Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that total receipts of enterprises that engaged in gaming activities amounted to MOP 233.23 billion in 2015, down by 34.1% year-on-year. Specifically, gaming receipts decreased by 34.3% year-on-year to MOP 231.58 billion; receipts from food & beverage (MOP 548 million) and currency exchange (MOP 76 million) dropped by 10.6% and 24.6% respectively; interest receipts declined by 32.5% to MOP 278 million.

Total expenditure amounted to MOP 101.87 billion, down by 32.5% year-on-year. Purchase of Goods, Commission Paid & Customer Rebate accounted for MOP 56.99 billion, down substantially by 45.1%. Operating Expenses reduced by 13.5% to MOP 21.24 billion. Within Operating Expenses, expenditure on complimentary goods & services (such as hotel accommodation and food & beverage) provided to customers totalled MOP 9.81 billion and that on marketing & publicity was MOP 3.91 billion, down by 14.1% and 27.6% respectively. Compensation of Employees increased by 5.1% to MOP 19.93 billion, in spite of a 2.7% drop in total number of full-time employees (56,217). On the other hand, Non-operating Expenses (including depreciation and interest paid) totalled MOP 3.70 billion, up by 4.6% year-on-year.

Gross Value Added that measures the sectoral contribution to the economy amounted to MOP 154.74 billion, down by 31.3% year-on-year. Gross Surplus of the gaming sector decreased by 34.6% to MOP 134.80 billion. Gross Surplus Ratio dropped slightly by 0.4 percentage points to 57.9%. Owing to an increase in acquisition of machinery and other equipment, Gross Fixed Capital Formation of the gaming sector increased by 4.0% year-on-year to MOP 2.75 billion.