Macau’s government collected MOP51.19 billion ($6.3 billion) in taxes from gaming revenue in the first six months of 2026, up 13.1 percent from a year earlier, lifting the SAR’s fiscal surplus to MOP13.28 billion ($1.6 billion), according to central account budget execution data.
The surplus through June 30th was 14.7 percent higher than the MOP11.58 billion ($1.4 billion) recorded in the same period of 2025, and more than two and a half times the MOP5.22 billion ($646 million) surplus budgeted for the full year.
In June alone, gaming tax receipts amounted to MOP8.67 billion ($1.07 billion), up 6.3 percent from the same month last year, based on a comparison with the cumulative figures to May.
Gaming taxes accounted for roughly 86 percent of total public revenue, which rose 12.5 percent year-on-year to MOP59.54 billion ($7.4 billion) in the period.
Meanwhile, total public expenditure climbed 11.9 percent to MOP46.26 billion ($5.7 billion), led by a sharp increase in transfers, subsidies and grants, which rose to MOP27.27 billion ($3.4 billion) from MOP20.68 billion ($2.6 billion) a year earlier.
The government’s 2026 budget assumes MOP92.53 billion ($11.5 billion) in revenue from games of fortune for the full year, a target that stood 55.3 percent fulfilled at the halfway mark, keeping collections slightly ahead of the budgeted pace.
