‘PH to capture 10% of Macau gaming market by 2016’

Katherine Visconti

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Manila might not beat out Macau for revenues but it will get a piece of the pie in Asia's lucrative gaming market

MANILA, Philippines – By 2016 the Philippine gaming industry will capture about 8% to 10% of the profits seen in the Chinese gambling haven of Macau, an official of a casino company said.

“The Macau market which is $35 billion today will be around $50 billion by 2016 if everything goes well,” said Belle Corp. Vice Chairman Willy Ocier, implying that the Philippine gaming market would be worth $4 billion to $5 billion at that time. 

He said the Philippines would benefit from traffic coming from all over Asia and improvements in infrastructure. 

Currently, there are only 2 major gaming operators in the Philippines: government-run Pagcor and Resorts World Manila. 

But Henry Sy-led Belle Corporation, Enrique Razon Jr.’s Bloomberry Resorts Corp., and Andrew Tan’s Alliance Global and Japanese-led Universal Entertainment are all setting up gaming and hotel complexes in the new Pagcor Entertainment City. 

“$1.2 billion is the current revenue of the gaming industry and it is currently divided by Resorts World and Pagcor. By the end of next year we will have 2 new players, including Bloomberry (Resorts Corp.) and ourselves,” said Ocier.

Though Belle will compete with these other casino operators, Ocier sees their arrival as a positive sign of profits to come. He believes having more players will draw more traffic since that has been the model in gaming hubs like Las Vegas and Macau. – Rappler.com

 

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