Casinos in Macau collected $3.5bn in gaming revenues during October, the highest single-month figure ever recorded.
Macau's Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau said the figure was three per cent higher than October 2011, which had the previously established single-month record.
The figure marked the third time this year that Macau gaming revenues had increased by single digits, which are considered bad months in the Chinese gaming market. In July, Macau gaming revenues grew just 1.5 per cent, the lowest increase in three years.
For the first 10 months of 2012, Macau gaming revenues are up 13 per cent over the same time period of 2011. Last year, Macau collected $33.5bn in gaming revenues, more than five times the amount collected on the Las Vegas Strip and a 42 per cent increase over 2010.
