Macau’s gross gaming revenue (GGR) totaled 19.7 billion patacas (US$2.45 billion) in August, according to data from Macau’s Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau, known by its Portuguese acronym DICJ.
This was the second-highest total this year after 20.1 billion patacas (US$2.5 billion) in May, while 19.5 billion patacas (US$2.42 billion) in March was third.
The August statistics represent a year-on-year increase of nearly 15%, compared to 17.2 billion ($2.1 billion) in the same period of 2023.
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Cumulative gross gaming revenue for the first eight months of this year reached 152.1 billion patacas (US$18.9 billion), up more than 33% from 114 billion patacas (US$14.1 billion) in the same period last year.
According to local government Conservative estimategross gaming revenue is expected to reach 216 billion patacas (26.8 billion U.S. dollars) in 2024.
Others are more optimistic predict Some say the total amount of stolen money could be as high as 239.9 billion patacas (US$29.8 billion).
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