By The Weekly Edge desk ·
Macau collected $9.2bn in gaming taxes in the first nine months of 2026, reported by iGaming Today. The report cited figures from the city’s Financial Services Bureau.
The tax total gives investors a measure of the gaming sector’s contribution to Macau’s public finances.
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