New monthly record for gaming

Macau set a new monthly casino gross gaming revenue record in February, according to official data released today. With total revenue of MOP19.86 billion (US$2.36 billion), last month’s casino take beat the previous record of MOP18.88 billion set in December, by a large margin. January’s record also represented a 47.7 percent year-on-year increase. The total casino gross gaming revenue for the first two months of 2011 rose 40.4 percent year-on-year, to MOP38.43 billion.