Casino revenue, which dropped 25.7% in Vegas, was also down 2% at the Sands Macau, but up 12.6% at the Venetian Macau and 41.6% at the Four Seasons Macau.
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Behind Las Vegas Sands in Macau are U.S.-based competitors Wynn Resorts and, more distantly, MGM Resorts International.
Adelson's Sands resort in Macau kicked off a boom in Chinese casino gambling, catering to daytime visitors with a huge casino and a dinky hotel.
The Las Vegas Sands Corporation, which owns the Venetian casinos in Las Vegas and Macau, opened Marina Bay Sands in Singapore in April.
None of the 12 other Macau casinos built before Sands, all operated by a Hong Kong tycoon, Stanley Ho, had any windows.
Nevertheless, Las Vegas Sands has expanded rapidly in the Macau region and developed a portfolio of properties to control a significant portion of the market.
The best bets for Hong Kong investors have been Macau gambling stocks, Sands China Ltd.
Both Las Vegas Sands and Wynn Resorts have already listed their Macau operations in Hong Kong.
Las Vegas Sands generated 81% of its revenue in Macau and Singapore in Q3.
Las Vegas Sands makes the bulk of its earnings in Macau, the world's biggest gambling market and the only Chinese territory where casinos are allowed, and Singapore.
The Sands now gets nearly 90% of its operating profit from Asia, including from a casino resort in Singapore and Hong Kong-listed joint venture Sands China, which has three resorts in Macau.
Las Vegas Sands reported its Q4 2012 results last week and Macau once again was a big driver to growth.
With Chinese demand for entertainment and gambling in Macau surging, companies like Las Vegas Sands, Wynn Resorts, and MGM Resorts have scrambled to move in and get a piece of the action.
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Sheldon Adelson, the Las Vegas Sands Corp. chairman, recently opened the Sands Cotai Central, making it the 35th casino in Macau.
Adelson later gambled on casinos in Las Vegas, Macau and Singapore, and took his Las Vegas Sands public in December 2004.
The best performer in Hong Kong was gambling company Sands China, which climbed 2.4%, after Macau's government gave it a three-year extension to complete a key project in the gambling hub.
Adelson later gambled on casinos in Las Vegas, Macau and Singapore, and took his Las Vegas Sands (nyse: LVS - news - people ) public in December 2004.
The casino, which is also partly owned by MGM, competes for business in booming Macau with spots owned by Wynn Resorts and Las Vegas Sands.
Casino operators including Wynn Resorts and Las Vegas Sands derive a big chunk of their revenues from the operations in Macau, while major commodity players like Freeport McMoran depend on strong Chinese demand for copper and other metals to drive top-line growth.
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The conservative Las Vegas Sands chairman and Mitt Romney supporter has faced accusations in recent days of encouraging prostitution at his Macau properties.
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Sands is the first casino to be opened by a foreigner, after a decision by the Macau government two years ago to end Mr Ho's 42-year-old gambling monopoly and to auction three new gaming licences.
Shares of his Las Vegas Sands casino company have fallen more than 95% in a year as gamblers stay home in Nevada and Macau.
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