Inside Asian Gaming

2021 年 12月 IAG JAPAN 117 10年前 Macau and it is no surprise that GEG and Sands China – operator of The Venetian Macao, The Parisian Macao and The Londoner Macao in Cotai – have since emerged as the two dominant forces on the local gaming scene. What may not have been so predictable at that time was the transformation of Macau’s gaming mix: despite seeing mass market table gaming revenue grow by around 450% year-on-year, it still only comprised 14.4% of GEG’s table revenue as of October 2011. Fast forward a decade and mass tables comprised 65% of GEG's table game revenue in 3Q21, up from 53% pre-COVID in 4Q19. Of course, while some things change, others stay the same, with GEG’s then Group President and COO Michael Mecca telling IAG back in 2011, “We have invested a great deal to expand our non-gaming offerings to help further the government’s goal to diversify Macau’s leisure and entertainment offerings and position Macau as a world-class tourism and leisure center. And we will continue to do so.”