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Allocation of Macau’s 6,000 gaming tables and 12,000 slot machines: winners and losers

Andrew W Scott by Andrew W Scott
Mon 19 Dec 2022 at 13:52
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The Macau government has announced its allocation of tables and slot machines under the new concession period to commence from 1 January 2023.

The government had previously announced the number of tables and slots in Macau under the new concessions would be reduced to 6,000 and 12,000 respectively.

This represents a 13% reduction in tables from the former 6,925 under the table cap which applied to the previous concession period set to end on 31 December 2022, and a 3% reduction in slot machines from the DICJ’s last official count of 12,387 machines as at the end of September.

The biggest winner is MGM with an additional 198 tables to add to its former allocation under the table cap, representing an increase of 36%. MGM is the only one of the six concessionaires to receive an increase in table allocation, with the other five concessionaires, SJM, Melco, Wynn, GEG and Sands, losing 743, 196, 100, 79 and 5 tables respectively. SJM’s enormous loss of tables likely reflects the demise of many satellite casinos in Macau.

The current precise allocation of slot machines between the concessionaires is more difficult to estimate, but current industry estimates, known to be reasonably accurate, are shown in the table below. According to those estimates, the winners are GEG, MGM and Wynn, with increases in slot machines of 402 (31%), 349 (26%) and 110 (11%) respectively. Losing slot machine unit count are SJM, Sands and Melco with reductions of 768 (31%), 335 (8%) and 145 (6%) respectively.

MACAU GAMING TABLES
Old cap New allocation % of total Change % change
Sands 1,685 1,680 28% -5 -0.3%
SJM 1,993 1,250 21% -743 -37%
GEG 1,079 1,000 17% -79 -7%
MGM 552 750 13% 198 36%
Melco 946 750 21% -196 -21%
Wynn 670 570 10% -100 -15%
6,925 6,000 100% -925 -13%
Average 1,154 1,000 17% -154 -13%

MACAU SLOT MACHINES
Most recent estimate Allocation % of total Change % change
Sands 4,035 3,700 31% -335 -8%
Melco 2,245 2,100 18% -145 -6%
GEG 1,298 1,700 14% 402 31%
MGM 1,351 1,700 14% 349 26%
SJM 2,468 1,700 14% -768 -31%
Wynn 990 1,100 9% 110 -11%
12,387 12,000 100% -387 -3%
Average 2,065 2,000 17% -65 -3%
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Andrew W Scott

Andrew W Scott

Born in Australia, Andrew is a gaming industry expert and media publisher, commentator and journalist who moved to Hong Kong in 2005 and then Macau in 2009, when he founded O MEDIA, one of Macau’s largest media companies, former and parent company of Inside Asian Gaming (IAG). Both O MEDIA and IAG were merged with US-based gaming media brand CDC Gaming on 1 January 2025, under new corporate parent Complete Media Group (CMG).

Andrew was appointed CEO of Complete Media Group upon the merger. CMG is now the parent of three gaming media brands: Inside Asian Gaming (focusing on land-based gaming in the Asia-Pacific region), CDC Gaming (focusing on land-based gaming in the Americas), and Complete iGaming (focusing on online gaming in the Americas and APAC).

Andrew continues to be Vice Chairman and CEO of IAG and now-sister company O MEDIA.

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