爱尔兰在线赌博许可证变更 预计2.42亿欧元年税收

　　爱尔兰财政部长MichaelNoonan发布了该国人民期待已久的赌博（修正案）2012号法案，这将迫使任何博彩公司只能让获得爱尔兰博彩许可证的爱尔兰居民加入赌局。爱尔兰本地赌徒占超过20万欧元或总在线营业额的10%，以及爱尔兰以外与爱尔兰赌客加入赌局，将被要求持有“远程博彩公司许可证”，而赌博交易比如必发（Betfair）将要求持有“远程投注中介许可证”。“许可证办理和续办将收取5千欧元。在2011年金融法案理想执行的条件下，爱尔兰赌友参加在线博彩公司押注将要缴纳1%的博彩税，博彩交易所操控点对点赌注的佣金收入中需支付15%的‘中介税’。

　　未获得必要的许可证将导致对侵犯者提出刑事指控，将被罚款15万欧元和最高五年的徒刑等待这些不幸的定罪。爱尔兰政客夏季休会后将对议案进行表决，假设该变革在欧盟委员会获得通过，新政权将在2013年初生效。这些变革一定程度上是为救助陷入困境的赛马行业，近十年该行业远离了财富，因为年轻一代相比他们的祖先很少人对马粪的气味感兴趣。

　　在英国爱尔兰海政府的提出收取15%POC消费税，根据欧洲在线规范市场数据报告预计网上赌博年度收入将在23.9-24.2千万英镑。根据2011年的数据显示，英国市场产生17.1亿欧元的净博彩收入，政府预期获得2.52亿的税款收入，假设100%的运营商自愿加大投资，但博彩数据表明忽略了利率下降5.25%-7.25%的可能。目前，据估计，英国政府收入低于10%在线赌博净收入来自英国赌徒。政府目前与股东对拟议中的POC的税收进行商议，希望可以在2014年底完成。

　　博彩数据也打破了英国网上市场份额的操作股。威廉·希尔都名列前茅，它的零售和在线业务合计15%（2.529亿欧元）的市场。Betfair以11%位居第二，其次是Bet365（9.5%），帕迪鲍尔公司（8%）、立博（7.5%），扑克之星网站（6%），软体（5.5%），888（5%）等等。

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Ireland’s Minister of Finance Michael Noonan has published the country’s long-awaited Betting (Amendment) Bill 2012, which will compel any bookmaker taking bets from Irish residents to obtain an Irish betting license. Irish-based bookies that take in more than €200k or 10% of their total turnover online, as well as online bookies based outside Ireland taking bets from Irish punters, will be required to hold a ‘remote bookmaker’s license’ while betting exchanges such as Betfair will require a ‘remote betting intermediary’s license.’ Licenses will cost €5k to obtain and renew. Under the terms sketched out in the 2011 Finance Act, bookies taking online bets from Irish punters will be subject to a 1% betting duty while betting exchanges pay a 15% ‘intermediary duty’ on the commissions earned from handling peer-to-peer wagers.

Failure to obtain the necessary licenses will result in criminal charges being laid against offenders, with fines of up to €150k and prison sentences of up to five years awaiting those unlucky enough to be convicted. Irish politicians will vote on the bill following their summer recess, and assuming the changes pass muster with the European Commission, the new regime would take effect at the start of 2013. The changes have been designed in part to help bail out the country’s struggling horse racing industry, which has seen its fortunes slide over the past decade due to younger generations being less enamored of the smell of horseshit than their forebears.

Across the Irish Sea, the UK government’s proposed 15% point of consumption (POC) tax on internet betting is expected to bring in between £239-£242m in annual revenues, according to GamblingData.com’s European Online Regulated Markets Data Report 2012. Based on 2011 figures showing the UK market generating £1.71b in net gaming revenue, the government could expect to reap £252m in taxes, assuming 100% of operators were willing to ante up willingly, but GamblingData suggested the avoidance rate could fall between 5.25%-7.25%. At present, it’s estimated that the UK gov’t earns less than 10% of online gambling net revenues derived from UK punters. The gov’t is currently consulting with stakeholders on the proposed POC tax, which it hopes to implement by the end of 2014.

GamblingData also broke down the UK online market in terms of operator share. William Hill came out on top, with its retail and online operations combining for 15% (£252.9m) of the market. Betfair came second with 11%, followed by Bet365 (9.5%), Paddy Power (8%), Ladbrokes (7.5%), PokerStars (6%), Gamesys (5.5%), 888 (5%), SkyBet and Bwin.party (tied with 4.5%), Rank/Mecca/Blue Square and Gala Coral (tied with 4%) with other operators accounting for the remaining 15.5%.