“We would not be surprised to see the daily run rate slip a bit into the end of the month as junket operators curtail capital to prepare for the upcoming Golden Week holiday,” they wrote.
Deutsche Bank expects year-on-year gross gaming revenue growth for September to come in within the 40 percent to 45 percent range. In September 2010, local casinos raked in us$ 1.87 billion.
While the us$ 90.3 million daily run rate in September is down around 8 percent from August, the two analysts do not believe there to be any softness in the market and attribute the decline to some VIP hold issues.