\n(Bloomberg) \u2014 Sands China Ltd., the Macau casino operator controlled by billionaire Sheldon Adelson, said profit increased 3.3 percent as growth in mass-market gamblers partly made up for lower spending by high rollers.<\/p>\n
\tThe shares gained 0.7 percent to HK$42.55 at the close of trading in Hong Kong, after falling as much as 2 percent earlier. MGM China Holdings Ltd. gained 1.1 percent and Galaxy Entertainment Group Ltd. slipped 0.5 percent.<\/p>\n
\tSands China\u2019s margins for lower-tier, mass-market gamblers remained high at more than 45 percent, Barclays Plc analyst Phoebe Tse wrote in a note today, adding that management \u201cmentioned increasing competition in the premium mass segment\u201d. That\u2019s impacting margins for this higher-spending group of gamblers, she said.<\/p>\n
\tAdelson, who controls Sands China, said this month that he expects VIP gambling business in the city to recover after casino revenue in the three months ended September fell 7.1 percent. Chinese players have been \u201cstaying below the radar\u201d by avoiding Macau and not spending money in ostentatious ways, Adelson said.<\/p>\n
\tOutside Macau<\/p>\n
\tChina\u2019s clampdown on corruption and lavish spending has hit the big spenders who contributed more than 60 percent to Macau\u2019s gambling revenue. These high-rollers now look to bet outside the city, the only place in China where casino gambling is legal, boosting overseas casinos from Manila to Las Vegas.<\/p>\n
\tOperators such as Sands China and Galaxy Entertainment Group Ltd. have allocated more resources to the premium mass- market gamblers who bet in cash and provide wider margins than high rollers. Such players don\u2019t use junket operators, which charge companies a commission to bring them to Macau.<\/p>\n
\tCasinos in Macau are also facing greater labor unrest and a profit margin squeeze as more employees join protests to demand higher pay and better welfare support.<\/p>\n
\tSands China\u2019s third-quarter adjusted property earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization rose to $811.6 million from a year earlier, according to Las Vegas Sands\u2019 earnings statement, compared with the $799.3 million average of four analysts\u2019 estimates compiled by Bloomberg.<\/p>\n
\tNet income in the quarter at Sands China climbed to $644.6 million from $617.9 million a year ago, while net revenue fell 0.4 percent to $2.33 billion, according to the parent company.<\/p>\n
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