Macau saw a 24.1 percent fall in mass GGR in 3Q21 compared to the previous quarter, whilst VIP GGR fell 29.9 percent, according to DICJ data from Monday. 

City of Dreams Manila saw a significant drop in VIP revenue during the first three months of the year, causing one of its parent companies - Premium Leisure Corp (PLC) - to record a 44 percent annual drop in gaming revenue from the property.

The sport of whale watching is never abandoned in Macau, as evidenced by the results from the first quarter of the year, published by the region's gaming watchdog.

Gaming revenue at Okada Manila fell by nearly a quarter in the first three months of the year, as gross gaming revenue from the VIP segment tumbled 42.61 percent year-on-year.

NagaCorp Ltd, the operator of NagaWorld, a casino resort monopoly in the Cambodian capital Phnom Penh, has announced that it recorded a 23.7 percent increase in gross gaming revenue (GGR) in the first quarter of this year compared to the same period last year, reaching over $145 million.

Wang Changbin, director of the Centre for Gaming and Tourism Studies at Macao Polytechnic University, says that Macau's gaming industry is unlikely to recover to pre-COVID levels, as the mass market growth is improbable to fill the gap in GGR from the VIP segment.

Domestic demand will continue to be the ‘main driver of industry growth’ in the Philippines market, according to analysts at Maybank, pointing out that Solaire operator Bloomberry is the market leader, with some 37 percent of mass market share and 35 percent of VIP share in Entertainment City during the first quarter.

Macau’s casinos recorded a 10.9 percent fall in mass GGR in 1Q22 compared to the prior-year period, whilst VIP GGR nearly halved.

Macau gross gambling revenue is down 12 percent week-on-week, dragged down by lower visitation and a drop in VIP revenue as junket operations dry up, according to channel checks from Bernstein Research.

Resorts World Manila saw its gross gambling revenue rise 46 percent in 3Q21 from the prior quarter, despite the lockdowns in the Philippines.