Report SPORTS BETTING - PART 3 Fortuna currently has 402
betting shops and 104 partner shops (total 506). Players can bet via
efortuna.pl. Total amounts staked in 2014 amounted to €87.6m with
€19.3m in revenues. Poland accounted for 13 per cent of
total amount staked in 2014 for the Fortuna group.
previous year. In 2011 the base amount was PLN3,394 making the permission fee PLN67,892 and around PLN1,697 for each betting outlet.
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Each betting company must pay collateral based on the number of betting outlets. So for example if the base amount is PLN40,000 the amount of collateral for 40 betting outlets is six times the base amount plus increase by one base amount for each further 10 betting outlets. This collateral is in the form of a bank guarantee for example.
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Taxes for betting is two percent for horse and dog racing and 12 percent on total stakes for all other types of betting.
The main four operating companies include:
STS - Star Typ Sports is Poland’s largest bookmaker and was founded in 1997 and today has 460 betting shops throughout the country. Each
FORTUNA GROUP FORTUNA
Total Amounts Staked issued for six years. l
For operators of betting points they should be a joint stock company or limited liability company with an initial capital of PLN2bn.
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A security deposit is required of PLN40,000 for betting points.
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The fee for operating a betting permit is two percent of the base amount and an additional 50 percent of the base amount for each betting outlet. The base amount is the total average monthly gross wage and salary excluding payments from profit in the second quarter of the
Paid out Prizes Gross Win from betting Of which online Of which retail
Withholding Tax paid Other Revenues paid Revenues
POLAND SPORTS BETTING NO. OF BETTING SHOPS: 2,731 NON REMOTE OPERATORS: 4 MAIN OPERATORS GGR: PLN879.3M HORSE TRACKS: 3 ONLINE MARKET: 2012 REMOTE BETTING GGR: PLN4.9BN (ESTIMATION) REMOTE LICENCES: 4 LICENSING: MINISTRY OF FINANCE
week they serve around 800,000 players. The produce the Magazine STS which contains a list of 1,500 different sporting events players can bet on.
In March 2008 Stanley Bet acquired two thirds of the shares of Star Typ Sports. At the time STS had 400 betting shops and the idea was to increase this number and enhance the services offered by STS.
FORTUNAbegan operating in Poland in 2012 after it launched a fixed odds service which followed on as an extension of services they already offered in Czech and Slovakia. They currently have 402 betting shops and 104 partner shops (total 506). Players can bet via
efortuna.pl. Total amounts staked in 2014 amounted to €87.6m with €19.3m in revenues. Poland accounted for 13 percent of total amount staked in 2014 for the Fortuna group.
TOTOLOTEKhas been operating sports betting in Poland since 1992 and has around 400 sales points
POLAND SPORTS BETTING €87.6m
€30.4m €8.8m €21.6m
(€10.5m) (0.5m)
€19.3m
BREAKDOWN OF SPORTS BETTING ONLINE COMPANY FORTUNA
STS
MILLENNIUM TOTOLOTEK Others TOTAL
OUTLETS 460 506
120 (estimate) 400
2,731 1 0 5 +15.5%
DIFFERENCE 2013-2014 +18.1%
+16.6% +36.9% +10%
MARKET SHARE 29% 29% 10% 27% 5%
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