Administration

History

The Games of Chance Administration was established by the Law on Games of Chance (“Official Gazette of RS”, Nos. 88/2011, 93/2012 – other law, 30/2018 and 95/2018), as an administrative body within the Ministry of Finance, for the purpose of performing state administration in the field of games of chance.
The Administration began operating on March 1st 2019. The funds required for the work and functioning of the Administration are provided from the budget of the Republic of Serbia.
The new Law on Games of Chance (“Official Gazette of RS”, No.18/20 of 03.03.2020) entered into force on 11.03.2020, and it is applied from 11.04.2020.
Pursuant to the provisions of this Law, the Games of Chance Administration independently performs state administration in the field of games of chance for the entire territory of the Republic of Serbia, in such a way as to provide functional unity in the implementation of regulations in the field of games of chance.
The seat of the Games of Chance Administration is in Belgrade, 1 Omladinskih brigada St.

The following table provides an overview of total budget revenues from the fees on games of chance, expressed in EUR by years, as well as the number of organizers of special games of chance on automatic equipment, special games of chance involving betting, and games of chance through means of electronic communication.

Year           Total            

Number of organizers

automatic equipment

Number of organizers

betting

Number of organizers

online

2013
42,805,913
62
19
-
2014
44,999,746

67

19
-
2015
45,753,170
62
19
4
2016
48,401,066
64
18
11
2017
55,896,561
61
18
11
2018
65,367,820
61
18
11
2019
71,708,371
61
20
12
2020
80,855,087
61
20
17
2021
109,240,674
61
20
21
2022
139,190,407
60
20
21
The following table provides a comparative overview of paid fees by type of games of chance for 2021 and 2022 from the juristidction of the Games of Chance Administration.


Type of fee
2021 (EUR)
2022 (EUR)
2022/2021 (%)
Fees for special games of chance in casinos
540,646
1,068,528
98%
Fees for special games of chance on automatic equipment
42,554,587
56,719,112
33%
Fees for special betting games of chance
22,500,168
26,032,853
16%
Fees for special games of chance through means of electronic communication
27,100,149
37,903,167
40%
Total fees for special games of chance
92,695,550
121,723,660
31%
Fees for organizing prize games in goods and services
1,579,7671,048,576
-34%
Fees from classic games of chance
14,965,356
16,418,172
10%
Total fees
109,240,673
139,190,408
28%



                                            Administration