bwin.party: € 33m License Fees in Spain

CompaniesRetail & Consumer ♦ Published: May 21, 2012; 10:18 ♦ (Vindobona)

The British-Austrian gaming company has to pay € 33m to Spain authorities.

Bwin.party: € 33m License Fees in Spain / Picture: © Vindobona.org

Online gaming firm bwin.party has received a letter from the Spanish tax authorities that costs the firm € 33m. The country is expected to issue lucrative online gaming licences at the beginning of June but has now ordered operators - like bwin.party - which already have customers in Spain to pay back-taxes under two historic laws that previously were not applied to offshore online…