Ukraine.- A new survey from Rating Group shows that 58% of Ukrainians are not in favour of legalising gambling in the country. This survey comes after the president urged legislators to approve legislation to make gambling legal.<\/p>\n
The survey also shows that around 48% of the respondents would be okay with legalising classical numerical lotteries. Those operators are already taxed at 30% of their income and can work legally.<\/p>\n
According to\u00a0UNIAN<\/em><\/strong>, expert Ihor Halytsky said that the government is trying to restrict that modality while also promoting other forms of gambling. \u201cOperators of numerical lotteries are already subject to 30% income tax, while they work legally and pay all taxes and fees,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n Halytsky added: \u201cAt the same time, illegal sites are, in principle, prohibited by law, but they supposedly may operate throughout the transitional period, even more so, for a minimal fee.\u201d<\/p>\n Olesky Honcharuk, Prime Minister of Ukraine, said that he expects the Parliament to support a bill that legalises gambling in Ukraine. The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine is expecting approval in order to perceive higher revenues in the state budget.<\/p>\n During a briefing in which Honcharuk presented the draft state budget for 2020, he said that the industry would be taxed properly, Ukrinform reported. \u201cWe are looking forward to Parliament supporting the gambling bill, removing these vending machines from the streets, which will create so much misery for people and take money out of them. At the same time, we anticipate that a normal civilized gambling system, which will be taxed properly, will be created,\u201d Honcharuk said.<\/p>\n The Prime Minister estimates that\u00a0gambling could add \u20ac170 million to the state budget<\/strong><\/em>. The new estimations are way higher than what\u00a0Honcharuk had predicted<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0in the past. He had said that legalising gambling in Ukraine would result in additional \u20ac70 million \u2013 \u20ac88 million to the budget.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n