{"id":777041978,"date":"2026-05-11T07:48:56","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T10:48:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777041978"},"modified":"2026-05-15T13:19:53","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T16:19:53","slug":"macau-gaming-tax-revenue-up-16-9-january-april","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-gaming-tax-revenue-up-16-9-january-april","title":{"rendered":"Macau gaming tax revenue up 16.9% January-April"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The government collected US$4.34bn from casino operations in the first four months of 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Macau.- The Financial Services Bureau has reported that Macau collected MOP34.87bn (US$4.34bn) in casino taxes in the first four months of the year. The figure was up 16.9 per cent year-on-year and accounted for 37.7 per cent of the full-year budget target.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gaming taxes accounted for nearly 86.5 per cent of government revenue recorded in the four months to April 30. In April alone, gaming tax revenue reached MOP9.07bn (US$1.12bn), up 2.3 per cent from March.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Under the 10-year concessions that came into effect on January 1, 2023, casinos pay 40 per cent on GGR. The Macau government\u2019s 2026 fiscal budget plan estimates that income from taxes on the gaming sector will reach MOP92.53bn (US$11.52bn).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ) reported that, cumulatively, Macau\u2019s GGR for the four months of 2026<\/a> was MOP85.78bn (US$10.63bn), up 12.1 per cent year-on-year but 14 per cent below pre-pandemic levels (US$12.4bn).<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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\n\t\t\t\t\tSee also:<\/span> Macau gaming tax hits US$3.2bn in Q1 2026<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The government collected US$4.34bn from casino operations in the first four months of 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":226,"featured_media":777041980,"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$4.34bn in the first four months of 2026, marking a 16.9% year-on-year increase and fulfilling 37.7% of the full-year budget target. Gaming taxes constituted 86.5% of the government's total revenue for the period. Cumulative GGR for the same four months was US$10.63bn, up 12.1% year-on-year, yet remaining 14% below pre-pandemic levels.","focusai_entities":"Financial Services Bureau, Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ)","focusai_location":"Macau","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.95), regulator (0.9), operator_casino (0.95), investor_analyst (0.95), supplier_vendor (0.75), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"GGR vs. Budget Target?","query":"Given the 14% deficit against pre-pandemic GGR levels, what is the projected likelihood of Macau meeting its full-year MOP92.53bn fiscal budget target for gaming tax income?"},{"label":"Concessionaire Strategic Impact?","query":"How will the reported GGR performance and tax contributions in the first four months of 2026 influence the strategic capital expenditure and operational adjustments for the Macau concessionaires under their new 10-year agreements?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16338,163,24628,158],"tags":[20582,23908,23906],"class_list":["post-777041978","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-dicj","tag-gaming-regulation","tag-macau-casinos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777041978","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=777041978"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777041978\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777041983,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777041978\/revisions\/777041983"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/777041980"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777041978"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777041978"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777041978"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}