{"id":777043445,"date":"2026-06-11T07:40:52","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T10:40:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777043445"},"modified":"2026-06-12T12:48:51","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T15:48:51","slug":"macau-gaming-tax-revenue-up-14-6-january-may","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-gaming-tax-revenue-up-14-6-january-may","title":{"rendered":"Macau gaming tax revenue up 14.6% January-May"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The government collected US$5.27bn from casino operations in the first five months of 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Macau.- The Financial Services Bureau<\/strong> has reported that Macau collected MOP42.52bn (US$5.27bn)<\/strong> in casino taxes in the first five months of the year. The figure was up 14.6 per cent year-on-year and represents 46 per cent of the full-year budget target.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gaming taxes accounted for nearly 85 per cent of government revenue in the five months to May 31. 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) this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ) reported that Macau\u2019s gross gaming revenue (GGR) was\u00a0MOP22.61bn (US$2.8bn)\u00a0in May.\u00a0Gaming tax revenue reached MOP7.65bn (US$948m), down 15.6 per cent from April<\/a>. Cumulatively, Macau\u2019s GGR for the\u00a0five months of 2026<\/a>\u00a0was MOP108.38bn (US$13.44bn), up 10.9 per cent year-on-year.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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\n\t\t\t\t\tSee also:<\/span> Macau gaming tax revenue up 16.9% January-April<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The government collected US$5.27bn from casino operations in the first five months of 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":226,"featured_media":777027981,"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$5.27bn in the first five months of 2026, a 14.6% year-on-year increase, representing 46% of the full-year budget target. Gaming taxes constituted nearly 85% of the government's total revenue during this period, reflecting the sector's critical fiscal contribution under the current 40% GGR tax regime.","focusai_entities":"Financial Services Bureau, Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ)","focusai_location":"Macau","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.95), compliance_legal (0.7), operator_casino (0.95), investor_analyst (0.95), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"GGR vs. Tax Revenue","query":"How does the reported GGR growth rate compare to the gaming tax revenue growth rate, and what implications does this have for the government's fiscal targets and operator profitability?"},{"label":"Concession Impact Analysis","query":"What is the projected full-year impact of the 40% GGR tax rate under the new 10-year concessions on Macau's fiscal stability and the concessionaires' financial performance?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16338,163,24628,158],"tags":[12436,257,2895],"class_list":["post-777043445","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-casinos","tag-macau","tag-taxes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777043445","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=777043445"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777043445\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777043455,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777043445\/revisions\/777043455"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/777027981"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777043445"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777043445"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777043445"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}