{"id":777035656,"date":"2025-12-05T08:17:57","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T11:17:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777035656"},"modified":"2026-04-21T16:17:40","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T19:17:40","slug":"ubs-predicts-macaus-gaming-industry-to-remain-strong-in-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/ubs-predicts-macaus-gaming-industry-to-remain-strong-in-2026","title":{"rendered":"UBS raises 2026 forecasts for Macau’s gaming industry"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The investment bank said current top picks in the industry are Galaxy Entertainment, Wynn Macau and MGM China.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Macau.- Investment bank UBS <\/strong>has raised its forecast for total gaming revenue growth in Macau for this and next year from 8 and 5 per cent to 9 and 6 per cent, respectively. it expects gaming operators’ EBITDA to grow by 6 per cent and 7 per cent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

UBS said that a wide variety of tourism products, increased marketing efforts and a more diversified customer base will support industry growth. It expects premium gaming operators to continue to gain market share, viewing strong potential for Galaxy Entertainment, Wynn Macau and MGM China.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Investment bank\u00a0CLSA<\/strong>\u00a0recently upgraded its forecast for Macau\u2019s GGR for 2026 to\u00a0US$32.3bn<\/a>, which is above the government’s forecast of\u00a0MOP236bn (US$29.4bn)<\/a>. Analysts\u00a0Jeffrey Kiang and Leo Pan<\/strong>\u00a0predict daily GGR of MOP709m (US$88.5m) per day. They expect Macau GGR for this year to reach\u00a0US$30.6bn<\/a>.
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\n\t\t\t\t\tSee also:<\/span> Macau GGR to rise by 5% in 2026, analysts forecast<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The investment bank said current top picks in the industry are Galaxy Entertainment, Wynn Macau and MGM China.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":226,"featured_media":777034484,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Investment banks UBS and CLSA have raised their GGR and EBITDA growth forecasts for Macau for 2024 and 2025, citing diversified tourism products and increased marketing. UBS identifies Galaxy Entertainment, Wynn Macau, and MGM China as top picks, expecting premium operators to gain market share. CLSA's 2026 GGR forecast of US$32.3bn surpasses the Macau government's projection.","focusai_entities":"Galaxy Entertainment, Wynn Macau, MGM China, UBS, CLSA, Jeffrey Kiang, Leo Pan, Macau government","focusai_location":"Macau","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.95), regulator (0.85), operator_casino (0.98), marketing_crm (0.75), investor_analyst (0.99), supplier_vendor (0.78), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Macau GGR Drivers?","query":"What specific 'diversified tourism products' are driving the increased GGR forecasts, and how are these impacting the premium gaming segment's market share gains?"},{"label":"Operator Strategy Impact?","query":"Given UBS's 'top picks' and the expectation for premium operators to gain market share, what strategic adjustments are non-premium operators implementing to mitigate competitive pressures and retain market position?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16338,163],"tags":[29,23908,23906],"class_list":["post-777035656","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-east-asia-news","category-finance-news","tag-casino","tag-gaming-regulation","tag-macau-casinos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777035656","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=777035656"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777035656\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777035672,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777035656\/revisions\/777035672"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/777034484"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777035656"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777035656"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777035656"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}