Macau 3Q mass GGR dips 5.2pct y-o-y, though slots up 18.8pct: govt

Macau’s third-quarter gross gaming revenue (GGR) in the mass-market casino gambling segment – including slot machine play – stood at nearly MOP43.31 billion (US$5.36 billion), down 5.2 percent on the prior-year period. Mass play was 71.9 percent of all casino GGR for the quarter, versus 73.0 percent in third-quarter 2025. That is according to data released on Friday by the city’s casino regulator, the Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau. Macau’s VIP table baccarat segment generated GGR of just below MOP16.91 billion in the three months to September 30, up 0.1 percent year-on-year. VIP baccarat was 28.1 percent of all third-quarter GGR from games of fortune, compared to 27.0 percent of such GGR in the third quarter of 2025. The aggregate GGR for the three months to September 30 stood at just under MOP60.22 billion, down 3.8 percent year-on-year. Revenue from mass-market baccarat, at MOP33.61 billion, accounted for 55.8 percent of aggregate GGR in the July to September period this time. In the third quarter of 2025, mass baccarat was 58.3 percent of all quarterly GGR. This year’s third-quarter slot machine GGR was just over MOP4.09 billion, up 18.8 percent from the prior-year period. Slot GGR represented a market share of 6.8 percent of all revenue for the three months to September 30, up from 5.5 percent a year earlier. The live multi-game electronic product category’s third-quarter GGR went down 8.0 percent year-on-year, to just over MOP1.14 billion.