State earned €567 million through online gambling

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State earned €567 million through online gambling
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The data from the Gaming Regulation and Inspection Service(SRIJ) and the Ministry of Economy reveal that the pandemic years, 2020 and2021, were the ones that provided a greater fit for the State, through thespecial tax on gaming and fees of licenses and systems approval. In 2020, grossrevenue increased by 120.9 million (up 56.2%) compared to 2019, while in 2021,gross revenue grew by 136.6 million (up 111.3%) compared to the pre-pandemicperiod.

Online games had a total of 759,800 regular participants. Inthe last year, online games generated 508.6 million euros, more than triple the143.9 million euros of gross revenue from gambling in casinos, slot machinesand conventional bingo.