Estonia: gambling tax receipts down 30% in Feb

A larger fall is expected through the spring months due to the Coronavirus crisis.

Estonia.- Gambling tax receipts feel by one third in Estonia in February due in part to Coronavirus lockdown measures in place in the country, reports local media.

“The fall in gambling tax receipts will undoubtedly put great pressure on the Ministry to finance agreed projects,” Rait Kuuse, Deputy Secretary General for Social Policy at the Social Affairs Ministry said, according to BNS.

“Our goal, in cooperation with our partners, is to find an opportunity to continue the agreed activities and, if necessary, to make new decisions together in certain places, if, for example, the implementation of what was agreed proves impossible due to the implemented restrictions.

“Payments for the second quarter of 2020 took place in April, according to the agreed payment schedule, and we are working to mitigate the negative effects of the crisis,” Kruuse added.