Martin Bohoš: ÚRHH
The warning came from Martin Bohoš, Director General of ÚRHH, Slovakia’s Office for the Regulation of Gambling, who filed the monitoring report for 2024 activities to the Vláda.
The report detailed that in 2024, Slovakian gambling grossed a total of €24.2bn, up 14% on the 2023 figure of €21.4bn.
ÚRHH observed that total winnings paid out amounted to €22.8bn, as net gambling losses stood at €1.45bn, up €130m (+9%) on 2023 losses of €1.32bn.
Gambling taxes contributed €347m to Slovakia’s state budget, reflecting a second consecutive year of tax growth of €46m (2022: €251m and 2023: €301m).
Without a doubt, ÚRHH identified the driver for market growth as online casinos, which generated total bets of €12.8bn and winnings of €11.7bn. Online casinos contributed to net losses of €480m.
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