Inside Asian Gaming

IAG APR 2023年4月 亞博匯 24 the results were almost immediate. Having welcomed just 5.7 million visitors in 2022 at an average of around 15,600 per day, Macau saw its highest single-day visitor tally in three years on 14 January as 55,845 visitors poured in, rising to 90,391 during Chinese New Year on 24 January. The seven- day CNY “Golden Week” holiday period ultimately attracted 451,047 visitor arrivals at an average of 64,435 per day, and similar numbers have persisted ever since. Gaming revenues were similarly quick to rebound, buoyed by casino floors that were filled with customers for the first time since early 2020. According to figures from the Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ), January’s GGR figure of MOP$11.58 billion (US$1.43 billion) was 82.5% higher than January 2022 and 233% higher than December, when GGR reached just MOP$3.48 billion (US$431 million). In early March, Wynn Macau Ltd revealed in a filing that its mass table drop had recovered to 82% of corresponding 2019 levels during the four-week COVER STORY