Macau´s casino taxes see year-on-year rise in first 8 months

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Its 22 venues pay 35 % of their gross receipts as direct tax to the government (Macau).- The government of the Macau Special Administrative Region has collected us$ 1.5 billion in direct gaming taxes in the first eight months of the year, a year-on-year rise of 14.4 percent.

The statistics issued Tuesday by the Finance Services Bureau (FSB) showed that the gaming taxes accounted for 73 percent of the government total revenue in the period.

Macau’s direct gaming taxes reached a record us$ 2.07 billion in 2005, a year-on-year rise of 12 percent, according to official statistics issued earlier this year.

Its 22 casinos pay 35 percent of their gross receipts as direct tax to the government. The region, with a population of over 500,000,has a 150-year history of gaming industry. Enditem

Über Glücksspiele in Macau - Gambling in Macao:

Macau (englisch Macao) liegt rund 50 Kilometer westlich von Hongkong und ist das Glücksspiel-Paradies in Asien.

Macau hat rund 40 Spielcasinos. Die grössten Casinos sind The Venetian Macao, MGM Macao, Wynn Macao, Galaxy StarWorld, City of Dreams, Sands Macao, Casino Lisboa.

Neben den riesigen und farbenfrohen Casinobuildings ist eines der Wahrzeichen der Macau Tower (Fernsehturm mit 338 Meter) mit atemberaubenden Ausblicken auf die Stadt.

Macau erstreckt sich über eine Fläche von 115.3 km2 und hat rund 620'000 Einwohner.

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