Croatia, which is officially referred to as the Republic of Croatia has a population of about 4 million and ranks among the top 20 best tourist destination in the world. Croatia has one of the most liberal gambling regulations in Europe. One of the popular entertainment activities among the citizens and the tourists who visit the country is gambling. The gambling regulations also do not prohibit gambling and residents frequent the over 15 casinos in the country to play different games.

The Government of Croatia has set a legal age of 18 years in order to gamble. All kinds of table games, including poker, are legalized in the country, but they are allowed to be played in casinos only. There is a state-run lottery available. In addition, Hrvatska Lutrija monitors and controls casinos, a sports lottery, Keno, Bingo, as well as some other kinds of land-based and online gambling activities.

Licensing for online gambling in Croatia is performed by the Ministry of Finance, and they take it very seriously. Licensees are required to put up large cash deposits that are used for drawing overdue taxes and for rectifying player complaints that are found to have merit.These are equal to the licensed operators’ annual fee of HRK 3m, 스포츠토토 meaning operators would need to have twice the amount of initial capital just to get their interactive business started.

A gambling operator can obtain the license once the application has been approved and the tender won. Yet at the same time the focus is on how much the profits of the company can bring to the state budget. If the government decides in favour of the operator, the operator can be issued the appropriate permit within the next 60 days.

Sports betting is legal in Croatia. Originally sports betting was a monopoly operated by Hrvatska Lutrija, the state lottery. After the passage of the original Games of Chance Law in 2002 the market was opened to private companies, both domestic and foreign. Hrvatska Lutrija remains one of the biggest operators in the sports betting market. There are currently more than 2,000 betting shops throughout the country. In 2010, betting shops were allowed to install one gaming machine per location. Nowadays, however, there are several competing sports betting companies, though smaller sportsbooks have been pushed out of the market by increasing taxes.  Apart from general sports betting, dog and horse race betting is also available.

After many years of state controlled gambling, sports betting is now flourishing in Croatia. The Republic of Croatia was previously a significant part of the former communist state of Yugoslavia, before declaring independence in 1991. The country forms part of the Balkan Peninsula in Southeastern Europe and has a long coastline along the Adriatic Sea which attracts a significant amount of tourism.

Several of the brick and mortar sports betting companies also operate online sports betting sites. The 2014 changes in gambling regulation don’t seem to apply to sports betting, 파워볼 which means online sports betting companies are not required to pay the new fees. Croatian gamblers may also freely access international online sports betting sites.

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Croatia have reached five European Championships finals in six attempts since seceding from Yugoslavia in 1991, and have reached the quarter-finals in 1996 and again in 2008. While a similar finish is not out of the realms of possibility at Euro 2016, early odds of +2800 suggest winning the tournament is not going to happen.