{"id":17268,"date":"2026-07-02T08:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T13:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/?post_type=europe&#038;p=17268"},"modified":"2026-07-02T08:23:33","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T13:23:33","slug":"croatia-bets-214-million-in-gambling-revenue-on-social-programs","status":"publish","type":"europe","link":"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/europe\/croatia-bets-214-million-in-gambling-revenue-on-social-programs\/","title":{"rendered":"Croatia bets \u20ac214 million in gambling revenue on social programs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Croatia has moved gambling revenue into a new fiscal role, approving the allocation of up to <strong>\u20ac214 million<\/strong> for social, sports, cultural and demographic programs in <strong>2026<\/strong>, as its gambling regulatory overhaul takes hold. The measure was adopted by the government of Prime Minister <strong>Andrej Plenkovi\u0107<\/strong> on <strong>June 26, 2026<\/strong>, after a public consultation that ran until <strong>June 19<\/strong>, turning gambling proceeds into a direct financing line for politically sensitive areas of public spending.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/landing\/multigame-link\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/08\/multigame-diamod-III-700-eng.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9622\" style=\"width:840px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/08\/multigame-diamod-III-700-eng.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/08\/multigame-diamod-III-700-eng-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/08\/multigame-diamod-III-700-eng-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <strong>Ministry of Finance<\/strong>, led by Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister <strong>Tomislav \u0106ori\u0107<\/strong>, estimated <strong>\u20ac144.6 million<\/strong> in distributable gambling revenue for 2026, plus nearly <strong>\u20ac70 million<\/strong> in unused funds carried over from 2025. That lifts the available pool far above the roughly <strong>\u20ac130 million<\/strong> distributed in the previous cycle. The funding comes from two sources: <strong>50% of fees paid by gambling organizers<\/strong> and <strong>50% of profits generated by Hrvatska Lutrija<\/strong>, Croatia\u2019s state lottery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"990\" height=\"587\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/07\/croatia-bets-214-million-in-gambling-revenue-on-social-programs2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/07\/croatia-bets-214-million-in-gambling-revenue-on-social-programs2.png 990w, https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/07\/croatia-bets-214-million-in-gambling-revenue-on-social-programs2-300x178.png 300w, https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/07\/croatia-bets-214-million-in-gambling-revenue-on-social-programs2-768x455.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 990px) 100vw, 990px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Tomislav \u0106ori\u0107<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The distribution is anchored in Croatia\u2019s <strong>Gambling Act<\/strong>, amended by the <strong>Croatian Parliament<\/strong> in <strong>April 2025<\/strong>, and strengthens the role of the <strong>State Treasury<\/strong>, Principal State Treasurer <strong>Danijela Stepi\u0107<\/strong>, the <strong>Government Office for Associations<\/strong>, represented by <strong>Helena Beus<\/strong>, and sector ministries responsible for calls, grants and program execution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"647\" height=\"265\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/07\/croatia-bets-214-million-in-gambling-revenue-on-social-programs3.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17271\" style=\"width:840px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/07\/croatia-bets-214-million-in-gambling-revenue-on-social-programs3.png 647w, https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/07\/croatia-bets-214-million-in-gambling-revenue-on-social-programs3-300x123.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 647px) 100vw, 647px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The money will finance <strong>sports development<\/strong>, <strong>addiction prevention and treatment<\/strong>, social and humanitarian activity, support for people with disabilities, technical culture, culture, non-institutional education for children and youth, civil society development, psychosocial support and quality-of-life programs for veterans and victims of the Homeland War, and Croatia\u2019s demographic revitalization agenda. That brings in the <strong>Ministry of Demography and Immigration<\/strong>, led by <strong>Ivan \u0160ipi\u0107<\/strong>, with a 2026 budget above <strong>\u20ac822 million<\/strong>, and the <strong>Ministry of Tourism and Sport<\/strong>, led by <strong>Ton\u010di Glavina<\/strong>, with more than <strong>\u20ac449 million<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"725\" height=\"415\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/07\/croatia-bets-214-million-in-gambling-revenue-on-social-programs4.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17272\" style=\"width:840px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/07\/croatia-bets-214-million-in-gambling-revenue-on-social-programs4.png 725w, https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/07\/croatia-bets-214-million-in-gambling-revenue-on-social-programs4-300x172.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 725px) 100vw, 725px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Ton\u010di Glavina<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/mve-ads\/?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/ADS-MVE.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16352\" style=\"width:840px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/ADS-MVE.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/ADS-MVE-300x250.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The overhaul also hardens taxation on winnings: <strong>10%<\/strong> up to <strong>\u20ac1,500<\/strong>, <strong>15%<\/strong> from more than <strong>\u20ac1,500<\/strong> to <strong>\u20ac4,000<\/strong>, <strong>20%<\/strong> from more than <strong>\u20ac4,000<\/strong> to <strong>\u20ac70,000<\/strong>, and <strong>30%<\/strong> above <strong>\u20ac70,000<\/strong>. Croatia is not only regulating gambling more tightly; it is converting the sector into a fiscal engine for social policy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Croatia has moved gambling revenue into a new fiscal role, approving the allocation of up to \u20ac214 million for social, sports, cultural and demographic programs in 2026, as its gambling regulatory overhaul takes hold.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17269,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[3042,3184,15,31,1426,102,585,354,105],"class_list":["post-17268","europe","type-europe","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sin-categoria","tag-croatia","tag-europe","tag-gambling","tag-lotteries","tag-lottery","tag-online-betting","tag-online-gambling","tag-responsible-gambling","tag-sports-betting","entry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.6 - 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