Macau’s gaming industry may be mired in a prolonged revenue slump but China’s special administrative region still boasts eight of the world’s top-ten casinos.
This week saw the Isle of Man-based Global Betting and Gaming Consultancy (GBGC) release the latest edition of its Global Gambling Report, which showed America’s casino market remained the world’s biggest in terms of gross gaming yield (GGY).
The US casino biz was worth just under $62.16b in 2014, significantly more than Macau’s $45.15b. Canada was well back of the pace in third place with $7.3b while Singapore generated $4.1b and Australia placed fifth at $3.995b.
Singapore’s performance was all the more impressive given that it has just two integrated resorts. Las Vegas Sands’ Marina Bay Sands ranked ninth on the individual casino chart with $2.57b in GGY, easily eclipsing crosstown rival Genting’s Resorts World Sentosa, which ranked 10th with $1.76b.