Citi Highlights Macau Gambling Revenue At or Near Record Highs for Second Time in Two Months

Citigroup issued a note Tuesday morning suggesting Macau's gambling revenues may reach 30.5B patacas for May, following a record setting 31.3B in revenue for the month of March. The model behind Citi analyst Anil Daswani's figures assumes an average daily run rate of 954M patacas for the remainder of the month. Stocks in the Casino & Gaming sector have been outperforming over the last month. Las Vegas Sands LVS shares are up more than 12 percent, Wynn WYNN shares are up 11.5 percent, Melco Crown MPEL has been up 9 percent and shares of MGM MGM have rallied nearly 30 percent.