Macau collected MOP94.9 billion in gaming tax during 2025, reportedly up 7.6% from the previous year. The total exceeded the government’s MOP93.1 billion estimate and represented 82.7% of tax revenue for the year.
Macau’s gaming tax exceeded the government estimate and accounted for most tax revenue.
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The European Casino Association presented estimates from a Gambling Compliance International study at a European Parliament round table, putting the EU illegal online gambling market at €91.6bn in 2025. The study estimated €22.9bn in lost tax revenue that year and more than 6,200 operators targeting EU consumers; the ECA called for stronger cross-border enforcement coordination, not harmonised gambling laws.
Brazil’s Finance Minister Dario Durigan defended the government’s tax policy at a congressional hearing on 17 June, saying sports betting taxes and changes to high-income taxation aim to address unequal treatment of income. He said betting-company tax revenue is R$9 billion a year; the government had proposed an 18% rate, while Congress approved 12%.
Germany collected €622.1m in taxes from betting and lotteries in Q3 2026, up 11.2% year on year, according to figures from the Federal Ministry of Finance. Sports betting contributed €102.7m, online slots €66.3m and online poker €7.8m; lotteries generated €443.1m.
Betting and lottery taxes in Germany came to €622.1m in the third quarter of 2026, the Federal Ministry of Finance reported. That was 11.2% more than in the same period a year earlier, according to the ministry's official data, updated to 8 October 2026. For July to September 2026 the ministry recorded €622,081 million, against €559,490 million in the same quarter of 2025, a rise of about €62.6 million.
Reportedly, Singapore collected $2.84 billion in betting taxes during FY2025/26, an increase of 11.9%. Betting tax revenue grew faster than total tax collections.
Extremadura’s tax report recorded no inspection cases in the gambling category in either 2024 or 2025, according to the report. It also showed no revenue from gambling-related inspection assessments for those periods; the region recorded 192 inspection cases overall in 2025 and recovered €2.14 million.