Casino gross gaming revenue (GGR) in Macau rose 4.5 percent year-on-year in February to MOP20.63 billion (US$2.56 billion), according to data released on Sunday by the city’s Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau.
February encompassed the latest Chinese New Year (CNY) holiday season. Chinese New Year fell on February 17 this time, and the Chinese mainland – Macau’s main tourism feeder market – had a nine-day holiday from February 15 to February 23 inclusive.
February’s result was down 8.9 percent sequentially compared to January’s MOP22.63 billion.
The latest monthly tally took the aggregate GGR so far this year to MOP43.26 billion, up 13.9 percent on the same period in 2025.
The average daily and single-day visitor arrivals during the nine-day period of the 2026 Chinese New Year holiday break reached a new high since official record-keeping started for this holiday break, according to the Macao Government Tourism Office (MGTO).
Preliminary figures show that Macau received just over 1.55 million visitors during the holiday period.
JP Morgan Securities (Asia Pacific) Ltd suggested in a note in late February that the holiday period “kicked off sluggishly, with the first four to five days running at circa MOP450 million per day”.
“But from day six onward, activity surged sharply with GGR breaking past MOP1.2-billion per day, implying +10 percent to +15 percent year-on-year,” the institution added.
Citigroup said in a memo after a holiday survey of Macau floors, that it had observed a wagering volume that was circa 17 percent higher than the previous Chinese New Year holiday period.
