Lotteries and Gambling market on 2010, 6 months
There are all together 16 gambling license holders and State owned Joint Stock Company Latvijas Loto (state scale lotteries).
1 EUR = 0,7028 lats (LVL) 1 USD = 0,542 lats (LVL)
Financial results of gaming market in Latvia 2010, 6 months
(mill. lats)
|
|
|
2009-6m |
2010-6m |
% |
|
1. |
Total turnover of market enterprices |
56,599 |
42,931 |
75,9 |
|
2. |
GGR from Gambling and Lotteries |
47,280 |
39,545 |
83,6 |
|
2.1. |
GGR from Lotteries |
3,552 |
2,908 |
81,9 |
|
2.2. |
GGR from gambling, incl, |
43,728 |
36,637 |
83,8 |
|
|
Gaming machines |
37,330 |
31,838 |
85,3 |
|
|
Gaming tables (roulette, cards) |
3,520 |
3,404 |
96,7 |
|
|
Bingo halls |
0,349 |
0,260 |
74,5 |
|
|
Betting |
0,422 |
0,478 |
113,3 |
|
|
Phone game |
2,107 |
0,657 |
31,2 |
|
3. |
Other activities (bars, billiard, etc.) 1.-2. |
9,319 |
3,386 |
36,3 |
The biggest gaming companies (GGR in mill.lats)
|
|
2009 6 months |
2010 6 months |
% |
|
SIA ALFOR |
14,929 |
13,301 |
89,0 |
|
SIA OLYMPIC CASINO |
7,748 |
7,323 |
94,5 |
|
SIA ADMIRĀĻU KLUBS |
4,530 |
4,201 |
92,7 |
|
SIA JOKER |
3,688 |
3,350 |
90,8 |
|
SIA DLV |
1,884 |
1,701 |
90,3 |
|
SIA FURORS |
1,892 |
1,622 |
85,7 |
Payments in State budget from special gaming taxes and duties
(mill.lats)
|
|
2009- 6 months (fact) |
2010-6 months (est.) |
2010-6 months (fact) |
% to estimate 2010 -6 |
% to fact 2009-6 |
|
Lottery and Gambling Tax and Duty |
10,424 |
6,651 |
6,838 |
102,8 |
65,6 |
|
Duty on Marking Signs |
0,357 |
0,257 |
0,244 |
94,9 |
68,3 |
|
Duty on Sales Promotion Lotteries |
0,093 |
0,085 |
0,127 |
149,4 |
136,6 |
|
Lottery and Gambling Tax paid to Municipalities |
3,158 |
1,951 |
2,012 |
103,1 |
63,7 |
|
Other taxes |
4,933 |
x |
3,616 |
x |
73,3 |
Number of gaming equipment and gaming venues
|
|
2009 June |
2009 Septem. |
2009 Decem. |
2010 March |
2010 June |
|
Gaming machines |
9587 |
8788 |
8190 |
8063 |
8087 |
|
Roulette tables |
22 |
22 |
18 |
15 |
15 |
|
Card tables |
92 |
90 |
73 |
62 |
62 |
|
Gaming Halls |
370 |
349 |
333 |
330 |
330 |
|
Bingo Halls |
2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
|
Casinos |
9 |
9 |
7 |
6 |
6 |
|
Betting points |
17 |
16 |
14 |
15 |
16 |
Sales promotional lotteries
6 months 2010 there were issued by the Inspection:
·
104 lottery
permissions (for lotteries prize fund whereof is larger than
·
454 lottery
confirmations (for lotteries prize fund whereof is smaller than
Total prize fund being
subject to a state fee shall be
Income from the said fee shall be used for implementation of design of the National Library of Latvia pursuant to provisions of the Law on Lotteries of Goods and Services.
Characteristics of the financial actions of the gambling operators
I-st quarter 2010 (click to see)
Dynamics of the financial indices of the gambling industry (thous. Lats).
The share of the gambling operators in the market according to the GGR (%)
SUMMARY OF LATVIAN LOTTERIES AND GAMBLING MARKET
2006 2010 (Million EUR)
|
|
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 6 months |
|
1. Total turnover of gaming companies: |
211,938 |
276,625 |
240,853 |
174,864 |
61,080 |
|
1.1. GGR from gambling and state lottery: |
193,058 |
259,625 |
231,830 |
139,796 |
56,268 |
|
1.1.1. net turnover from state lottery; |
7,406 |
8,405 |
11,452 |
9,180 |
4,138 |
|
1.1.2. GGR from gambling: |
185,652 |
251,220 |
220,378 |
130,616 |
52,130 |
|
1.1.2.1. GGR from slot machines; |
160,068 |
215,412 |
184,486 |
101,223 |
45,302 |
|
1.1.2.2. GGR from casino game tables; |
16,356 |
21,249 |
17,482 |
9,965 |
4,843 |
|
1.1.2.3. GGR from bingo; |
2,163 |
1,920 |
1,785 |
0,946 |
0,370 |
|
1.1.2.4. GGR from phone games; |
- |
0,891 |
2,158 |
4,312 |
0,935 |
|
1.1.2.5. GGR from betting |
7,065* |
11,748* |
14,467* |
0,836 |
0,680 |
|
1.2. other activities of gaming companies (bars, billiard, darts, etc. entertainment |
18,880 |
17,000 |
9,023 |
35,068 |
4,812 |
|
2. Number of license holders: |
20 |
20 |
20 |
18 |
17 |
|
2.1. Lottery companies on national scale; |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
2.2. Companies organizing gambling. |
19 |
19 |
19 |
17 |
16 |
|
3. Number of gaming halls |
554 |
558 |
457 |
333 |
330 |
|
4. Number of casino |
15 |
16 |
11 |
7 |
6 |
|
5. Number of slot machines |
16868 |
16671 |
13761 |
8190 |
8087 |
|
6. Number of roulette tables |
37 |
38 |
29 |
18 |
15 |
|
7. Number of card and dice tables |
139 |
141 |
104 |
73 |
62 |
* Different calculation of income