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VIP player junkets: Macau and Singapore
There’s been a bit in the news lately about the role VIP junket operators play, or should play in two of the world’s biggest casino markets…Macau and Singapore. Over in Singapore, where no VIP...
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Singapore and Macau lift Las Vegas Sands
As the only company in the world with a major presence in each of the three largest casino gaming markets; Macau, Singapore and Las Vegas, I always think of Las Vegas Sands Corporation as a wonderful...
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10 best high roller destinations
Online travel agents Expedia have come up with their top 10 high roller gambling destinations. Can’t say they’ve hit the nail flush on the head with this list which has a couple of questionable...
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Las Vegas coming back to life?
Looks like Las Vegas may have finally broken the shackles of the post GFC doldrums that have seen visitor numbers and casino handle slump over the last few years. Strip gaming revenues have dwindled...
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No slowdown in sight for Macau
While most of the world was in the grips of the dreaded GFC, 2008 proved to be a massive year for Macau casinos with an almost 50% increase in gross gaming revenues compared with 2007. 2009 was bigger...
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Macau – all about the casino action
What a place Macau is! You can read the analysts reports on how gaming revenues in Macau continue to climb and dwarf figures in Las Vegas by ever increasing multiples; you can see pictures of the...
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The baccarat card squeeze ritual
Baccarat is the simplest of games. Once you’ve bet on Banker or Player (or Tie if you really want to throw your money away) the dealer does the rest and there is nothing more you can do to influence...
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Macau: hospital beds versus gaming tables
It’s no revelation that casinos are a dominant part of the culture and ethos of Macau. Just how dominant was highlighted by the Reuters this week when they reported that the former Portuguese colony,...
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Bellagio Macau?
Bellagio Resort & Casino Las Vegas Yes this is the Las Vegas Bellagio, not the Macau Bellagio. And yes again, there is currently no Macau Bellagio…but it looks very much like one is on the way. On...
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Macau doing billion dollar days
Macau has unquestionably been the casino gambling success story of the post GFC era. Increases in gross gaming revenue from 2007 to 2011, in the order of 50% to 70% annually, were nothing short of...
View ArticleGoodbye China (Macau & Taiwan) says William Hill
William Hill are closing all services (sports betting and casino) to customers living in China. They have advised relevant parties (including effected players no doubt) that effective from 19 August,...
View ArticleLVS Vegas, Macau, Singapore gaming results
Las Vegas Sands Corp. (“LVS”) have just posted their 2013 September quarter results. As the only casino business with a major finger in each of the world’s three big casino pies their results always...
View ArticleAnother month, another revenue record for Macau
By Macau’s lofty standards, gross gaming revenue growth has been pretty sluggish for most of 2013. The last record month was way back in March 2013 and from then until September, things have been...
View ArticleSingapore Slows, Vegas Kicks, Macau still riding the China Bubble
Apparently a few LV Sands websites were the target of a cyber attack earlier this month. I just visited their corporate site and it was up long enough to get a look at their 2013 December quarter...
View ArticleMacau sets new gaming revenue record in February
Macau’s casinos posted a new gaming revenue record this February, taking a staggering MOP (Macau Pataca) 38 billion or approximately US$4.8 billion. This was 40% up on February 2013 (MOP27 billion) and...
View ArticleChina’s online gambling market worth $97 billion
This is the claim coming out of a study just released by a Chinese university. According to the China Center for Lottery Studies at Peking University, Chinese resident gamblers spend around 600 billion...
View ArticleMacau casino revenues continue to slide
Year on year monthly revenues from games of fortune in Macau casinos have declined for an unprecedented third month in a row. Either players there are all of a sudden getting luckier, or (more likely)...
View ArticleMacau’s casino revenue slide gathers pace
Macau’s revenue slide has accelerated in October, putting the world’s biggest casino market on track to record its first annual revenue decline since Stanley Ho’s monopoly ended in 2002. October 2014...
View ArticleWhy Macau casino revenues are crumbling
Macau casinos posted gross gaming revenues of just over 19 billion Macau Pacatas (USD$ 2.3 billion) for the month of April 2015. Sounds like a lot but you have to go way back to January 2011 for a...
View ArticleDICJ issues alert on illegal casino websites
If you happen across an online casino website claiming it is licensed and regulated by the Macau Gaming Inspection & Coordination Bureau (DICJ), perhaps displaying a logo something like the above,...
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