Gaming Machines: Tax Yields

(asked on 10th October 2017) - View Source

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, in which year there were first references in his Department's publications to actual and anticipated public revenues from the use of fixed-odds betting terminals in high street premises; and if he will estimate the public revenues in each of the last 15 years, together with the estimates for the next three years, if the maximum stake on such terminals were (a) £2, (b) £5, (c) £10, (d) £20 and (e) £100.


Answered by
Andrew Jones Portrait
Andrew Jones
This question was answered on 18th October 2017

Total receipts from Betting and Gaming duties are published here:

https://www.uktradeinfo.com/Statistics/Pages/TaxAndDutybulletins.aspx

A separate breakdown for revenue from Fixed Odds Betting Terminals is not available.

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