OREANDA-NEWS   Currently, it is not easy to determine exactly how many Russians play in online casinos. This was stated by Dmitry Slobodkin, an expert on gambling. He was quoted aif.ru .

He explained that due to the illegal format of such activities, there are no official statistics. There are different estimates, and they are usually expressed not in the number of people, but in the amounts that these illegal organizations receive.

After all, a hundred people can enter, but only ten can play, the expert stated.

According to him, today expert estimates say that the annual income of an online casino can range from two to three trillion rubles.

According to Evgeny Uvarkin, a member of the Federation Council Committee on Budget and Financial Markets, the legalization of online casinos in Russia through a state operator with a tax rate of at least 30 percent of revenue, excluding winnings paid, could be a more effective control measure than banning them.