Tag: Tax Revenue
Poland’s Gambling Legislation Costs Millions in Missed Tax Revenue
April 24, 2014
Poker News – While Poland keeps its online poker market in the hands of “grey operators” by continuing to ban the game from the country, DLA Piper Anna Wietrzyńska-Ciołkowska told PokerNews that the country’s missed tax revenues due to gambling restrictions could be about PLN 600 million — approximately €142 million. Since 2011, Poland’s online gambling market has been regulated by the Polish Gambling Act, a very restrictive set of norms that forbids online poker and allows online betting only on four operators holding state-issued licenses. Yet, on March 25, 2014, amendments to the Polish Gambling Act made it possible…