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 mar26 Wynn Macau casino operator Wynn Macau Ltd announced on Friday a final dividend of HKD0.223 (US$0.028) per share for the year ended December 31, 2025. That compared with a final dividend of HKD0.185 per share paid for full-year 2024. The firm said it expects to pay the 2025 dividend – which is subject to shareholders’ approval – on June 16, according to a filing to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. Wynn Macau Ltd operates the Wynn Palace resort on Cotai, and also runs the Wynn Macau resort (pictured) on the city’s peninsula. The company is a unit of U.S.-based casino developer Wynn Resorts Ltd. In September, Wynn Macau Ltd  paid a dividend  of HKD0.185 per share – amounting to HKD972.5 million in aggregate – in respect of the six months to June 30, 2025. The Macau unit reported a net profit attributable to its owners of nearly HKD1.63 billion for full-year 2025, compared to a HKD3.20-billion profit in 2024. That was on operating revenues of about HKD28.99 billion, up 0....

jul26 Consumer acceptance of Macau’s latest baccarat side bets is possibly being hurt by complexity of play rules and players’ perception about the chance of success, despite the big payouts on offer. That is according to local gaming scholar Ryan Ho Hong Wai in comments to GGRAsia. Some recently-added side bets “appear to be infrequently wagered, with many players’ initial reaction being that the bets are less attractive, given the asymmetric nature of the payoff versus the likelihood of loss,” Mr Ho suggested, citing observation from frontline casino staff. The scholar was referring to the ‘Monkey no Monkey’, ‘Pairs+’, and ‘4/5/6 Cards’ side bet combinations. That was compared to the enthusiastic adoption by gamblers of an earlier generation of baccarat proposition products during 2024, including ‘Small 6/Big 6’ side bets as well as ‘Lucky 7’ and ‘Super Lucky 7’ . The more recent round of side-bet products saw Macau’s casino regulator, the Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau, ...