tourneys from .cz versions of the clients so the offering to Czech players was very limited,” stated Mr. Horak.
At this time the Poker Players Association was set up by
pokerarena.cz with the aim of cancelling Section 59 of this law whilst also providing an industry association to fight for poker player rights within the industry.
Supported by the Ceska Piratska Strana (Czech’s centre left Pirate Party) the subject was raised in parliament and during its second discussion Section 59 was cancelled after a three year fight.
Lukas added: “Sadly, Pokerstars showed zero interest in the Czech market lately and they didn’t react to the law change at all. Tey made no changes to their gaming plan and software so Czech PokerStars players are still forced to wait for 50 per cent of GTD collected before entering a tourney and still get limited offerings etc. However,
PartyPoker.cz, SynotPoker and all landbased casinos benefited from the law change.”
Meanwhile, the proposal to tax player winnings on anything exceeding CzK100,000 a year was also contended. Prior to the proposal players were exempt from any tax on their winnings.
Finally, the government compromised and the 15 per cent tax rate now applies to anything above CzK1m per year per game to apply to
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professional players. Lukas further commented on the subject: “More foreign operators entering the Czech market is what would help Czech players the most.”
Te betting industry was born in 1990 when the Czech market unveiled its gaming act and Fortuna and Tipsport were among the first to establish their betting brands.
Although a law on digital gambling was introduced in 2012 and a law on interactive gambling came along in 2017 under the new Gambling Act which saw online gaming arrive.
Although there is not a large number of online operators, that number is expected to increase over the next few months due to the current Covid circumstances and the municipality bans on certain landbased operations.
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