Castilla y León forecasts €47.5m gambling tax revenue, down 8.8%

The regional government of Castilla y León expects to collect €47.52m in 2027 from the gambling taxes it manages directly, according to the draft general budget for the region for 2027. That figure is 8.8% below the €52.1m in the region's last approved budget, for 2024. The regional government presented the draft on 13 October and registered it with the Cortes of Castilla y León the following day.

The draft budget totals €16,472m and is the first to reach the regional parliament after two years of extended budgets. In all, the regional government budgets €59.3m from gambling in 2027, 2% less than the €60.49m of 2024. The €47.52m in own taxes is supplemented by €11.78m from the state gambling tax, whose collection is ceded to the region and which rises 40.28%.

The explanatory memorandum of the draft attributes the lower forecast for own taxes to a progressive shift from land-based gambling to online gambling, which is managed by the state. According to the document, the lower forecast is consistent with that movement.

The draft does not change gambling taxation for 2027. According to the memorandum, bingo, recreational and gaming machines and casinos keep the regulation of 2024, and no changes are planned for betting either. Tax benefits to the sector rise to €1.67m, 9.1% more than in 2024: €1.55m from the 15% rate applied to electronic bingo in halls that maintain their staff, and €116,000 from the reduced rate for casinos. A further €225,000 comes from the administrative fee on gambling that the regional government charges for its procedures, which was budgeted at €200,000 in 2024.