Macau’s Legislative Assembly approved a budget amendment on 9 July that lowers the government’s 2025 direct gaming tax revenue forecast. The revised estimate is MOP79.8 billion, down from MOP84.0 billion; the government also cut its 2025 gross gaming revenue forecast by 5% to MOP228 billion.
The lower projections change the expected scale of Macau’s gaming-tax receipts for 2025.
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