Directorate General for the Regulation of Gambling

A new version of the 2012 Annual Report has been published which includes an explanatory note on tax revenue. It specifies that said item includes revenue from the Gambling Fee and the Gambling Administrative Tax. It does not, therefore, include revenue from other duties such as the Income Tax.

Given the special legal nature of the company, LAE (Sociedad Estatal de Loterías y Apuestas del Estado) tax revenue as defined earlier? is increased by non-tax contributions to? the Spanish Treasury. With respect to the last two and to compare data from 2011 and 2012, the report specifies that in 2011 SELAE made a €1.2? billion extraordinary contribution from the issue premium.

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