Irish Crackdown on Unlicensed Gaming Machines Nets €1 million

Sun, Aug 12, 2018

Ireland’s Revenue Commission reported that a crackdown on unlicensed gambling machines has helped tax revenue from the machines increase by €1 million. More than 3,000 more machines were licensed in 2017 than 2016 with tax revenue at €2.7 million.

Ireland’s Revenue Commission said that a marked increase in licensed gambling machines resulting from a crackdown on unlicensed machines gained the country €1 million in taxes.

After an enforcement crackdown on unlicensed gambling machines, figures for licensed machines jumped for 6,088 in 2016, generating €1.8 million in tax to 9,612 in 2017, generating €2.7 million, officials said according to CDCGamingReports.com.

The Revenue Commission targeted the gaming and amusement machine sector with a number of premises receiving enforcement letters giving them notice to remove machines or face seizure. A Revenue spokesperson said more than 300 “interventions” were launched in the investigation resulting in an excess of €1.1 million in additional taxes being collected.

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