In the first quarter of 2025, the gambling industry in Ukraine contributed 5.4 billion UAH in taxes, which is a 20.4% increase compared to the same period in 2024.

This was reported by Danilo Hetmantsev, the head of the parliamentary committee on finance, tax, and customs policy.

"This amount is 143 times higher than the level of January-March 2021 (37.7 million UAH)", the deputy noted.

According to his data, in January 2025, the budget received 735 million UAH, in February - 1.52 billion UAH, and in March - 3.13 billion UAH.

He also mentioned that the total turnover using RRO/PRRO for the first two months of 2025 reached 8.5 billion UAH, exceeding the level of January-February 2024 by 18.5 times (0.5 billion UAH).

"The introduction of mandatory use of RRO/PRRO by the gambling business at the end of last year has contributed to the de-shadowing of the industry", emphasized Hetmantsev.

As a reminder, the Cabinet of Ministers established the state agency "PlayCity", which will implement state policy in the field of organizing and conducting gambling and lottery activities.