{"id":61599,"date":"2017-10-28T16:00:41","date_gmt":"2017-10-28T23:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=61599"},"modified":"2017-10-27T19:26:09","modified_gmt":"2017-10-28T02:26:09","slug":"macau-coffers-have-collected-over-8-5-billion-in-gaming-taxes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/macau-coffers-have-collected-over-8-5-billion-in-gaming-taxes\/","title":{"rendered":"Macau Coffers Have Collected Over $8.5 Billion in Gaming Taxes in 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Macau government is benefiting from the return of VIP play to the region’s casino resorts in 2017. Through September, the city’s coffers have taken in MOP 68.64 billion ($8.54 billion) in gaming tax revenue, an increase of 17.5 percent compared to the same nine months in 2016.<\/p>\n