Macau's 30 casinos produced total gross gaming revenue (GGR) of 18.59 billion patacas (US$2.3 billion) in July, a year-on-year growth of 11.6 percent, the Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ) has announced today.
GGR was up by 5.0 percent month on month.
Last month's GGR was the fourth highest in the first seven months of the year. However, it recorded the lowest year-on-year growth between January and July.
GGR in the first seven months rose 36.7 percent year on year to 132.3 billion patacas.
Macau's government-concessioned gaming industry is run by six rival integrated resort (IR) operators - Sands, Galaxy, SJM, Melco, Wynn, and MGM. Under their concession agreements with the government, the IR operators are required to strengthen their non-gaming attractions and support Macau's cultural heritage promotion projects.
In the first half of this year, according to the latest available official figures, baccarat generated 85.2 percent of Macau's GGR. Roulette, Europe's classic casino game, produced a mere 0.4 percent of the GGR in the first six months of the year when the gaming industry offered over a dozen games of chance.
