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In the first quarter of 2025, Macau’s mass-market casino gambling sector, which includes slot machine play, reported gross gaming revenue (GGR) of $5.40 billion, marking a 0.6% increase from the same period last year and representing about 75% of the total.  6p1e5g

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However, according to data released by the SAR Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau, this figure reflects a slight decline of 0.5% compared to the previous quarter. Notably, the current quarterly revenue is 10.9% higher than the mass-market GGR recorded in the first quarter of 2019, just before the COVID-19 pandemic hit.

For this quarter, mass-market revenue, including slots, comprised 74.9% of Macau’s total GGR of $7.19 billion. Specifically, mass-market baccarat generated over $4.29 billion, ing for more than 59.5% of the total GGR.

In contrast, VIP baccarat GGR rose by 0.5 % year-on-year to nearly $1.80 billion, making up 25.1% of Macau’s overall GGR for the quarter, and showing a sequential increase of 3.3%.

Slot machine revenue reached slightly over $405 million, which represents a market share of about 5.7%. This marks a 1.7 % increase from the previous year, though it declined by 2.9% from the previous quarter.

Gaming revenue generated by VIP baccarat in the first quarter of 2025 ed for 38.9% of the levels recorded in the same quarter of pre-pandemic 2019. Macau Chief Executive Sam Hou Fai recently reiterated warnings over the risk of a government budget deficit this year if monthly gaming revenue falls below $1.88 billion.

This year’s regular government expenditure is projected at $14.36 billion, while gaming tax revenue is forecast at $11.59 billion, ing for 81% of total income.

In the first quarter of 2025, Macau’s gaming revenue rose just 0.6% year-on-year to $7.19 billion, or $2.39 billion per month—falling short of the government’s full-year forecast of $29.76 billion, or $2.48 billion per month.

Source: Agbrief.com