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Increasing popularity of online gambling boost the Casinos & Gambling market

July 20, 2024161 Views

The global casinos and gambling market size is estimated to grow by USD 132.17 billion from 2024-2028, according to Technavio. The market is estimated to grow at a CAGR of about 10.43% during the forecast period. Increasing popularity of online gambling is driving market growth, with a trend towards increasing use of social media marketing by casino operators. However, socio-economic impact of casinos poses a challenge. The Casino Gaming Equipment Market size was valued at USD 13.13 Billion in 2023, according to the SMR analyst. The total Casino Gaming Equipment revenue is expected to grow at a CAGR of 5% from 2024 to 2030, reaching nearly USD 18.48 Billion by 2030. FILE PHOTO: Visitors walk past the Casino Lisboa operated by SJM in Macau, China. REUTERS/Lam Yik Social media mark...

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Chinese tourists flock to gambling hub Macau for Labour Day holiday

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April 30, 2023852 Views

Hundreds of thousands of mainland Chinese visitors have descended on the world's biggest gambling hub of Macau for the Labour Day holiday, packing tightly into its narrow cobblestone streets and placing bets in its glitzy casinos. The surge in visitors comes after China and its special administrative region Macau lifted strict COVID-19 restrictions in January, allowing visitors to stream into Macau for the first time in more than three years. More than 100,000 visitors arrived in the former Portuguese city each day on Saturday and Sunday, local media reported, citing government statistics, up from 60,000 a day recorded in previous days. A view of visitors in front of the ruins of Saint Paul's during Labour Day holiday in Macau, China, April 30, 2023. REUTERS/Lam Yik On the pas...

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Tourists swarm gambling hub Macau over Lunar New Year

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January 26, 20231072 Views

The world's biggest gambling hub Macau has seen tens of thousands of tourists stream daily into its casinos and picturesque cobbled streets over the Lunar New Year holiday, a stark contrast to the dearth of visitors since 2020. Macau has seen a resurgence of tourists from mainland China since Jan. 8 after the special Chinese administrative region dropped all COVID-19 testing requirements for inbound travellers from the mainland, Hong Kong and Taiwan. Visitors pose for photos with a decoration outside the municipal affairs bureau during Lunar New Year in Macau, China, January 24, 2023. REUTERS/Lam Yik Macau welcomed more than 71,000 visitors on Monday, the highest single day record since the pandemic, its government said in a statement late on Tuesday. "I come here to gamble, i...

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‘Las Vegas of the Alps’ to vote on casino ban

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January 20, 2023761 Views

Liechtenstein is renowned for its Alpine scenery and historic castles, but the tiny principality also punches above its weight when it comes to a more down-to-earth tourist attraction - namely casinos. Six currently operate there, dotted across a microstate a tenth the size of London and with a population of just 40,000, earning it the nickname "Las Vegas of the Alps" among punters. All have opened since 2017, after a change in the law made gambling legal, welcoming crowds from Germany and neighbouring Switzerland and Austria to try their luck on slot machines and at tables offering roulette and poker. But all will have to close if supporters of a casino ban being put to a referendum on Jan. 29 get their way. A poster demands: "Foreign casino investors should not call the shot...

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Macau eases COVID rules, but tourism, casinos yet to rebound

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January 3, 2023760 Views

Only a few tourists crisscrossed the wavy black and white paving of Macau’s historic Senado Square on a recent weekday and many of the shops were shuttered. The gaming hub on China’s south coast near Hong Kong has endured some of the world’s strictest anti-virus controls for nearly three years, and a loosening of border restrictions after China rolled back its “zero-COVID” strategy in early December is widely expected to boost its tourism-driven economy. Grand Lisboa casino is seen in Macao on Dec. 28, 2022. (AP Photo/Kanis Leung) But for now, China’s worst wave of infections so far is keeping away the hoards of high rollers who usually fill its casinos. From Dec. 23-27, the city saw a daily average of only 8,300 arrivals, according to police data. That’s just 68% of November’s l...

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Macau’s 6 casino operators get new licences, Malaysia’s Genting out

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November 26, 2022964 Views

Macau’s government said on Saturday its six incumbent casino operators would be given new licences to operate in the world’s biggest gambling hub from January, with Malaysian operator Genting missing out on a spot. The highly anticipated announcement signals stability and continuity for the Macau operators who have invested more than $50 billion in the Chinese special administrative region in the past 20 years. But the requirement to spend on theme parks, music and sports adds to financial pressure at a time when revenue has plunged under anti-virus restrictions. Officials in Macau, the world’s biggest casino hub, told a news briefing the main considerations for granting licences included ensuring local employment, developing overseas tourist markets and developing non-gaming pr...

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Macau casino operators soar as China allows tour groups after nearly 3 years

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September 27, 2022235 Views

Shares in Macau casino operators soared up to 13% on Monday after the city's leader said China would resume an e-visa scheme for mainland travellers and permit group tours, which could likely boost the footfall in the world's biggest gambling hub. The Chinese special administrative region, which is the only place in the country where it is legal for citizens to gamble in casinos, will aim to open to mainland tour groups in November for the first time in almost three years, the city's chief executive Ho Iat Seng said on Saturday. FILE PHOTO: A woman walks past a Bank of China branch next to the Grand Lisboa hotel and casino (R) in Macau, China December 21, 2019. REUTERS/Jason Lee Macau, a former Portuguese colony, has implemented stringent COVID-19 pandemic restrictions with tight...

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Macau’s casino losses engulf gambling hub

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June 1, 2022257 Views

Plunging casino revenues in Macau, the world's largest gambling hub, are taking a heavy toll on the wider economy, forcing hundreds of businesses to close down and pushing unemployment to its highest level since 2009. The former Portuguese colony on Wednesday posted one of its worst monthly gambling revenues since September 2020, a week after Macau's government warned that rising job losses and financial strains could trigger social conflicts and destabilise the city's security. The Chinese special administrative region is the only place in the country where it is legal to gamble in casinos. Heavily reliant on casino taxes, which account for more than 80% of government revenue, Macau has had little success in diversifying its economy. "We are the most reliant city in the worl...

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Macao’s casinos pin hopes on everyday gamblers after junket shutdowns

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December 21, 2021469 Views

Macao's casinos face a bleak short-term outlook after shutting most of their lucrative gaming rooms catering to wealthy gamblers and as COVID-19 travel restrictions prevent the shift to mass-market customers that they will depend on in the future. The former Portuguese colony that is the world's biggest gambling hub in terms of money wagered has long relied on the revenue from the VIP gaming rooms where high-rollers placed massive bets. But the Chinese government's recent crackdown on the junket business, which arranged the transportation, accommodation and the credit necessary to gamble for wealthy clients, is calling into question the financial outlook for casino operators including Wynn Macao, Sands China and MGM China. Junket-run gaming rooms inside casinos made up roughl...