Macau second-quarter gambling revenue rises 50% on year

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By Jonathan Li

HONG KONG (MarketWatch) -- Macau's casino gambling revenue in the second quarter rose 50% to MOP19.57 billion (US$2.45 billion) from MOP13.03 billion in the year-earlier period, the Chinese territory's Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau said Monday. The city's casino gambling revenue for the first half rose 47.5% to MOP37.97 billion from MOP25.75 billion in the same period last year, the casino regulator of the former Portuguese enclave said. The regulator didn't elaborate on the figures it disclosed on its Web site, but analysts said earlier they expected new casinos and a rise in the number of tourists from mainland China to Macau would boost casino gambling revenue. Macau is the only place in China where casino gambling is legal. Sociedade de Jogos de Macau SA, one of Macau's six casino operators and controlled by casino magnate Stanley Ho, opened the Grand Lisboa casino and hotel in February.

Melco PBL Entertainment (Macau) Ltd. (MPEL : melco pbl entmnt ltd adr Last: 13.85-0.07- 0.50%) opened its first casino-hotel in the city, Crown Macau, in mid-May. Las Vegas Sands Corp. (LVS : las vegas sands corp com Last: 81.30+0.09+0.11%) and Wynn Resorts Ltd. (WYNN : wynn resorts ltd com Last: 97.79-0.60-0.61% also operate casinos in Macau.

Über Glücksspiele in Macau - Gambling in Macao:

Macau (englisch Macao) liegt rund 50 Kilometer westlich von Hongkong und ist das Glücksspiel-Paradies in Asien.

Macau hat rund 40 Spielcasinos. Die grössten Casinos sind The Venetian Macao, MGM Macao, Wynn Macao, Galaxy StarWorld, City of Dreams, Sands Macao, Casino Lisboa.

Neben den riesigen und farbenfrohen Casinobuildings ist eines der Wahrzeichen der Macau Tower (Fernsehturm mit 338 Meter) mit atemberaubenden Ausblicken auf die Stadt.

Macau erstreckt sich über eine Fläche von 115.3 km2 und hat rund 620'000 Einwohner.

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