Guidance

Excise Duty — Gambling Duty rates

Updated 30 September 2022

Gambling duties

Bingo Duty

Tax year 2022 to 2023
Percentage of bingo promotion profits 10%

Gaming Duty

Gross gaming yield Accounting periods beginning on or after 1 April 2022
Tax rate
The first £2,686,000   15%
The next £1,852,000   20%
The next £3,243,000   30%
The next £6,845,000   40%
Remainder   50%

General Betting Duty

Tax year 2022 to 2023
Percentage of ‘net stake receipts’ (essentially the gross profits from bookmaking)
for fixed odds bets and totalisator on horse or dog races
15%
Percentage of ‘net stake receipts’ for financial spread bets 3%
Percentage of ‘net stake receipts’ for all other spread bets 10%

Read about General Betting Duty.

Lottery Duty

Tax year 2022 to 2023
Percentage of the price paid or payable on taking a ticket or chance in a lottery 12%

Read about Lottery Duty.

Machine Games Duty

Cost of play and cash prize levels Tax year 2022 to 2023
Percentage of the net takings from dutiable machine games with a maximum cost of play
not more than 20p and a maximum cash prize not more than £10
5%
Percentage of net takings from machines which are not Type 1 machines but where the
cost to play cannot exceed £5
20%
Percentage of net takings from dutiable machine games where the maximum cost to play
can exceed £5
25%

Read about Machine Games Duty.

Pool Betting Duty

Tax year 2022 to 2023
Promoter’s net pool betting receipts from dutiable pool bets in an accounting period 15%

Read about Pool Betting Duty.

Remote Gaming Duty

Tax year 2022 to 2023
Percentage of remote gaming profits 21%

Read about Remote Gaming Duty.