The Macau government collected nearly MOP45.26 billion (US$5.6 billion) in fiscal revenue from gaming in the first half of 2025, representing an increase of 1.0 percent from the same period in 2024, according to the latest data released from the city’s Financial Services Bureau.
In June alone, the government got almost MOP8.16 billion in tax from gaming, up circa 12.2 percent from May.
Under Macau’s 10-year gaming concession system, which came into effect on January 1, 2023, the effective tax on casino gross gaming revenue (GGR) is 40 percent.
The tax-take figures for a given calendar period and the city’s casino GGR during the same time frame are not directly comparable for several reasons. These include the fact that there is typically a delay between the point at which GGR is recorded in Macau’s casino operations and the point at which tax is registered by the government as having been paid on such play.
On Wednesday Macau’s Legislative Assembly gave a final nod to a bill amending the city’s 2025 fiscal budget. The measure includes changes reflecting the local government’s early June announcement that it was reducing by circa 5 percent its 2025 forecast for Macau GGR, to MOP228 billion, from a previous projection of MOP240 billion.
The government’s original 2025 budget plan put revenue from gaming taxes at nearly MOP93.12 billion for this year. The authorities now expect MOP88.56 billion, i.e., a reduction of 4.9 percent from the earlier forecast.
The latest data from the Financial Services Bureau show that gaming taxes accounted for 86.5 percent of the Macau government’s nearly MOP52.34-billion in current revenue recorded in the six months to June 30.
Aggregate Macau casino GGR in the first half was MOP118.77 billion, 4.4-percent higher than the prior-year period.
In June, casino GGR rose 19.0 percent year-on-year, to MOP21.06 billion, the second-highest monthly tally post-Covid. That is according to data from the local regulator, the Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau.
