The government of Macau collected MOP25.80 billion ($3.20 billion) in fiscal revenue from gaming in the first quarter of 2026, representing a 15.9 percent increase year-on-year, according to data from the Financial Services Bureau.
The increase comes on the back of continued growth in the city’s casino sector, with gross gaming revenue (GGR) reaching MOP65.87 billion ($8.17 billion) in the first three months of the year, up 14.3 percent from the same period in 2025.
Gaming taxes remained the dominant source of public income, accounting for approximately 89.8 percent of total current revenue of MOP28.73 billion ($3.57 billion) recorded in the quarter to March 31.
On a monthly basis, gaming tax revenue in March totaled just above MOP8.87 billion ($1.10 billion), marking a 2.1 percent increase from February. Earlier data showed that Macau’s casino GGR rose 4.5 percent year-on-year in February to MOP20.63 billion ($2.56 billion).
Macau’s current 10-year gaming concession system imposes an effective 40 percent tax on casino GGR.
The results are broadly in line with the government’s 2026 budget, which projects total fiscal revenue of MOP114.29 billion ($14.23 billion), of which approximately MOP92.53 billion ($11.52 billion) is expected to come from gaming.
As of the end of March, overall revenue execution stood at 25.4 percent, while gaming-related income reached 27.9 percent of the full-year estimate, indicating a slightly faster pace of collection in the sector.
