Economics and statistics

Due to the absolute prohibition of casinos, betting and lotteries in Afghanistan, the legal sector and related taxes are absent.

The economic profile is reduced to government spending on suppressing the underground and cyber blocking, as well as to the compliance costs of financial institutions (monitoring and filtering transactions).

Consumer "game" demand partially flows abroad (tourist trips, offshore online), without forming an internal tax base and increasing risks for citizens.

Official statistics on the industry are not kept, there is no forecast for the growth of the legal segment - the baseline scenario retains zero GGR and the priority of law enforcement.