{"id":14081,"date":"2026-04-04T07:12:40","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T07:12:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/04\/state-earns-e1-bln-from-gambling-in-2025\/"},"modified":"2026-04-04T07:12:40","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T07:12:40","slug":"state-earns-e1-bln-from-gambling-in-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/04\/state-earns-e1-bln-from-gambling-in-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"State earns \u20ac1 bln from gambling in 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p>If there is anyone definitely winning amid the rise in gambling activity, it is the state. The revenue that flows into its coffers every year from royalties and taxes on player winnings has been hovering at around \u20ac1 billion in recent years.<\/p>\n<p>Last year was the first that this threshold was exceeded, reaching \u20ac1.04 billion, and all this for an industry that, in essence, does not produce anything. Of this amount, \u20ac644.8 million came from royalties paid by providers and \u20ac398 million from taxes on player winnings.<\/p>\n<p>Tax rates differ for amounts won from online sports betting and casino games, while winnings from the land-based casino network remain tax-free. So it was no coincidence the government recently decided to increase the tax on players\u2019 winnings from online casino games, effective from July, in order to secure an additional \u20ac50 million for this year and \u20ac100 million per year after that. This category has been experiencing explosive growth in recent times, as it attracts a wider audience than sports betting, which usually requires watching matches.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, those who lose in the end are always the players themselves. They often see their bets disappear within a few minutes, while the serious issue of addiction, which can have long-term consequences for their lives, should not be overlooked.<\/p>\n<p>According to official data the Hellenic Gaming Commission recently released, total bets for 2025 on games of chance amounted to \u20ac16.7 billion, up from \u20ac15.6 billion in 2024, recording an increase of 6.7%. Net income before contributions amounted to \u20ac3.07 billion, up from \u20ac2.87 billion, or 7% on an annual basis, from 2024. Of that amount, the lion\u2019s share was taken by OPAP \u2013 now absorbed by Allwyn \u2013 with \u20ac1.5 billion, as well as online companies with \u20ac1.2 billion, rising 5% and 20% respectively.<\/p>\n<p>Revenue for land-based casinos also moved upward, reaching \u20ac268.6 million last year, from \u20ac252.8 million in 2024, growing 6%. Of the nine businesses operating with a legal license, in reality about three or four have a regular activity.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>\n        var NXFBPixelFunc = function () {\n            document.removeEventListener(\"scroll\", NXFBPixelFunc);\n            setTimeout(function () {\n                !function (f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n                    if (f.fbq) return;\n                    n = f.fbq = function () {\n                        n.callMethod ?\n                            n.callMethod.apply(n, arguments) : n.queue.push(arguments)\n                    };\n                    if (!f._fbq) f._fbq = n;\n                    n.push = n;\n                    n.loaded = !0;\n                    n.version = '2.0';\n                    n.queue = [];\n                    t = b.createElement(e);\n                    t.async = !0;\n                    t.src = v;\n                    s = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n                    s.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s)\n                }(window, document, 'script',\n                    'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n                fbq('init', '109138906120213');\n                fbq('track', 'PageView');\n            }, 0)\n        };\n        document.addEventListener(\"scroll\", NXFBPixelFunc);\n    <\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/economy\/1300151\/state-earns-e1-bln-from-gambling-in-2025\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If there is anyone definitely winning amid the rise in gambling activity, it is the state. The revenue that flows into its coffers every year from royalties and taxes on player winnings has been hovering at around \u20ac1 billion in recent years. Last year was the first that this threshold was exceeded, reaching \u20ac1.04 billion, &#8230; <\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more-container\"><a title=\"State earns \u20ac1 bln from gambling in 2025\" class=\"read-more button\" href=\"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/04\/state-earns-e1-bln-from-gambling-in-2025\/#more-14081\" aria-label=\"Read more about State earns \u20ac1 bln from gambling in 2025\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14082,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Online_Gaming_Shutterstock.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14081","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","no-featured-image-padding"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14081","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14081"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14081\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14082"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14081"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14081"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14081"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}