Macau’s Statistics and Census Service reported that visitors spent MOP20.4bn on non-gaming activities in Q3 2025, up 10.7% year on year. Spending by overnight visitors rose 7.6% to MOP16.8bn, while same-day visitor spending increased 27.6% to MOP3.6bn.
The figures track visitor spending beyond casinos as Macau seeks to diversify tourism income.
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Macau’s gaming industry employed nearly 69,100 people between September and November, accounting for about 25.8% of employed residents, official figures showed. The Statistics and Census Bureau reported an overall unemployment rate of 1.7% and a rate of 2.3% among local residents.
Macau held 1,331 meetings, incentives, conventions and exhibitions from January to September 2025, up 25.7% year on year, DSEC data showed. Estimated non-gaming receipts from those events fell 9.4% to MOP3.72 billion, with the decline attributed to fewer non-local exhibition visitors in the first half of the year.
Japan’s National Police Agency has proposed reducing standard approval fees for pachinko and pachislot machines by about 30%, with revised rates due to take effect on 1 April 2027 if approved. The certification fee for an already type-tested model would fall from JPY4,340 to JPY3,030, while testing requirements would remain unchanged.
Japan’s National Police Agency has proposed reducing standard approval fees for pachinko and pachislot machines by around 30%.
The Massachusetts Gaming Commission has received dozens of consumer inquiries about prediction-market platforms it does not regulate, a commission spokesperson said. The commission directs those consumers to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, while chair Jordan Maynard told lawmakers that users may confuse such platforms with state-licensed sportsbooks.
A Massachusetts Gaming Commission (MGC) spokesperson said they had personally seen dozens of inquiries about prediction-market platforms outside the regulator’s authority. The MGC tells consumers it does not regulate prediction markets and directs them to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), the spokesperson said.
AGSI vice-president Antonio Guitto urged Italy's lawmakers to direct taxes and levies from legal gambling towards public-interest causes rather than general taxation. He said changes to products and more entertainment in physical venues would not, by themselves, improve the sector's public reputation.
AGSI vice-president Antonio Guitto has urged Italy’s lawmakers to earmark taxes and levies from legal gambling for community and public-interest purposes rather than general taxation. He said identifying how the money is used would help the sector regain credibility with institutions and the public.