Macau’s Financial Services Bureau released the results for the first quarter of 2024 on Monday, April 22, 2024, and the city earned 116.8% more on taxes than in the same period last year.
Increased revenue:
The city earned around MOP21,92 billion, or US$2,74 billion in fiscal revenues from taxes imposed on gaming operations during the first three months of the year. To compare, in the first three months of 2023, Macau collected MOP10,11 billion in taxes. The main reason is the reopening the city’s economy after measures against COVID-19 were completely lifted. Various travel restrictions lasted for three years in this regulated market.
The revenue collected from gaming is 84.2%…
The Mercenary is one of the new classes in Path of Exile 2 but it’s already become a fan-favorite. Mercenaries are another ranged class, but they have the ability to hit much harder than the standard Ranger. With the right gear, skills, and gameplay loop, enemies and bosses become trivial to the Mercenary.
However, to get to that point, you need a proper build guide for the Mercenary in Path of Exile 2. Fortunately, we have a complete build guide below, including the best skills, Support and Spirit Gems, and Ascendancy to use for the Mercenary.
Mercenary Overview in Path of Exile 2
As we said before, the Mercenary is a ranged class in Path of Exile 2 but utilizes a different skillset compared to the Ranger. Instead of a bow and arrow, you use a crossbow in the primar…
One of the impressive things about Marvel Rivals on launch day was its massive roster of heroes and supervillains. From Spider-Man to Hela, each character looked and felt great to play as, and developer NetEase has ambitious plans to expand its cast of characters regularly. The studio aims to add two new characters in every future season, alongside updates, new maps, and more story content.
“Every season we’ll be rolling out fresh seasonal stories, new maps, and new heroes. We’ll actually be breaking down each season into two halves,” game director Guangyun Chen said to Metro. “The length of one season is three months. And for each half of the season, we will introduce a new hero. We just eventually want to continue to enhance the experience, and, you know, keep everyone excited i…
If you’d like to read a Studio Ghibli film, the All-In-One Edition of My Neighbor Totoro’s Film Comic series is now available. Priced at $27 (was $30) at Amazon, this 584-page hardcover omnibus collects all six My Neighbor Totoro trade paperback comic books–some of which are difficult to find for remotely reasonable prices nowadays. Even if you managed to find all six through an official retailer at list price ($10 each), you’d still be spending more than double the cost of My Neighbor Totoro All-In-One Edition.
- My Neighbor Totoro Film Comic: All-In-One Edition (Released August 27)— $27 (
$30) - Kiki’s Delivery Service All-In-One Edition (Releases October 22) — $28 (
$30) - Spirited Away All-In-One Edition (Release…
World of Warcraft Classic players begging for fresh “vanilla” servers are finally getting their wish, with new servers set to go live on November 21 in celebration of WoW’s 20th anniversary. Meanwhile, those playing Cataclysm Classic will progress on to Mists of Pandaria in 2025.
Blizzard announced the news as part of its Warcraft 30th Anniversary Direct, along the way confirming in advance the new vanilla servers (minus the fresh Hardcore servers that are also coming) will automatically progress to The Burning Crusade Classic when the time comes. Blizzard said that just because TBC is already confirmed doesn’t necessarily mean these new servers will keep moving forward all the way to Cataclysm (the expansion players who have kept progressing from WoW Classic’s 2019 laun…
Last month’s announcement of an upcoming game starring Iron Man was revealed to be the first of several titles based on a Marvel Comics IP, but EA didn’t reveal exactly how many Marvel projects it has in development. Today, EA has lifted the lid on its collaboration plans with Disney and Marvel, and has confirmed that it a three-game deal has been signed according to to Bloomberg.
So far, only the Iron Man game has been revealed, which is being developed by Dead Space remake studio EA Motive. Still in a very early phase of development, EA Motive says that it is aiming to create an authentic Marvel experience starring the armored Avenger and will reportedly begin playtesting this week as part of some early fine-tuning for the game. The announcement post on EA’s website last month s…
Palermo president Maurizio Zamparini believes Gian Piero Gasperini was forcefully driven out of Inter Milan.
The coach had a brief and largely unsuccessful stint with Inter in 2011, and is now in charge of Palermo as they prepare to face his former club on Sunday.
Zamparini said Gasperini was never given a fair chance at the San Siro.
There is a clan of senators who decide things at Inter, he said.
I think they got Gasperini out. (Andrea) Stramaccioni has been smart and if a coach has support, he can train without any problems.
Zamparini praised Inter s most potent attacking weapons, singling out Diego Milito and Rodrigo Palacio for praise.
Milito and Palacio are Inter s strengths, especially Palacio – a player Gasperini knows very…
Belgium international midfielder Kevin De Bruyne will spend the pre-season with Chelsea, following his season-long loan at Werder Bremen, with the 21-year-old having already set his sights on winning a place in the Blues starting XI alongside compatriot Eden Hazard, .
Chelsea signed De Bruyne from Belgian Pro League side K.R.C. Genk on five-and-a-half-year contract in January 2011 after the two sides agreed a fee in the region of £7 million for the midfielder.
De Bruyne stayed at Genk for the remainder of the 2011-12 campaign, and was shipped out on loan by Roberto Di Matteo prior to the start of this season.
As a result, he has yet to make a professional appearance for Chelsea, with Eden Hazard, Juan Mata, Oscar, Victor Moses and former Bremen st…
Alex Ferguson s right-hand man at Manchester United, Carlos Queiroz, is set to take over from Luiz Felipe Scolari as Portugal s national team coach, Portuguese papers reported on Thursday.
The reports said that ongoing contract talks were almost completed and that Queiroz was set to ink a four-year contract to take charge of Portugal through the 2010 World Cup finals in South Africa and Euro 2012 in Poland and Ukraine.
The 55-year-old Queiroz would take over as national team coach for a second time having been in charge from 1991 to 1993.
He was coach at Real Madrid from 2003 to 2004 and has been assistant to Ferguson at Old Trafford since then.
The Portugal job became vacant when Scolari opted to join Chelsea after the Euro 2008 finals.
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Competition: Premier League
Market: Pochettino to be next Tottenham manager
Odds:
With Ajax manager Frank de Boer recently suggesting he’s happy to have at least another season with the Eredivisie holders, Southampton’s Mauricio Pochettino is now the overwhelming bookies’ favourite to be next Tottenham manager.
Napoli’s Rafael Benitez and former Everton Manchester United manager David Moyes are also high on the list of potential candidates.
Southampton finished in a record-high 8th place in the league this season, with 56 points. Considering they amassed just 41 in 2012/13, their sharp rise up the table has been clear for all to see. And it’s that rise coupled with his favoured style of play that has attracted Tottenham owner Daniel Levy to…