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Statistics MARKET REPORT


Slovakia


NUMBER OF: CASINO SLOTS: CASINO TABLES: AWPS: VLTS:


AMUSEMENTS (TOTAL): PINBALL: VIDEO:


TOUCHSCREENS: SPORTS GAMES:


NUMBER OF: CASINOS:


GAMING ARCADES: SINGLE SITES:


BETTING SHOPS: OPERATORS:


165 99


14,000 8,347 5,000 100


2,500 1,000 3,000


8 (3 operators) 1,000


10,994 2,037 237


OVERVIEW Slovakia saw changes to its 2005 Gambling Act this year which saw some changes in tax rates a new licence fee for VLTs which has hit that sector hard and could see the number of VLTs in the market reduced by as much as 25 per cent. The country is already reeling from a swift change over to the new Euro currency at the beginning of 2009 and AWPs now have a stake of 10c and €15 payout.


Prior to the amendment VLT gaming machines were paying 29 per cent of their revenues (25% to the state and 4% to the municipality) which has now changed to a €4,000 standard fee (€3,200 to state plus €800 to municipality) which is payable in three instalments throughout the year. The tax change in particular is expected to hit the industry hard and is likely to see the number of operating companies dwindle as only those who can afford the fees will remain. In addition the new amendment includes a new specification of regulating technical parameters and the authentication of a system parameter in the form of a security project or security audit. The amendment means VLTs must be connected to a central monitoring system to record all data. The casino sector is covered by three operators – Casinos Slovakia with five casinos, Regency Casino with one and Olympic Entertainment Group with two casinos.


CAPITAL: Bratislava POPULATION: 5,463,046 LANDAREA: 48,105sq.km MEDIANAGE: 36.9years CURRENCY: Euro GOVERNMENT: Parliamentary Democracy ELECTIONS: President electedby popular vote for afive year term. Last elections heldinMarch 2009. Leader of themajority party or majority coalition is usually appointedPrime Minister.


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