass Market, Slots) contributed most significantly to Macau's October GGR growth, and how does this align with pre-pandemic consumption patterns?"},{"label":"Operator Capital Allocation?","query":"How do the revised 2025 GGR and gaming tax revenue forecasts influence the capital expenditure and reinvestment strategies of major Macau concessionaires?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,16338,24628,158],"tags":[24885,257],"class_list":["post-777034043","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-casino-news","category-east-asia-news","category-highlight-of-the-week","category-slider-home","tag-casinos-in-macau","tag-macau"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777034043","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=777034043"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777034043\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777034077,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777034043\/revisions\/777034077"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26451"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777034043"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777034043"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777034043"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}