Could the UK double machine games duty? Tax data and the Jumpman Gaming case

HMRC's first tax figures since remote gaming duty rose to 40% in April landed just before the UK Budget, where machine games duty could be next. On iGaming Daily, SBC News editor Ted Orme-Claye and media director Martyn Elliott read the data and discuss a tribunal ruling in the Jumpman Gaming case.

In this episode

• Orme-Claye says tax intake went up in the provisional April to July figures, which might give politicians who favour higher taxes "a bit of a boost" (3:06, 3:39).

• Elliott says it is "very early": total receipts were just £3 million higher in the quarter, with remote gaming duty "carrying the returns" (5:07, 5:14, 5:37).

• Orme-Claye gives machine games duty intake as 162 million for April to June, 5% up on the previous year, and calls it very stable (7:38, 7:49).

• Elliott says doubling it might bring in "maybe I don't know 800 million" in year one, "nothing" in government terms, and points to operator figures of 25% of betting shops pushed out of business (14:31, 14:38, 15:01).

• Orme-Claye expects an increase, "maybe not a full doubling" (16:05).

• On Jumpman Gaming, Orme-Claye says the upper tribunal cut a £13.2 million HMRC bill for 2018 to 2022, tied to re-wagered free-spin winnings, to nil; Elliott says operators running free-to-play promotional games might get up to four years of tax back (23:37, 25:14, 26:43).

Episode from iGaming Daily by SBC Media, published on YouTube.