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Bulgaria's National Revenue Service investigates 3,890 hospitalised casino visitors

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Bulgaria's National Revenue Service said 3,890 people recorded as hospital patients were found gambling at casinos, with more than 22,000 casino visits logged in the first half of 2025. The agency has opened investigations and said hospitals must repay funds to the National Health Insurance Fund if irregularities are confirmed; the fund said it could not comment on individual cases before the investigations conclude.

Hospitals may have to repay public health funds if investigations confirm that recorded stays were irregular.

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