All on the net gambling and betting platforms will require
a five-year state concession beneath a law passed in
Parliament by 235-69 votes on Wednesday. Web pages not
granted a state permit will probably be blocked in
Hungary, although concession winners will probably be
needed to check users’ individual data and to restrict
access to over-18s.
The concession comes with an annual HUF one hundred
million (EUR 338,891) fee, a fortnightly gambling tax of
20 per cent of net takings along with a quarterly
supervision charge of 2.5 per cent using a minimum of HUF
100,000 (EUR 338) along with a maximum of HUF 50 million
(EUR 169,445).
The government estimated at HUF 10 billion (EUR 33.88
million) last autumn the income to be expected in the new
regulations on on-line gambling.
Meanwhile a dozen businesses have turned towards the
European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg to seek
compensation for a ban on slot machines introduced by the
Hungarian government final year, and which they say
deprived them of their assets and livelihood. A case has
also been lodged in the Constitutional Court, said lawyer
Dániel Karsai.
Since last October slot machines can only be operated by
licensed casinos (of which you will find 3 in Hungary), a
ruling that followed difficult around the heels of steep
tax increases on gaming market machines and income.
In other news National Election Committee OVB authorized
on Monday an initiative for any referendum around the sale
of tobacco merchandise asking the query of regardless of
whether Parliament should really adjust the law in order
that tobacco shops can only sell tobacco solutions. From
this Monday only licensed kiosks might be entitled to sell
tobacco items, a range that has considering that been
extended by the government to contain alcohol and
newspapers.
A earlier bid to hold a referendum on no matter if to void
the outcomes from the tobacco retail tender, which is
broadly perceived as skewed in favour of Fidesz supporters
and their families, was rejected by OVB.
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