Macau’s Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) has released its 2025 Gaming Sector Survey, which shows that industry expenditure for the Purchase of Goods, Commissions and Customer Rebates grew at a faster rate than total receipts.
According to data in the survey, total receipts (revenue) of the gaming sector stood at MOP$251.8 billion (US$31.2 billion) in 2025, up 8.8% year-on-year, with receipts from games of chance accounting for 98.3% at MOP$247.40 billion (US$30.6 billion).
While total expenditure only increased by 7.5% year-on-year to MOP$101.4 billion (US$12.6 billion), the Purchase of Goods, Commissions and Customer Rebates rose by 11.6% year-on-year to MOP$25.9 billion (US$3.21 billion). By comparison, Operating Expenses grew by 7.7% to MOP$43.7 billion (US$5.41 billion) and Compensation of Employees by 6.0% to MOP$22.8 billion (US$2.82 billion).
Gross Surplus of the sector before taxes climbed by 9.3% year-on-year to MOP$156.5 billion (US$19.4 billion).
The number of full-time employees increased very slightly from 52,971 in 2024 to 53,075.
The DSEC noted that the survey covers enterprises that are engaged in gaming activities in the Macao SAR in the reference year.
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