{"id":777048061,"date":"2026-10-01T07:37:35","date_gmt":"2026-10-01T10:37:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777048061"},"modified":"2026-10-01T08:41:29","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T11:41:29","slug":"macau-ggr-september-revenue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-ggr-september-revenue","title":{"rendered":"Macau GGR hits 2026 low in September"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">September revenue fell 17.5 per cent from August, while year-to-date GGR remains above 2025 levels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Key takeaways:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Macau\u2019s gross gaming revenue (GGR) reached MOP18.06bn (US$2.23bn) in September 2026, down 1.2 per cent year on year and 17.5 per cent from August.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It&#8217;s the fourth consecutive monthly decline.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Macau\u2019s GGR totalled MOP181.341bn (US$20.95bn) in the first nine months of 2026.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Macau.- The Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ) has reported that Macau\u2019s gross gaming revenue (GGR) was MOP18.06bn (US$2.23bn) in September. That\u2019s a decrease of 1.2 per cent in year-on-year terms and 17.5 per cent below <a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-ggr-drops-1-2-year-over-year-in-august\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">August\u2019s US$2.71bn<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">September saw the fourth consecutive month of year-on-year GGR decline and the lowest monthly figure this year. Cumulatively, Macau\u2019s GGR for the <strong>first nine months of 2026<\/strong> was MOP181.341bn (US$20.95bn), up 3.7 per cent year-on-year but 15.1 per cent below the MOP220.297bn (US$27.30bn) recorded in the corresponding period of 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For October, Macau expects between <a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-golden-week-border-crossings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">5.2 million and 5.4 million border crossings<\/a> during mainland China\u2019s National Day Golden Week holiday from October 1 to 7. Authorities forecast an average of 740,000 to 770,000 per day. The busiest days are expected to be October 3 and 4, when the Public Security Police Force (PSP) expects that crossings could exceed 800,000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Earlier this week, the <a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-vip-mass-market-gaming\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-vip-mass-market-gaming\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">International Monetary Fund (IMF)<\/a> said it expects VIP gaming in Macau to continue to represent a relatively small share of casino gross gaming revenue over the medium term. Its 2026 Article IV consultation for Macao SAR notes that despite some signs of recovery, VIP gaming is likely to remain subdued due to tighter rules for junket operators introduced via Macau\u2019s reforms in 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br><\/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\/2026\/01\/659512a0-d047-4c17-bb29-69d2da103c00-300x200.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\/macau-vip-mass-market-gaming\">IMF expects continued weakness for VIP gaming in Macau<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>September revenue fell 17.5 per cent from August, while year-to-date GGR remains above 2025 levels.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":226,"featured_media":777048063,"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 September 2026 GGR reached MOP18.06bn (US$2.23bn), marking a 1.2% year-on-year and 17.5% month-on-month decline, the fourth consecutive monthly decrease. Despite this, year-to-date GGR for the first nine months of 2026 is up 3.7% year-on-year but remains below 2019 levels, with the IMF projecting continued subdued VIP gaming due to 2022 junket reforms.","focusai_entities":"Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ), International Monetary Fund (IMF), Public Security Police Force (PSP)","focusai_location":"Macau, China","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (1.0), regulator (0.9), compliance_legal (0.7), operator_casino (1.0), marketing_crm (0.8), payments_fraud_aml (0.7), investor_analyst (1.0), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (1.0)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"VIP Gaming Outlook","query":"What specific policy adjustments or market dynamics are anticipated to shift the IMF's medium-term outlook for Macau's VIP gaming segment beyond the current subdued projections?"},{"label":"Golden Week Impact","query":"How do the projected 5.2-5.4 million border crossings for Golden Week compare to pre-pandemic levels and what is the anticipated GGR uplift from this period, considering the recent monthly declines?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,16338],"tags":[20582,23908,257],"class_list":["post-777048061","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-casino-news","category-east-asia-news","tag-dicj","tag-gaming-regulation","tag-macau"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777048061","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=777048061"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777048061\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777048076,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777048061\/revisions\/777048076"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/777048063"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777048061"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777048061"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777048061"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}