Macau gaming
Monday, January 7th, 2008MACAU — As reported by the Macau Daily Times: “Casino revenues recorded a record high 8.1 billion patacas in December, closing the year with a total 8.3 billion patacas in gaming revenues.
“Portuguese news agency, Lusa, reported that in December alone, casinos in Macau gross revenue was up 47 per cent compared to 2006.
“In addition to the revenue from casinos, Macau also summed around one billion patacas in revenue from the betting on races, horses, dogs, football games and other lotteries that will raise the accounts of the gaming sector to a total of about 84 billion patacas…”