Macau gaming tax revenue at US$10.1bln in first 10 months of 2026, up 5pct y-o-y

The Macau government collected nearly MOP81.53 billion (US$10.09 billion) in fiscal revenue from gaming in the first 10 months of 2026, according to the latest data released by the city’s Financial Services Bureau. The figure was up 5.2 percent from the prior-year period. The October figure from gaming tax was just over MOP6.96 billion, down 17.0 percent month-on-month from September’s MOP8.39 billion, 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. The latest data from the Financial Services Bureau show that gaming taxes accounted for 84.1 percent of the Macau government’s nearly MOP96.94-billion in current revenue recorded in the 10 months to October 31. The Macau government expects to collect just over MOP92.53 billion in gaming tax revenue this year. The tally for the first 10 months of 2026 represented 88.1 percent of that amount. The government expects GGR to reach MOP236 billion in 2026. As of October 31, the year-to-date tally was just under MOP208.80 billion, circa 88.5 percent of that estimate. In mid-October, the city’s leader, Chief Executive Sam Hou Fai, said there were currently no plans to adjust the full-year GGR forecast.