MACAU BUSINESS
Junket presence contracts to 29 registered entities M S
acau’s junket presence has dwindled to just 29, as shown by the latest information from the city’s gaming regulator. According to the Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau, this figure was accurate as of 7 July. In late March, there were 31 such companies registered with the bureau. A mandate dated 23 June 2026 from the Secretary for Economy and Finance set the 2027 quota at 50.
Under new rules introduced in 2022, each junket is only allowed to provide services to one gaming concessionaire. The table below shows how many promoters each casino concessionaire is allowed to partner with.
UN report warns of
mainland China, Hong Kong and Macau’s role in illegal gambling flow
outhEast Asia’s criminal ecosystem has undergone a fundamental restructuring, with mainland China, Hong Kong and Macau identified as central to global illegal gambling flows, according to a new report by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). The report, An Interconnected Criminal Ecosystem: Transnational Organized Crime Threat Assessment for Southeast Asia 2026, warns that oncefragmented syndicates have merged into a transnational, techdriven economy “sophisticated
enough to outpace conventional law enforcement and threaten governance, economic stability, and development in the region and beyond.” “What we are seeing is a shift in which groups that stayed within their own geographic domain and criminal specialty are now operating across multiple illicit markets at once, relying on the same service streams,” said Delphine Schantz, UNODC Regional Representative for SouthEast Asia and the Pacific, at the launch in Bangkok. “Their operating model looks like corporate franchising.” Illegal online gambling is singled out as a core revenue stream. The report notes: “China, including Hong Kong SAR and Macau SAR, and Taiwan PoC may account for approximately 50 per cent of that global illegal betting turnover,” with worldwide wagers estimated between US$340 billion and US$1.7 trillion annually.
VIP gaming revenue down 18.8 per cent sequentially in Q2 R
evenues from high rollers in Macau fell by 18.8 per cent quarter-on-quarter and 2.6 per cent year-on-year in the second quarter of the year,
official data showed.
VIP baccarat, which accounts for the entirety of the city’s VIP sector, generated revenues of MOP15.9 billion (USD1.98 billion) between April and June, according to the Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ). This represents a decline from the MOP16.3 billion (USD2.03 billion) recorded in the prior-year period.
The latest figure also represents an 18.8 per cent decline from the first quarter of 2026, when VIP revenues stood at MOP19.6 billion (USD2.44 billion). Despite a steady post-pandemic recovery across the wider sector, VIP gaming in the world’s biggest gambling hub remains well below its historical peaks.
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