Administration

History

The Games of Chance Administration was established by the Law on Games of Chance (“Official Gazette of RS”, Nos. 88/2011, 93/2012 – other law, 30/2018 and 95/2018), as an administrative body within the Ministry of Finance, for the purpose of performing state administration in the field of games of chance.
The Administration began operating on March 1st 2019. The funds required for the work and functioning of the Administration are provided from the budget of the Republic of Serbia.
The new Law on Games of Chance (“Official Gazette of RS”, No.18/20 of 03.03.2020) entered into force on 11.03.2020, and it is applied from 11.04.2020.
Pursuant to the provisions of this Law, the Games of Chance Administration independently performs state administration in the field of games of chance for the entire territory of the Republic of Serbia, in such a way as to provide functional unity in the implementation of regulations in the field of games of chance.
The seat of the Games of Chance Administration is in Belgrade, 1 Omladinskih brigada St.

The following table provides an overview of the total budget revenues from fees for games of chance in EUR per year, as well as the number of approvals received for organising special games of chance on automatic equipment, special betting games of chance and games of chance by means of electronic communication, the number of organised classic games of chance (DLS), the number of obtained permits for the organisation of special games of chance in casinos and the number of consents obtained for the organisation of prize games in goods and services.

Year           Total            

The number of licenses –

Land based slots

The number of licenses –

Land based betting

The number of licenses -
Online

The number of licenses-

classic games of chance (DLS)

 The number of licenses -

Casinos

The number of  licenses -

Prize Games in Goods and Services

2013
42,805,913
62
19
-
1
2
-
2014
44,999,746

67

19
-
1
2
51
2015
45,753,170
62
19
4
1
2
68
2016
48,401,066
64
18
11
1
2
81
2017
55,896,561
61
18
11
1
2
85
2018
65,367,820
61
18
11
1
2
81
2019
71,708,371
61
20
12
1
2
58
2020
80,855,087
61
20
17
1
2
36
2021
109,240,674
61
20
21
1
2
73
2022
139,190,407
60
20
21
1
2
72
2023
151,280,600
60
20
22
1
2
62
The following table provides a comparative overview of paid fees by type of games of chance for 2022 and 2023 from the juristidction of the Games of Chance Administration.


Type of fee
2022 (EUR)
2023 (EUR)
2023/2022 (%)
Fees for special games of chance in casinos
1,068,528
2,009,512
88,06%
Fees for special games of chance on automatic equipment
56,719,112
63,075,789
11,21%
Fees for special betting games of chance
26,032,853
25,988,559
-0,17%
Fees for special games of chance through means of electronic communication
37,903,167
41,323,381
9,02%
Total fees for special games of chance
121,723,660
132,397,241
8,77%
Fees for organizing prize games in goods and services
1,048,576929,108
-11,39%
Fees from classic games of chance
16,418,172
17,954,251
9,36%
Total fees
139,190,408
151,280,600
8,69%


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