Macau gaming tax revenue at US$9.2bln in first 9 months of 2026, up 5.9pct y-o-y

The Macau government collected just over MOP74.56 billion (US$9.22 billion) in fiscal revenue from gaming in the first nine months of 2026, according to the latest data released by the city’s Financial Services Bureau. The figure was up 5.9 percent from the prior-year period. The September figure from gaming tax was nearly MOP8.39 billion, up 7.4 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 September casino GGR was MOP17.84 billion, down 1.2 percent year-on-year. The latest data from the Financial Services Bureau show that gaming taxes accounted for approximately 84.1 percent of the Macau government’s MOP88.71 billion in current revenue recorded in the nine months to September 30. The Macau government expects to collect nearly MOP92.53 billion in gaming tax revenue this year. The tally for the first nine months of 2026 represented 80.6 percent of that amount. The government expects GGR to reach MOP236 billion in 2026. On Saturday, the city’s leader, Chief Executive Sam Hou Fai, said there were currently no plans to adjust the full-year GGR forecast.