Czech lottery winners have already contributed around CZK 30 million in
taxes to state coffers since January this year, when a new bill came into
force introducing taxing of lottery winnings, the daily Novinky.cz reported
on Friday.
The new legislation, introducing a 15 percent tax on all lottery winnings
exceeding one million crowns, was approved by the Chamber of Deputies last
November.
So far the highest jackpot this year in the country’s biggest lottery
Sportka, over CZK 50 million, was won on January 8. The winner had to pay
over CZK seven million in tax.