municipalities which have received CzK5.5bn and the state CzK2.2bn
Spelos represents 17 lottery companies which is 54 per cent of the total market. Tese include: Apex, AGH VLT, AZ-Technika, Banco Casino, Bonver Win, ENDL+K, Gapa Group, Helvet Group, Kimex Casino, Lucky Money, LuckyNova, Merkur Casino, Multigate, Play Games, Sport Games Win, Synot Tip and Tipgames.
Tey believe zero tolerance of VLTs in a municipality will not stop people playing and simply drive the gambling underground. Tey also worry about the loss of income as the municipality receives 80 per cent of the levy on gaming machines and VLTs. Te lottery sector is said to employ around 50,000 jobs
Meanwhile others claim it is against human rights to ban people from gambling who are receiving state benefits or declared bankruptcy or have criminal records whilst protestors hacked into Czech government websites to protest against the decision to block the domains of unauthorised online gaming operators.
In June the senate’s official website was knocked offline with a message that it had been targeted because of the law ‘preventing free access to the internet’ and warning of future hacking. Te attack also affected websites belonging to the Interior Ministry and affiliated police and fire fighter organisations and the Social Democrat Party.
SPORTS BETTING Tis sector is dominated by five main companies
and is seen as one of the “good” gaming players despite arguments that it can cause equal levels of addiction.
SASKA REVENUES ITEM
2014
Revenue from lottery and betting activities CzK4.12bn Revenue from receipts Prizes
Revenue from other activities NET REVENUE
Kromeriz.
Tere are around 7,300 gaming halls and casinos in total and according to the Ministry of Finance and by 2018 this number will be reduced to around 1,100.
Meanwhile there are currently 171 casinos in Czech operated by 33 operators. Czech Casinos is one such operator and has two live game operations – Casino Grand in Brno and Casino Pupp in Karlovy Vary.
Ivan Valik of Czech Casinos said: “In connection with the problematic situation in Brno we are impatiently waiting for the breaking of the zero tolerance which will enable us to continue our casino operations but without the technical games. “Te New Gambling Code brings a modern
CzK8.97bn - CzK4.85bn CzK268m
CzK4.39bn 2013
CzK3.63bn CzK7.79bn
- CzK4.15bn CzK216m
CzK3.85bn
regulatory framework and was eagerly awaited by operators for the last 10 years. Tis new framework will open the Czech gambling market to foreign operators and for the first time introduce complex regulation of all forms of online gambling.
“Te new legislation reflects the best practices of other jurisdictions, especially in the field of consumer protection and connected suitable responsible measures. Last for not least, the new code makes our business more transparent and predictable.”
Others in the industry are not so optimistic.
SPELOS is an association of operators of lottery systems and other gaming sectors. Te lottery sector has in the past year provided CzK8.1bn in taxes in total, shared amongst the local
Sazka has some 7,000 POS in Czech and 1,200 betting outlets for the Sazka Bet sports betting operations and in 2009 Sazka launched betting on the internet. Sazka Bet saw revenues increase by 59 per cent
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Sazka entered the Czech market back in 1956 and is the oldest lottery company in Czech. It is the largest domestic provider of number lotteries and instant lotteries and has a 95 per cent share of the lottery market today.
It hosted its first odds betting game with the same name that year followed by a lottery game in 1965.
It became a public limited company in 1993 and in 2011 after bankruptcy it was sold and new owners KKCG investment group and PPF Group took over. KKCG later became the sole and 100 per cent owner of Sazka after purchasing the PPF Group’s stake a year later.
At the time the lottery market was worth around CzK7.5bn in terms of amounts staked. Although Sazka had the majority market share Fortuna had around five per cent with its numerical games and Tipsport less than one per cent.
Today it operates in 11 countries on four continents and has several games in Czech including number lotteries with its best known game Sportka, scratchcards, sports betting and fast draw games.
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