Macau’s casinos generated gross gaming revenue (GGR) of 22.633 billion patacas (US$2.79 billion) last month, marking a year-on-year increase of 24.0 percent, the Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ) announced today. Month-on-month, GGR rose by 8.35 percent.
Macau’s government-concessioned gaming industry is operated by six competing integrated resort (IR) operators: Sands, Galaxy, SJM, Melco Crown, Wynn, and MGM. Under their concession agreements with the government, these operators are required to enhance their non-gaming attractions and support the promotion of Macau’s cultural heritage and old-quarter renewal projects. The operators pay 35 percent of their GGR as a direct gaming tax to the government, along with an additional 5.0 percent in levies to fund various public causes.
As of the end of 2025, the six operators ran a total of 20 casinos, a 52.4 percent decrease from the peak of 42 casinos in 2021. This decline is primarily due to a government-ordered consolidation of the gaming industry, which included an official ban on “satellite casinos” operated by third-party enterprises in collaboration with gaming concessionaires.
During the gaming industry’s three-year consolidation process, which officially ended on December 31, 2025, the gaming tables and slot machines from shuttered satellite casinos, along with their local employees, were transferred to casinos directly run by the gaming concessionaires.
Currently, SJM and Sands each own five casinos, Galaxy and Melco operate three each, while Wynn and MGM run two each.
According to DICJ statistics, last year, baccarat accounted for 85.1 percent of local casinos' GGR across their 16 games of chance. In comparison, roulette, Europe’s classic game of chance, generated a mere 0.49 percent of GGR.
At the end of last year, Macau’s casinos operated 6,000 gaming tables and 12,000 gaming machines, according to the bureau.
Macau’s officially concessioned casino industry began in 1849, during a period when the local Portuguese administration faced financial difficulties due to various factors, including a sharp decline in anchorage fees following Hong Kong’s occupation by the UK.
Nowadays, Macau has established itself as the world's leading gaming hub. As of the end of the second quarter last year, the gaming sector employed 52,898 full-time workers, representing nearly 11 percent of the local workforce.
