It is not only the French market that has an absurd system of taxation, which imposes the operators on the bets and not on the Gross Product of the Games (Mises-gains). Portugal is also based on the same calculation method for sports betting. The consequence is dry for the operators: the taxes represent a colossal amount. Betclic, the first operator Sports Betting to have traveled Portuguese soil at the opening of the market in May 2016, announced that 66% of its revenues were destined for the government.

An aberration. The aberration of the Portuguese tax system It seems crazy to think that an online operator can pay up to 2/3 of its revenues to the government. This Monday, the National Association of Online Gamblers (ANAon) announced that it would present a petition of 4,600 signatures of players disgruntled by the level of taxes. Portuguese online casinos must pay 15% on annual turnover when they generate less than € 5 million. This rate can be up to 30% for the maximum tranche.

Concerning the operators of sports betting, it is worse since they are taxed up to 8% on the first 30 € million bets, rather than being taxed on turnover or PBJ.