{"id":777046557,"date":"2026-08-24T07:54:27","date_gmt":"2026-08-24T10:54:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777046557"},"modified":"2026-08-24T11:00:50","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T14:00:50","slug":"macau-premium-mass-spending-rises-despite-fewer-players-citi-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-premium-mass-spending-rises-despite-fewer-players-citi-says","title":{"rendered":"Macau premium mass spending rising despite fewer players, Citi says"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Average wagers jumped 27 per cent year-on-year in August, reinforcing premium mass as a key driver.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Macau.- The premium-mass segment in Macau continued to show resilience in August, according to Citigroup\u2019s latest monthly casino table survey. The report suggests that while there were fewer players, those present were spending more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Citi observed 525 premium-mass players<\/strong> during the month, down 16 per cent year-on-year. However, total wagers rose 7 per cent to HK$14.3m (US$1.8m), while the average wager per player increased 27 per cent to HK$27,284 (US$3,500).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The brokerage said the results suggest that concerns over Macau\u2019s weaker gross gaming revenue (GGR) performance in June and July were \u201clikely overdone\u201d. \u201cIt appears Premium Mass is once again the saviour which drags GGR out of negative territory,\u201d Citi analysts George Choi and Timothy Chau<\/strong> said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Citi identified 31 \u201cwhales\u201d <\/strong>during its August survey. Their average wager jumped 54 per cent year-on-year to HK$243,548 (US$31,200). The largest wager observed was HK$820,000 (US$105,100) at Wynn Palace\u2019s Chairman\u2019s Club. Wynn led Citi\u2019s survey with a 29 per cent share of total wagers observed, up from 18 per cent a year earlier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The brokerage expects GGR growth to normalise following the disruption linked to the FIFA World Cup. Citigroup cut its forecast for Macau\u2019s August<\/a> gross gaming revenue (GGR) to MOP23bn (US$2.86bn). It reduced its previous estimate<\/a> of MOP23.5bn (US$2.92bn), after the market\u2019s daily run rate softened in the second week of the month. The revised forecast represents 4 per cent year-on-year growth, down from Citigroup\u2019s previous projection of 6 per cent. <\/p>\n\n\n\n


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\n\t\t\t\t\tSee also:<\/span> Citi reports continued softness in Macau premium-mass betting in July<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Average wagers jumped 27 per cent year-on-year in August, reinforcing premium mass as a key driver.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":226,"featured_media":777046561,"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 premium-mass gaming segment demonstrated resilience in August, with average wagers increasing 27% year-on-year despite fewer players, according to Citigroup's latest survey. This segment's strength mitigated earlier GGR concerns, though Citi revised Macau's August GGR forecast slightly downwards to MOP23bn, representing 4% year-on-year growth. Wynn notably led in observed wagers within this high-value segment.","focusai_entities":"Citigroup, Citi, George Choi, Timothy Chau, Wynn, Wynn Palace","focusai_location":"Macau","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.95), operator_casino (0.98), marketing_crm (0.75), investor_analyst (0.97), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Macau Premium Mass Outlook?","query":"What are the long-term projections for Macau's premium-mass segment, considering the observed increase in average wagers despite fewer players, and how might this impact future GGR growth normalization?"},{"label":"Wynn's Competitive Edge?","query":"How is Wynn's strategy enabling its increased share of observed wagers in Macau's premium-mass segment, and what implications does this have for competitor market positioning?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,16338,24628,158],"tags":[24619,23908,257],"class_list":["post-777046557","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-finance","tag-gaming-regulation","tag-macau"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777046557","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=777046557"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777046557\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777046571,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777046557\/revisions\/777046571"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/777046561"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777046557"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777046557"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777046557"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}