Total public revenue of Macao in the five months reached 61.1 billion patacas, up by 20.7 percent year-on-year, the latest figures of the bureau indicated.
The bureau attributed the remarkable increase in public revenue to noticeable increases in the revenue of "direct taxes from gaming" and "property income," up by 15.1 percent and 120.7 percent year-on-year respectively.
Revenue of "direct taxes from gaming" during the five months reached 50.7 billion patacas.
By law, local casinos were required to pay 35 percent of their revenues as direct gaming taxes to the government and another 5 percent as special contributions to the city's urban development and promotion of local tourism.