In the first quarter of 2025, the gambling industry in Ukraine contributed 5.4 billion UAH in tax payments to the state budget, reflecting a 20.4% increase compared to the same period in 2024.

This was reported by the head of the Finance Committee of the Verkhovna Rada, Danilo Hetmantsev.

"This amount is 143 times higher than the figures from 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 revenue using cash registers (RRO/PRRO) for the first two months of 2025 reached 8.5 billion UAH, which is 18.5 times higher than the level of January-February 2024 (0.5 billion UAH).

"The mandatory implementation of cash registers in the gambling sector at the end of last year has contributed to the legalization of the industry", Hetmantsev emphasized.

It should be noted that the Cabinet of Ministers has established the state agency "PlayCity", which will implement the state policy in the organization of gambling and lottery activities.