Gambling Tax
The jurisdiction-specific levy on gambling activity — charged on GGR, stakes or turnover depending on the regime.
The operator-side levy on gambling activity — almost always charged on GGR in modern regimes, occasionally on stakes (Germany) or turnover (legacy lottery models). Rates range from Gibraltar's 0.15% of GGY to the Netherlands' 37.8%, with most licensed markets clustering between 15% and 25%.
Two structural details decide the real burden: the base (a stakes tax at 5.3% can exceed a GGR tax at 30% for high-payout games) and the stack (levies for responsible gambling, regulatory funding or sport often sit on top of the headline rate). The gambling-tax comparison page tracks both per jurisdiction.
The headline rate is the start of the analysis, never the end. Italy's online casino rate is 25.5% — plus a 3% regulatory fee and a 0.2% responsible-gambling contribution. The Netherlands' 37.8% sits beside a 1.95% gambling levy. Britain adds a statutory levy on top of 21% Remote Gaming Duty. The stack, not the headline, is what an operator actually remits.
Direction of travel is one-way at present: Sweden moved 18%→22% in 2024, the Netherlands legislated two increases reaching 37.8% by 2026, Brazil wrote an escalation to 15% into its launch framework, and Italy's re-tender raised online rates. No major market has cut its gambling tax in years — the argument is only ever about how much channelling each increase costs.
The dedicated gambling-tax page assembles the live comparison: every jurisdiction in the atlas, its rate, its base and the levies stacked on top, each cited to the enacting instrument. The pattern that emerges is regional — Europe's open markets cluster high and keep climbing, the offshore hubs price near zero by design, and the newest regimes (Brazil's escalating schedule) write future increases into the launch framework itself.