{"id":777039947,"date":"2026-04-01T07:50:51","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T10:50:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777039947"},"modified":"2026-04-21T12:57:26","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T15:57:26","slug":"macau-ggr-rises-15-year-over-year-in-march","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-ggr-rises-15-year-over-year-in-march","title":{"rendered":"Macau GGR rises 15% year-over-year in March"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Gross gaming revenue reached US$2.8bn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Macau.- The <strong>Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ)<\/strong> has reported that Macau\u2019s gross gaming revenue (GGR) was <strong>MOP22.6bn (US$2.8bn)<\/strong> in March. That\u2019s an increase of 15 per cent in year-on-year terms and  9.6 per cent from <a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-ggr-rises-4-5-year-over-year-in-february\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-ggr-rises-4-5-year-over-year-in-february\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">February<\/a> (MOP20.63bn).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cumulatively, Macau\u2019s GGR for the three months of 2026 was MOP65.87bn (US$8.17bn), up 14.3 per cent year-on-year but 13.5 per cent below pre-pandemic levels (US$9.44bn).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Citigroup said  the <a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-premium-mass-segment-holds-up-in-march-says-citigroup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">premium mass gaming segment<\/a> looked solid in March. According to its survey, the average wager per premium mass player rose 17 per cent year-on-year to HKD20,689 (US$2,640) while the number of players fell 16 per cent to 543. Total wagers for the segment were flat at HKD11.2m (US$1.4m).<\/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\/06\/Kangwon-Land-to-increase-capacity-at-50-of-normal-levels-300x200.jpg\" 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\/kangwon-land-begins-renovation-of-vip-gaming-floor'>Kangwon Land begins renovation of VIP gaming floor<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gross gaming revenue reached US$2.8bn.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":226,"featured_media":777027980,"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 US$2.8bn in March 2026, marking a 15% year-on-year increase and a 9.6% rise from February. Cumulatively, Q1 2026 GGR was US$8.17bn, up 14.3% year-on-year but remaining 13.5% below pre-pandemic levels. Citigroup's analysis indicated a robust premium mass gaming segment, characterized by higher average wagers per player despite a decrease in player volume.","focusai_entities":"Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ), Citigroup","focusai_location":"Macau","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.95), regulator (0.75), operator_casino (0.95), marketing_crm (0.7), investor_analyst (0.98), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Macau GGR Outlook","query":"What are the projections for Macau's GGR recovery to pre-pandemic levels, considering the current growth trajectory and premium mass segment dynamics?"},{"label":"Premium Mass Strategy","query":"How are Macau operators adjusting their B2C strategies to capitalize on the increased average wager per premium mass player, despite a decline in player volume?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,16338,158],"tags":[23908,23632,23906],"class_list":["post-777039947","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-casino-news","category-east-asia-news","category-slider-home","tag-gaming-regulation","tag-integrated-resorts","tag-macau-casinos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777039947","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=777039947"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777039947\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777039982,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777039947\/revisions\/777039982"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/777027980"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777039947"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777039947"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777039947"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}