{"id":777046125,"date":"2026-08-13T06:40:47","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T09:40:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777046125"},"modified":"2026-08-13T08:53:21","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T11:53:21","slug":"macau-gaming-tax-revenue-up-9-3-january-july","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-gaming-tax-revenue-up-9-3-january-july","title":{"rendered":"Macau gaming tax revenue up 9.3% January-July"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The government collected US$7.2bn from casino operations in the first seven months of 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Macau.- The Financial Services Bureau<\/strong> has reported that Macau collected MOP58.34bn (US$7.2bn)<\/strong> in casino taxes in the first seven months of the year. The figure was up 9.3 per cent compared to the January-July period of 2025. Gaming taxes accounted for nearly 86 per cent of government revenue.<\/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 monthly tax receipts for July amounted to MOP7.15bn, down 17 per cent from June<\/a>. The Macau government\u2019s 2026 fiscal budget plan estimated that income from taxes on the gaming sector would reach MOP92.53bn (US$11.52bn) this year.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ) reported that Macau\u2019s gross gaming revenue (GGR) was\u00a0MOP20.26bn (US$2.51bn)\u00a0in July<\/a>, down 8.4 per cent in year-on-year terms but up 9.4 per cent compared to June\u2019s MOP18.52bn (US$2.29bn).\u00a0Cumulatively,\u00a0Macau\u2019s GGR for the first seven months\u00a0of 2026 was MOP147.16bn (US$18.22bn), up 4.4 per cent year-on-year.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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\n\t\t\t\t\tSee also:<\/span> Macau GGR run rate rises 12% in early August, Citi says<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The government collected US$7.2bn from casino operations in the first seven months of 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":226,"featured_media":777006346,"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 operations generated US$7.2bn in tax revenue during the first seven months of 2026, marking a 9.3 per cent increase year-on-year and accounting for 86 per cent of government revenue. Operators pay a 40 per cent tax on Gross Gaming Revenue (GGR) under the current 10-year concessions. While July's GGR was US$2.51bn, up 9.4 per cent month-on-month, cumulative GGR for the period reached US$18.22bn, a 4.4 per cent rise year-on-year.","focusai_entities":"Financial Services Bureau, Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ), Citi","focusai_location":"Macau","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.9), compliance_legal (0.7), operator_casino (1.0), investor_analyst (1.0), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"GGR Tax Rate Impact?","query":"How does Macau's 40% GGR tax rate compare to other major iGaming jurisdictions, and what are its specific implications for operator EBITDA margins and capital allocation strategies?"},{"label":"Fiscal Budget Diversification?","query":"Given that gaming taxes constitute 86% of Macau's government revenue, what are the government's long-term fiscal diversification strategies to mitigate over-reliance on the gaming sector?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16338,163,24628,158],"tags":[20582,23908,23906],"class_list":["post-777046125","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\/777046125","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=777046125"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777046125\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777046136,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777046125\/revisions\/777046136"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/777006346"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777046125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777046125"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777046125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}