{"id":777031801,"date":"2025-09-17T09:54:47","date_gmt":"2025-09-17T12:54:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777031801"},"modified":"2026-04-21T19:05:21","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T22:05:21","slug":"macau-gaming-sector-receipts-and-expenditure-rose-in-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-gaming-sector-receipts-and-expenditure-rose-in-2024","title":{"rendered":"Macau gaming sector receipts and expenditure rose in 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Total receipts and expenditure rose by 23.1 per cent and 18 per cent respectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Macau.- The Macau Statistics and Census Service<\/strong> has reported that total receipts and expenditure from the city’s gaming sector reached MOP231.45bn (US$28.91bn) and MOP94.37bn (US$11.79bn) respectively in 2024. That’s an increase of 23.1 per cent and 18 per cent in year-on-year terms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Operating expenses <\/strong>reached MOP40.58bn (US$5bn) while spending on goods, commissions, and customer rebates reached MOP23.2bn (US$2.9bn). Both figures were up by 28 per cent in year-on-year terms. Non-operating expenses were MOP9.10bn (US$1.14bn), down 9.6 per cent compared to the previous year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Employee compensation<\/strong> was MOP21.48bn (US$2.68bn), up 7 per cent. The number of full-time employees was up 2.3 per cent to 52,971 by the end of December.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Spending on complementary goods and services for customers<\/strong>, such as hotel stays and food and drinks, totalled MOP25.58bn (US$3.2bn). That’s an increase of 31.1 per cent. Management services and contractual services reached MOP6.99bn (US$0.87bn), up 29.4 per cent, and market research and publicity stood at MOP2.67bn (US$0.33bn), up 28 per cent year-on-year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The gross surplus for the sector before taxes was MOP143.12bn (US$17.88bn). That’s an increase of 24.7 per cent in year-on-year terms. In 2024, there were nine entities with gaming activities in the city: six casino operators and two businesses involved in lotteries. One stopped its gaming operations during the year. The data does not include information on hotels, retail or other associated businesses.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\tSee also:<\/span> Macau gaming tax revenue up 5.3% January-August<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Total receipts and expenditure rose by 23.1 per cent and 18 per cent respectively.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":777031804,"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 gaming sector reported robust financial growth in 2024, with total receipts increasing by 23.1% to MOP231.45bn and gross surplus before taxes rising 24.7% to MOP143.12bn. This performance was driven by significant increases in operating expenses, customer rebates, and spending on complementary services, reflecting a strong post-recovery market trajectory.","focusai_entities":"Macau Statistics and Census Service","focusai_location":"Macau","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (1.0), regulator (0.9), operator_casino (1.0), marketing_crm (0.7), investor_analyst (1.0), supplier_vendor (0.8), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Operational Cost Drivers","query":"What specific factors contributed to the 28% year-on-year increase in operating expenses and customer rebates, and how does this impact NGR margins for Macau operators?"},{"label":"Sector Growth Sustainability","query":"Given the significant increase in total receipts and gross surplus, what are the projections for sustained growth in Macau's GGR and NGR, considering the current regulatory and competitive landscape?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16338,163],"tags":[29,257],"class_list":["post-777031801","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-east-asia-news","category-finance-news","tag-casino","tag-macau"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777031801","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\/176"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777031801"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777031801\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777031809,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777031801\/revisions\/777031809"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/777031804"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777031801"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777031801"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777031801"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}