Weekly Brief · Lead
Macau's Year-Long Growth Cycle Is Called to a Halt in June as The Star Draws a A$10 Million Penalty and the DICJ Defends the Integrity of the Card Shoe
Analysts call June Macau GGR flat-to-down — Seaport sees a 0.3% dip and J.P. Morgan +1% to about MOP$21.2 billion — ending twelve months of growth even as May printed MOP$22.6 billion (+6.7%). The Star Sydney is fined A$10 million for breaches that predate Bally's rescue; PAGCOR's chair warns Philippine GGR could fall up to 19% as the regulator moves to split itself from its casinos; and Macau's DICJ publishes its card-shoe inspection record to quell an online integrity rumour.

