Macau collects US$10.1bn in gaming taxes in first 10 months
Casino gaming remained Macau’s largest source of government revenue, accounting for more than four-fifths of current income during the 10-month period.
Macau.- Macau collected MOP81.53bn (US$10.09bn) in gaming tax revenue in the first 10 months of 2026, an increase of 5.2 per cent compared with the same period last year, according to data published by the Financial Services Bureau (DSF) on November 11.
Gaming tax receipts in October amounted to approximately MOP6.96bn (US$861.4m), down 17 per cent from MOP8.39bn (US$1.04bn) in September. Gaming revenue accounted for 84.1 per cent of the government’s total revenue of MOP96.94bn (US$12bn) during the first 10 months of the year and reached 88.1 per cent of the MOP92.53bn (US$11.45bn) target for 2026.
Macau’s casinos generated MOP208.80bn (US$25.84bn) in gross gaming revenue (GGR) between January and October, reaching 88.5 per cent of the government’s MOP236bn (US$29.21bn) forecast for the full year. Under Macau’s current 10-year gaming concession framework, which took effect on January 1, 2023, casino operators are subject to an effective gaming tax rate of 40 per cent on GGR.
