Macau’s government collected MOP7.65 billion ($948 million) in gaming taxes in May, a 15.6 percent month-on-month decline, according to central account data released by the Financial Services Bureau (DSF).
For the first five months of 2026, gaming tax revenue totaled MOP42.52 billion ($5.27 billion), up 14.6 percent year-on-year, representing 46 percent of the government’s full-year budget estimate.
Gaming taxes accounted for some 85 percent of Macau’s total public revenue of MOP49.68 billion ($6.16 billion) during the period. Total public expenditure reached MOP31.11 billion ($3.86 billion), leaving a fiscal surplus of MOP18.57 billion ($2.3 billion) at the end of May, up 55 percent year-on-year and 3.5 times the budgeted amount.
The tax figures follow Macau’s gross gaming revenue of MOP22.61 billion ($2.8 billion) in May, up 6.7 percent year-on-year and the best May result since the pandemic.
For the first five months of 2026, GGR reached MOP108.38 billion ($13.44 billion), up 10.9 percent year-on-year, though still 13.8 percent below the same period in 2019.
