GENERAL INFORMATION Kazakhstan is a landlocked country in Central Asia. It is bounded on the northwest and north by Russia, on the east by China, and on the south by Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, the Aral Sea, and Turkmenistan.
~ 19,900,177 people was the estimated population of Kazakhstan in 2023.
~ US$ 261,420,000,000 was the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 2023.
~ US$ 13,136 was the Gross Domestic Product per capita in 2022.
~ US$ 800* per month was the average salary in Q1 of 2024 .
*Converted from KZT to USD, valid as of 05.08.2024: 1 USD = 478,3 KZT
CORRUPTION PERCEPTION INDEX
Kazakhstan has index of 39, ranked 93 and shares its position with India and Lesotho.
90.9 % of Kazakhs used the Internet at the beginning of 2023.
WIDESPREAD WAYS OF E-COMMERCE PAYMENTS
Locals mostly paid for online purchases via cash (46%), where bank cards are 24%, bank transfer also 24%, wallets 1% and other types of payment is 5% in 2022.
Cards split into 45% of Visa, 54% of Mastercard, and 1% of other types of cards.
Apple Pay and PayPal were the most popular e-wallets.
INTERNET COMMUNICATION BY POPULATION
In 2023, the most popular social networks are:
YouTube (23,12%), Twitter (17,97%), Facebook (17,15%), Pinterest (16,38%), Instagram (13,32%), Vkontakte (8,2%), Reddit (1,9%) and 1,96 for other means of internet communication.
MARKET SIZE
~ US$ 352,780,000 made up the Gross Gaming Revenue (GGR) in 2022. REGULATED VERTICALS u
Casinos;
u Slot machines; u Online gambling; u Sports betting; u Lottery.
TYPES OF LICENCES u
while a sports betting operator accepts bets directly, setting and paying out based on fixed odds.
NUMBER OF ISSUED LICENCES u
Land-based casino – 6.
u Land-based sports betting – 11. u Land-based totalizator – 0. u Slot machine hall – 9.
GOVERNMENT AUTHORITIES RESPONSIBLE FOR REGULATION OF GAMBLING BUSINESS
Ministry of Tourism and Sports of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Website:
www.gov.kz/memleket/entities/tsm
COST & TERM OF THE LICENCE
Te term for all types of licenses is 10 years. Licenses are granted for each separate gambling facility (e.g., for one casino facility, slot hall and etc.).
A) Land-based casino licence.
Land-based casino; u Slot machines halls;
u Sports betting (land-based & online); u Totalizator* (land-based & online);
u
Lottery (state monopoly, treated as a non-gambling activity).
* A totalizator operator acts as an intermediary, pooling bets on events and distributing winnings from this pool,
Te one-time fee for licence issuance and further operating fee payable per year is 3,845 MCI, or ~ US$ 29,675. At least 30 gaming tables must be installed in one casino.
B) Slot machines hall licence.
Te one-time fee for licence issuance and further operating fee payable per year is 3,845 MCI, or ~ US$ 29,675. At least 60 slot machines must be installed in the slot machine room.
TAXES AND FEES PAID UNDER GAMBLING LAWS. HOW THEY ARE CALCULATED Type of the license
Tax type Land-based casino Slot machines hall Land-based sports betting Land-based totalizator Online sports betting Online totalizator 34 Taxable base Gambling tax Per gaming table Per slot machine Per cash register Per cash register Per online cash register Per online cash register
Tax rate per month 1,660 MCI or ~US$ 12,811 60 MCI or ~US$ 463 300 MCI or ~US$ 2,315 300 MCI or ~US$ 2,315 3,000 MCI or ~US$ 23,153 4,000 MCI or ~US$ 30,870
KAZAKHSTAN market report
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