The Macau government will allocate 100 tables to Wynn Macau for Wynn Palace, which is due to open on August 22.

In addition to the 200 tables from Wynn Macau, this brings the initial table numbers to 300. It will then be allocated 25 more tables next January and another 25 tables on January 1, 2018.

This amounts to a total of just 150 new tables, which is far below the numbers allocated to rivals Galaxy Entertainment's phase two and Melco Crown's Studio City, which both received 250. Wynn Macau had applied for 400 tables.

This decision calls into question the number of tables that Sands China's The Parisian might receive, with the eventual allocation providing some insight into what operators can expect going forward.