Despite scheduled to cease operations by the end of this year, a number of satellite casinos – mostly located in downtown Macau – remain packed with patrons, according to GGRAsia spot checks. These satellite venues offer live-dealer baccarat tables with minimum bets far lower than those featured on the mains floors of nearby casinos directly run by the city’s gaming concessionaires.

Minimum bets for live baccarat table games at satellite casinos located across the ZAPE and NAPE districts of the peninsula ranged from HKD200 (US$25.5) to HKD3,000, with most of these venues offering bets ranging from HKD300 to HKD500 on their main floors, according to GGRAsia observations.

Several of these satellite gaming venues have set “high limit” areas for traditional baccarat play, which account for a small proportion of their respective table inventory. Minimum bets for the high-limit baccarat play at these venues ranged from HKD1,000 to HKD3,000, with denominations of HKD1,000 and HKD2,000 the most common.