Gaming revenue, expenses down

Total receipts of enterprises engaged in gaming activities amounted to MOP233.23 billion (US$29.19 billion) in 2015, down 34.1 per cent year-on-year, according to the Gaming Sector Survey 2015, released last Friday by the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC). Specifically, gaming receipts decreased by 34.3 per cent year-on-year to MOP231.58 billion. Receipts from food & beverage totalled MOP548 million, dropping by 10.6 per cent. DSEC data also shows that due to substantial reductions in spending, total expenditure by the gaming sector decreased notably by 32.5 per cent year-on-year to MOP101.87 billion.