German gambling tax revenue came to €596.1m [$588.5m] in the third quarter of 2022, a year-on-year increase driven mostly by growth of online slots. The total German gambling tax take was up by 15.5% year-on-year.
Of this total, €123.2m came from online slots. This was up drastically from Q3 of 2021, when operators paid only €32.7m in taxes during the first quarter under Germany’s new Fourth State Treaty on Gambling.
As part of the new regime, online slot operators must pay 5.3% of stakes in taxes, which has been a major source of controversy.
Only a small number of operators were licensed to offer online slots in Germany in Q3, but a transition period is in place which means that operators will not face enforcement action as long as they keep to the rules of the State Treaty and pay gambling taxes.
