{"id":777030731,"date":"2025-08-25T07:57:23","date_gmt":"2025-08-25T10:57:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777030731"},"modified":"2026-04-21T19:51:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T22:51:20","slug":"macau-gaming-tax-revenue-up-in-first-seven-months-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-gaming-tax-revenue-up-in-first-seven-months-of-the-year","title":{"rendered":"Macau gaming tax revenue up in first seven months of the year"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The government collected US$6.64bn from casino operations in the January-July period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Macau.- The Financial Services Bureau<\/strong> has reported that Macau collected MOP53.4bn (US$6.64bn) in casino taxes in the first seven months of the year. The figure was up 3.4 per cent year-on-year.\u00a0For July, the government reported that revenue from gaming taxes reached MOP8.11bn (US$1bn), slightly behind the figure reported in June (MOP8.16bn – US$1bn)<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The government\u2019s original 2025 budget plan forecast full-year gaming tax revenue of MOP93.12bn (US$11.52bn). This was revised down in the 2025 fiscal budget amendment bill<\/a> to MOP79.8bn (US$9.87bn), reflecting a revision of the gaming revenue forecast from MOP240bn ($29.69bn) to MOP228bn ($28.2bn).<\/p>\n\n\n

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Under the 10-year concessions that came into effect on January 1, 2023, casinos pay 40 per cent on GGR. The Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ) has reported that Macau\u2019s gross gaming revenue (GGR) was MOP22.13bn (US$2.73bn) in July<\/a>, an increase of 19 per cent in year-on-year terms and a 5 per cent rise compared to June\u2019s MOP21.06bn (US$2.60bn)<\/a>. It was the best monthly performance since January 2020, just before the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cumulatively, Macau\u2019s GGR for the first seven months of 2025 was MOP140.8bn (US$17.4bn), up 6.46 per cent year-on-year. The figure was 19 per cent below pre-pandemic levels (MOP173.95bn \/ US$21.5bn).<\/p>\n\n\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\tSee also:<\/span> Wynn Macau raises US$1bn to cut debt and fund resort upgrades<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The government collected US$6.64bn from casino operations in the January-July period.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":226,"featured_media":16885,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Macau's casino tax revenue reached US$6.64bn for January-July, a 3.4% year-on-year increase, with July contributing US$1bn. The government has revised its 2025 full-year gaming tax and GGR forecasts downwards, reflecting a more conservative outlook. Gross Gaming Revenue for July hit US$2.73bn, marking the best monthly performance since January 2020, though cumulative GGR remains 19% below pre-pandemic levels.","focusai_entities":"Financial Services Bureau, Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ), Sands China, Wynn Macau","focusai_location":"Macau","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.7), operator_casino (1.0), investor_analyst (1.0), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"2025 GGR Forecast Impact","query":"What are the specific implications of the revised 2025 GGR forecast for concessionaires' capital expenditure plans and dividend policies, particularly given the 40% GGR tax rate?"},{"label":"Post-Pandemic Recovery Trajectory","query":"How does the current cumulative GGR performance, still 19% below pre-pandemic levels, influence long-term market growth projections and the potential for new investment in non-gaming amenities?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16338,163,24628,158],"tags":[29,257,1206],"class_list":["post-777030731","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-east-asia-news","category-finance-news","category-highlight-of-the-week","category-slider-home","tag-casino","tag-macau","tag-tax"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777030731","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/226"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777030731"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777030731\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777030783,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777030731\/revisions\/777030783"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16885"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777030731"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777030731"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777030731"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}