{"id":777042441,"date":"2026-05-20T12:19:58","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T15:19:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777042441"},"modified":"2026-05-22T11:50:05","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T14:50:05","slug":"citigroup-projects-macau-ggr-to-reach-mop22-5bn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/citigroup-projects-macau-ggr-to-reach-mop22-5bn","title":{"rendered":"Citigroup maintains Macau GGR forecast"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Daily GGR must reach about MOP704m (US$87.2m) for the remainder of the month to meet the full-month target.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Macau.- Investment bank Citigroup<\/strong> has kept its forecast for Macau\u2019s May gross gaming revenue (GGR) at MOP22.5bn (US$2.79bn). That would represent a 6 per cent year-on-year increase and implies that average daily GGR must reach about MOP704m (US$87.2m) for the remainder of the month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Citi data shows Macau\u2019s GGR reached MOP12.65bn (US$1.57bn) in the first 17 days of May. Average daily revenue in the last week stood at MOP693m (US$85.9m), down roughly 11 per cent from around MOP780m (US$96.7m) in the first 10 days of the month, which included the Labour Day holiday period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Despite the expected week-on-week decline, daily revenue was still about 1 per cent higher than the same period last year, when it averaged MOP684m (US$84.8m). Upcoming events, including concerts and sporting programmes hosted by major operators are expected to support gaming through the remainder of May, including the IVE concert to be staged by Sands China at the Venetian Arena<\/strong>, as well as an EXO concert and UFC Fight Night at Galaxy Entertainment\u2019s Galaxy Arena<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\tSee also:<\/span> Moody\u2019s downgrades SJM Holdings and revises outlook<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Daily GGR must reach about MOP704m (US$87.2m) for the remainder of the month to meet the full-month target.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2395,"featured_media":777034732,"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 maintains its MOP22.5bn (US$2.79bn) GGR forecast for Macau in May, representing a 6% year-on-year increase, despite a post-Labour Day slowdown. Achieving this target necessitates an average daily GGR of MOP704m (US$87.2m) for the remainder of the month, with major operator-hosted entertainment events expected to bolster performance.","focusai_entities":"Citigroup, Sands China, Galaxy Entertainment, SJM Holdings, Moody's, IVE, EXO, UFC","focusai_location":"Macau","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.95), operator_casino (1.0), investor_analyst (1.0), journalist_researcher (0.85)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Macau GGR Q2 Outlook?","query":"How will the projected MOP704m daily GGR for the remainder of May impact the Q2 earnings outlook for listed Macau operators, considering the recent week-on-week decline?"},{"label":"VIP vs. Mass GGR?","query":"What is the current VIP versus Mass GGR segmentation in Macau, and how might upcoming entertainment events influence this critical revenue mix?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16338,163,24628,158],"tags":[29,23908,257],"class_list":["post-777042441","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-east-asia-news","category-finance-news","category-highlight-of-the-week","category-slider-home","tag-casino","tag-gaming-regulation","tag-macau"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777042441","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\/2395"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777042441"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777042441\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777042453,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777042441\/revisions\/777042453"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/777034732"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777042441"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777042441"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777042441"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}