At a Gambling Compliance Conference in Lisbon on Monday, government officials suprised many when they revealed that Portuguese poker players soon won't be able to compete against players from other countries.
On top of that, they informed that "Games of Chance", which includes poker and casino games, will be taxed at 30%. That's about double what other forms of gambling are taxed in Por[...] Read more » Portuguese Players Soon Cut Off From The Rest Of The Online Poker World
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Location: Macedonia, The former Yugoslav Republic of
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Well if i was Portuguese i would trash those politician cars every facking day, till they are so sick of buying new one, and give people what they want, i donno, just a thought might work if applied go after those parasite`s, and let them know who`s the boss, but i guess its far less convenient for u guys to moan on it, on forums and social media, and do absolutely nothing about it. They were, i mean the facking parasites politician ready to pull something like that in the country im from, but after couple of phone calls and spontaneous cars catching fire, they decided not to go forward with passing that law, geeeee i wonder why
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I still don't really understand the logic in the Portugal rulings on their players.Most countries are raking in the tax from online gaming and I can't see how limiting where they play has done much for the tax they have collected.
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Location: Lithuania
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it's great being a politician- you can think of new taxes every day, even such exotic ones like ball shaving tax (i would definitely leave such country in an instance)... you can spend collected tax money pretty much as your own savings and even if you get busted... well you can always say that it was someone else's fault... someone from the opposition or sth along the lines...
Posted by pochui: it's great being a politician- you can think of new taxes every day, even such exotic ones like ball shaving tax (i would definitely leave such country in an instance)...
It's a country of 10 million people. R W sure they gamble that much so this new tax makes sense?
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30% tax? That will kill the goose, that should lay the golden eggs, in no time. The politicians may be able to generate millions of euros of new income, but only for a short time, as the games will surely dry up.
30% tax? That's huge. I guess they don't want their citizens to waste their time gambling at all lol. With this kind of tax, they are deliberately killing gambling I think. It's already hard enough to beat blackjack, poker and all kinds of casino games with the small rakes they charge, with a 30% tax it would be completly impossible. Even the richest portuguese businessmen will go elsewhere to gamble and it's not gonna be good for their country's economy.
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No wonder Macau became the poker mecca for all players now a days, im sure Portuguese players will soon say ''Fack this 30% im going to macau" and if he/she is any good, will make a lot of money and make a bank transfer to her bank acc. in Portugal on which the transaction fee is a lot smaller then those 30% and so will make a living for him/her self, and fack those greedy leeches politicians up their assss
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Location: Canada
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The political persons of the world need to learn to do more with less, they all seem to think that the populations can absorb all their ridicules spending practices, and keep bailing them out. Politician's are like lawyers and tow truck drivers parasites.
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The real problem is, there is only one different type on offer besides greedy governments - extremly greedy governments. The hunger for other peoples money seems to be ever increasing.
might work if applied 
That will kill the goose, that should lay the golden eggs, in no time. The politicians may be able to generate millions of euros of new income, but only for a short time, as the games will surely dry up.
parasites.
