Many major Macau casino properties were on Thursday offering the new ‘Lucky 7’ side bet format and its variation ‘Super Lucky 7′, alongside the established special bet, ‘Small 6/Big 6’.
The most popular live-table baccarat bets on main floors – whether on Macau peninsula or in Cotai – were priced at either HKD1,000 (US$128.74) or HKD2,000.
The observation was based on a floor tour by GGRAsia on Thursday, the third day of a seven-day mainland China holiday encompassing China’s National Day celebrations on October 1.
Investment analysts have noted that tourism volume in the city is not always a proxy for Macau gross gaming revenue (GGR). Nonetheless, the special administrative region received more than 300,000 visitors – most from the Chinese mainland – on the first two days of the ongoing holidays, that run until October 7 inclusive.
GGRAsia’s Thursday casino-floor checks began on Macau peninsula at 11.20am at Grand Lisboa, a casino hotel property run by SJM Resorts Holdings Ltd.
Level 1 at Grand Lisboa had many busy baccarat tables, with minimums of HKD1,000, HKD1,500, HKD2,000 and HKD3,000. The most popular were the HKD1,000 up to HKD2,000 tables.
Several Level 1 tables offered the new-to-Macau ‘Lucky 7’ and ‘Super Lucky 7’ side bets. They were each presented to customers via a single betting ‘box’ on the table felt, sandwiched between ‘Small 6’ and ‘Big 6’ side-bet options each with their own boxes.
The Mezzanine Level at Grand Lisboa had – at one of its two wings – high-limit baccarat with minimums from HKD3,000 to HKD5,000 but tables were sparsely populated.
The other high-limit wing on that level, the Phoenix Pavilion room, had even thinner traffic.
GGRAsia’s next stop at 12.10pm on Thursday was Wynn Macau (pictured, above) the downtown property of Wynn Macau Ltd.
Elongated versions of live-dealer baccarat tables, each with two dealers staffing them, had minimums of HKD500 to HKD800, with moderate traffic.
Most of Wynn Macau’s main floor baccarat tables were offering and taking in Lucky 7 and Super Lucky 7 side bets, on tables already equipped with the established ‘6s’ side bets.
Main floor baccarat minimum bets were HKD1,000 to HKD3,000. The busiest were tables of the lower end of the range.
At Wynn Macau’s Diamond Club zone, all tables featured Lucky 7 and Super Lucky 7. Traffic was sparse, and minimums ranged from HKD2,000 to HKD5,000.
At the property’s Encore Casino, all tables – ranging from HKD2,000 up to HKD10,000 – had Lucky 7 and its variant, as well as the ‘6s’ side bets. The busiest 바카라사이트 tables were HKD3,000 and HKD5,000.
Next stop at 12.45pm was the MGM Macau property of MGM China Holdings Ltd. There, a high limits baccarat zone – with games all offered on ‘smart’ gaming tables – had a few busy tables at the HKD2,000 and HKD3,000 denomination. Tables in that zone offered the ‘7s’ and ‘6s’ side bets. Some tables there had a so-called ‘insurance bet’ option.
Many tables observed on the main floor – all with ‘smart’ capability – were busy, had side bet options, and ranged from HKD1,000 up to HKD3,000. The busiest tables are the lower end of the range.
GGRAsia’s next stop was at 1.15pm at StarWorld Hotel, Galaxy Entertainment Group Ltd’s downtown casino hotel. There a large poster advertised a Super Lucky 7 bet with a payout of as much as 1:100. On Level 1 of the venue, the ‘6s’ and ‘7s’ side bets were available on all tables observed. Minimums were HKD1,000 up to HKD3,000. The busiest tables were at HKD1,000 and HKD2,000.
At Level 5, the Horizon high-limit zone was busy, with baccarat at HKD3,000 up to HKD10,000. Most popular were the HKD3,000 tables, and all tables had the ’6s’ and ’7s’ side bets.