The online gambling industry in Croatia is worth approximately €270 million a year, and the Ministry finds it unbelievable that the government is not taxing the industry, considering the country’s public finances are suffering because foreign operators don’t pay fees.
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So, the Croatian Ministry of Finance is considering a measure that would make foreign online betting sites legalize their operations in the country or cease them.
Advocates of the current situation in the sports betting market argue that fees for betting and related winnings are already high and “unjust”, therefore it is acceptable for some players to turn to online betting.
Legal betting agents currently charge 5% of the amount paid and players pay a minimum of 10% on their payouts, up to a maximum of 30% of the winnings over €67k.
European countries usually take time to come up with new regulations as they tend to break gambling monopolies. In this case, Croatia’s sports betting market is not operated by just one operator since the two largest legal betting chains, Super Sport and Hattrick-PSK, are privately owned.
