The Macau Financial Services Bureau has announced that gaming tax revenues in the first six months of this year hit MOP 45.26 billion, representing a year-on-year increase of 1%. In June alone, gaming tax revenues rose by 4.8% year-on-year to MOP 8.155 billion, and increased by 12.3% month-on-month. For the first half of the year, gaming tax revenues accounted for 86.47% of the government’s regular revenues.
According to official data, the total revenues for the Macau government in the first half of the year was MOP 52.746 billion, a year-on-year decline of 0.8%. Total expenditures during this period were about MOP 41.358 billion, down 8.2% from the previous year. The current central account surplus stands at MOP 11.388 billion, which is an increase of 40.3% compared to 8.117 billion MOP during the same period last year.
The Macau Legislative Assembly approved amendments to the 2025 fiscal year budget on 9 July, revising the estimated total gaming revenues for the year from MOP 240 billion to MOP 228 billion. The budgeted revenue from special gaming taxes was adjusted down from MOP 84 billion to MOP 79.8 billion, a decrease of 5%. Additionally, the budgeted revenue allocated from gross gaming revenue for urban development, tourism promotion, and social security was reduced from MOP 7.2 billion to MOP 6.84 billion.
