Campaigners say government more interested in extracting taxes than tackling gambling addiction

Anti-gambling organisations say the government is not interested in genuinely regulating the industry but rather wants to extract the most possible money from those addicted to gambling machines. Speaking on Tuesday, representatives of Transparency International and Citizens Against Gambling said they were not satisfied with a bill just approved by the government that would increase taxation on gambling machines. Well-known campaigner Matěj Hollan accused the minister of finance, Andrej Babiš, of making light of the impact of gambling and seeking only to line the state coffers with the new legislation.

Author: Ian Willoughby