Plamen Milanov: The state can receive up to 180 million lei a year from sports betting.
This year, the state will receive from sports bets about 50 million lei, this is money that the budget did not count on. This statement was made on one of the television channels by the director of NGM Company Plamen Milanov, who, on behalf of the state, manages the only legal platform for sports betting in the country - 7777.md. “Since March 1, when the fight against illegal rates was announced, based on the results of March, we are confident that we will be able to provide the state with about 5 million lei each month out of 10 remaining this year. This is about 50 million lei in 2021, ”explained Plamen Milanov. According to the private partner of the National Lottery of Moldova, the actions of the state to combat illegal bets are yielding results, although there are still some gaps. “We have data on the size of the illegal betting market in the Republic of Moldova. We are talking about amounts that are 3 times higher than the turnover on the state sports betting platform - 7777.md. Accordingly, we can reach 180 million lei per year. This is money that the state budget does not receive, ”Milanov said. According to him, at the moment there are two methods of replenishing gaming accounts on illegal sites. First of all, these are transfers via bank cards, but these operations are increasingly blocked by commercial banks. And the second way is through Paymaster's Runpay electronic wallet. “In our opinion, these actions can easily be equated with money laundering, because they are operations in offshore jurisdictions where illegal bookmakers are registered in Moldova. For example, 1xbet, which is banned in some European countries due to financial irregularities. Its founders have been put on the international wanted list in the case of money laundering for hundreds of millions of euros, ”added the director of the company that administers 7777.md. According to Plamen Milanov, the above channels for transferring money to illegal sports betting sites may be blocked by the National Bank of Moldova. // 31.03.2021 — InfoMarket
