Macau April casino revenue rises 5.5% year-on-year, falls from March

Macau’s casino revenue rose from a year earlier in April but declined from the previous month, reflecting typical seasonal weakness after a stronger March.

Gross gaming revenue (GGR) in the Chinese special administrative region reached MOP 19.89 billion patacas ($2.4 billion) in April, up 5.5% from MOP 18.86 billion patacas a year earlier, according to data from the Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau.

However, revenue fell from MOP 22.61 billion patacas ($2.8 billion) in March, as April is traditionally an off-peak period for tourism, with limited support from mainland China holidays. The only holiday period during the month was the three-day Qingming Festival, while Easter — which overlapped partly with the period — is not widely observed in mainland China.

For the first four months of 2026, GGR totalled MOP 85.76 billion patacas ($10.63 billion), up 12.1% from the same period a year earlier, indicating continued recovery momentum in the world’s largest gambling hub.

The Macau government has forecast full-year gaming revenue of MOP 236 billion patacas ($29.4 billion), a 3.5% increase from the 2025 target of MOP 228 billion patacas. It has also set a casino tax revenue target of MOP 92.5 billion patacas ($11.5 billion) for 2026, with 25.8 billion patacas, or 27.9%, already collected in the first quarter.