Macau's gambling revenue jumped 13.5 percent to a record US$38 billion in 2012, official figures showed Wednesday, despite the pace of growth in the world's largest gaming hub slowing from a year earlier.

Gambling revenue growth in Macau, the world's most lucrative casino market, picked up moderately last month after hitting a three-year low, data released Monday showed, as high-rolling gamblers raised their bets at tables in the semiautonomous Chinese city.

The Galaxy Macau, a multibillion U.S. dollar casino resort complex, opened Sunday as Macau aims to draw a broader mix of visitors than the high-rolling mainland Chinese that have helped the city become the world's most lucrative gambling market.

Macau will give all permanent residents a handout worth about US$375 to address concerns that the city's poor are not benefiting from its booming gambling scene, the government said Thursday.

Ageing tycoon Stanley Ho filed a new lawsuit against relatives Wednesday to keep control of his vast Macau casino empire, the latest chapter in a bitter feud within his sprawling family.

Lawyers for Stanley Ho released three videos Monday that they say show he wants to continue with a lawsuit against family members accused of seizing the tycoon's US$1.6 billion stake in his Macau casino empire.

Macau tycoon Stanley Ho said on television Wednesday that a spat with relatives whom he accused of stealing his US$3.1 billion empire was “resolved.”

Macau will this week host a three-day gaming expo as the former Portuguese colony powers ahead as the world's biggest gambling centre, defying dire predictions of a slowdown.

Macau casino gambling revenue for the first two weeks of this month probably increased by 90 percent to 9 billion patacas (US$1.12 billion) from a year earlier, according to CLSA Ltd.

Clashes that broke out during a May Day rally in Macau injured 41 people, including two journalists and 32 policemen, the gambling hub's government said Sunday.