{"id":777048749,"date":"2026-10-19T07:44:39","date_gmt":"2026-10-19T10:44:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777048749"},"modified":"2026-10-19T09:12:59","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T12:12:59","slug":"macau-casino-ggr-slot-machine-revenue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-casino-ggr-slot-machine-revenue","title":{"rendered":"Macau Q3 GGR falls 3.8% as mass baccarat declines"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mass baccarat revenue dropped 7.9 per cent year-on-year, while slot machine revenue climbed 18.8 per cent.<\/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 casino GGR fell 3.8% year-on-year to MOP60.22bn (US$7.46bn) in Q3 2026.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mass baccarat GGR dropped 7.9% year-on-year to MOP33.61bn, accounting for 55.8% of total revenue.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>VIP baccarat revenue edged up 0.1% year-on-year to MOP16.91bn and rose 6.3% quarter-on-quarter.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Macau.- <strong>Casino gross gaming revenue (GGR)<\/strong> in Macau fell 3.8 per cent year-on-year to MOP60.22bn (US$7.46bn) in the third quarter of 2026, according to figures published by the Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ). Revenue was down 1.3 per cent compared with the previous quarter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Mass baccarat<\/strong>  led the decline, generating MOP33.61bn (US$4.16bn), down 7.9 per cent year-on-year and 4.4 per cent quarter-on-quarter. The segment accounted for 55.8 per cent of total casino GGR, compared with 58.3 per cent in the same period last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Across the <strong>broader mass-market segment<\/strong>, including slot machines and electronic gaming products, revenue fell 5.2 per cent year-on-year to MOP43.31bn, representing 71.9 per cent of total GGR. However, <strong>slot machines<\/strong> revenue alone roser18.8 per cent year-on-year to MOP4.09 billion. Their share of total casino revenue increased to 6.8 per cent, from 5.5 per cent a year earlier. Meanwhile, live multi-game electronic products revenue declined 8 per cent to MOP1.14bn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>VIP baccarat<\/strong> revenue remained broadly stable, up 0.1 per cent year-on-year to MOP16.91bn (US$2bn) and 6.3 per cent from the previous quarter. It accounted for 28.1 per cent of total casino GGR.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chief Executive Sam Hou Fai has said that Macau will<a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-ggr-forecast\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-ggr-forecast\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> maintain its 2026 gross gaming revenue (GGR) forecast<\/a> of MOP236bn (US$29.2bn) for now, despite four consecutive months of year-on-year declines. He said the government would assess October\u2019s revenue before considering any change to its annual target, with authorities monitoring whether increased visitor arrivals during <a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-welcomes-1-14m-visitors-during-october-golden-week\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">China\u2019s Golden Week<\/a> holiday translate into stronger casino spending.<\/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\/10\/15def480-785c-47f4-865c-c6f6065bfe23-300x200.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-ggr-september-revenue\">Macau GGR hits 2026 low in September<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mass baccarat revenue dropped 7.9 per cent year-on-year, while slot machine revenue climbed 18.8 per cent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":226,"featured_media":777048751,"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 Q3 2026 GGR declined 3.8% year-on-year to MOP60.22bn, primarily driven by a 7.9% drop in mass baccarat revenue, which still accounts for 55.8% of total GGR. Conversely, slot machine revenue surged 18.8%, increasing its share to 6.8%. Despite four consecutive months of decline, Macau's Chief Executive maintains the MOP236bn GGR forecast for 2026, pending October's Golden Week performance.","focusai_entities":"Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ), Sam Hou Fai","focusai_location":"Macau, China","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (1.0), regulator (1.0), operator_casino (1.0), investor_analyst (1.0), supplier_vendor (0.8), journalist_researcher (1.0)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Macau GGR Forecast Sensitivity?","query":"What is the sensitivity of Macau's 2026 GGR forecast to the Golden Week holiday performance, and what are the downside risks if visitor spending does not meet expectations?"},{"label":"Mass Baccarat Decline Drivers?","query":"What specific market dynamics or policy shifts are driving the significant year-on-year decline in mass baccarat GGR, and how are operators adapting their product mix?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,16338],"tags":[29,257,23906],"class_list":["post-777048749","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-casino-news","category-east-asia-news","tag-casino","tag-macau","tag-macau-casinos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777048749","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=777048749"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777048749\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777048770,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777048749\/revisions\/777048770"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/777048751"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777048749"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777048749"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777048749"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}