China News Service, Macau, August 1. The Gaming Supervision and Coordination Bureau of the Macau SAR Government announced on the 1st that the gross gaming revenue of Macau in July totaled 1.344 billion yuan (MOP, the same below), an increase of 628 million yuan from June, an increase of 87.7 %. But it was down 94.5% from the same period last year.
From January to July this year, Macau’s cumulative gross gaming revenue was 35 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 79.8%.
Affected by the new crown pneumonia epidemic, the Macau SAR government expects that the total revenue of the gaming industry this year will be reduced to 130 billion yuan, a 50% reduction from the original estimate of 260 billion yuan. (Finish)