Essential information and facts about Estonia:
Capital
Total Area Population
Ethnic Groups Languages
Unemployment Tallinn
45,
228sq.km 1,244,288
Religion Catholic (85.9%), Orthodox (1.3%)
Estonian (68%), Russian (24%), Ukrainian, Belarusian, others Estonian (official), Russian, others 4.3 per cent
Tourism 3.6 million
Government type Parliamentary Republic Chief of State President Kersti Kaljulaid (since 2016)
Head of Government Juri Ratas (since 2016)
Elections President elected by parliament for five year term (plus second term). Prime Minister nominated by President and approved by parliament.
Online gambling has been legal since 2010 and was introduced to help Estonia’s economy during the global recession. Tere are 16 active online gaming licences for sports betting and 12 active online sports betting licences. Betsafe, Optibet, Olybet and Unibet are the most popular sites officially operating in Estonia and offer bets on various games from football to hockey.
with the majority belonging to Olympic Entertainment (Olybet).
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Gaming halls and casinos can only be situated in separate buildings, hotels, conference centres or shopping centres with a separate entrance. Tey cannot be located near schools or youth institutions.
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Each gaming hall shall operate at least 40 slots or at least five gaming tables.
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To apply for an operating permit for a gaming site, applicants must submit written consent of the municipality, full description of the site, gaming equipment, rules, security overview and personal data protection information.
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A state fee is required for the review of application for a gambling licence:
- €47,940 for game of chance; - €3,200 for games of skill; - €31,960 for Toto. l
of an application for a lottery management licence.
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Taxes are covered by the 2009 Gambling Tax Act which includes:
- Gaming machines pay €300 per month per machine and 10 per cent of the GGR.
- Gaming tables pay €1,278 per table per month
- Games of skill pay €31.95 per game per month.
- Lottery tax rate is 18 per cent of ticket sales.
- Toto and online gambling pay five per cent of GGR.
- Gambling tournaments pay fiver per cent on amount collected from entry fee less prize pool proceeds.
A state fee of €3,200 is required for review of an application for gambling (except lotteries)
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ONLINE GAMBLING Sports betting is rapidly gaining popularity in
Estonia where players have to be 18 to play compared to 21 for online casinos. Tere are 25 betting points currently operating in Estonia
Operators must obtain two types of licences – the Activity Licence, which certifies the applicant who wants to operate an online business, and the Operating Licence/Permit, which is obtained before organising a specific type of gambling such as lotteries, totalisators, slots or tables. Applications are made to the Tax and Customs Board (EMTA) and licences are issued for five years.
Average payouts must be more than 80 per cent and winning values of a skill game via remote gambling cannot be more than €50. Online tax
NEWSWIRE / INTERACTIVE / MARKET DATA P61
Online gambling has been legal since 2010 and was in part introduced to help Estonia’s struggling economy during the global recession. Tere are 16 active online gaming licences for sports betting and 12 active online sports betting licences. Betsafe, Optibet, Olybet and Unibet are the most popular sites officially operating in Estonia and offer bets on various games from football to hockey.
Initially, Estonian gamblers were allowed to play online, but only at licensed sites and only by sites operated by local companies, then in 2011 regulations opened the market to offshore operators with the condition that licences are obtained from the Estonian authority. Any other illegal sites were blocked and to date the EMTA has listed over 1,500 blocked gambling websites.
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