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Betting and Gaming levy Act

THE amount of the levy payable by a person carrying on the business of bookmaker for every year specified in Column I hereto, shall be equivalent to the amount specified in the corresponding entry in Column II hereto -

Column I

Column II

Year

Amount of Levy

For every year commencing
on or after April 1, 2006 for
betting business done -

(i) through Agents.

one million rupees

(ii) where live telecast
facilities are used in
carrying on the business.

three hundred thousand rupees

(iii) where live telecast
facilities are not used in
carrying on the business.

fifty thousand rupees.

No, this is not some leaked draft legislation of our country but the law in the island nation Sri Lanka as amended in the year 2006.