The gambling business paid almost UAH 17 billion in taxes to the state budget in 2024, which is 63% or UAH 6.57 billion more than last year, MP Yaroslav Zheleznyak said on his Telegram channel on Wednesday.
According to him, gambling income tax will generate the most revenue – approximately UAH 10.5 billion. The second largest source of personal income tax revenues is winnings, amounting to approximately UAH 4.8 billion.
In addition, a significant share of tax revenues comes from the military fee (approximately UAH 0.4 billion) and personal income tax (over UAH 1 billion). The rest is accounted for by the tax on lottery income and income tax, which amounted to less than UAH 0.2 billion.
As reported, on January 6, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed Law No. 4116-IX on combating gambling addiction (ludomania) and improving state regulation of the organization and conduct of gambling and lotteries. The law provides for the elimination of gambling halls, a ban on gambling advertising (except for the following exceptions: on TV and radio at night, in media for people over 21, on platforms and search engines with a target audience over 21), improvement of payment rules, and a ban on calls and SMS to an unspecified number of people from gambling organizers.
