Macau gaming tax revenue at US$8.2 billion for Jan-Aug period, up 7 pct from a year ago

The Macau government collected just over MOP66.17 billion (US$8.19 billion) in fiscal revenue from gaming in the first eight months of 2026, according to the latest data released by the city’s Financial Services Bureau. The figure was up 6.9 percent from the prior-year period. The August figure from gaming tax was nearly MOP7.83 billion, up 9.5 percent month-on-month, the data showed. Under Macau’s 10-year gaming concession system, which came into effect on January 1, 2023, the effective tax on casino gross gaming revenue (GGR) is 40 percent. The tax-take figures for a given calendar period and the city’s casino GGR during the same time frame are not directly comparable for several reasons. These include the fact that there is typically a delay between the point at which GGR is recorded by Macau’s casino operators and the point at which the government records the corresponding tax payment. Macau’s August casino gross gaming revenue was just over MOP21.89 billion, down 1.2 percent year-on-year, but up 8.1 percent from July. The latest data from the Financial Services Bureau show that gaming taxes accounted for approximately 86.4 percent of the Macau government’s MOP76.61 billion in current revenue recorded in the eight months to August 31. The Macau government expects to collect nearly MOP92.53 billion in gaming tax revenue this year. The tally for the first eight months of 2026 represented 71.5 percent of that amount.