Treasury confirms Machine Games Duty rise to 25% from April 2027
The Treasury has confirmed in a written parliamentary answer that Machine Games Duty on higher stake machines will rise from 20% to 25% from 1 April 2027.
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The Treasury has confirmed that Machine Games Duty on higher stake machines will increase from 20% to 25% from 1 April 2027, in a written answer to Parliament.
The answer was given by James Murray, a Treasury minister, in response to a question from Andrew Rosindell MP, who had asked what assessment had been made of the potential impact of the proposed increase on greyhound racing.
The Treasury said the rate increase was announced at Budget 2026 and is “targeted at higher risk machine games which are more associated with gambling harm.”
The minister did not give a specific assessment of the impact on greyhound racing, instead pointing to an assessment of the impacts published within the Tax Impact and Information Note on gov.uk, titled Machine Games Duty: increasing the rate on higher stake and prize machines.
Source: UK Parliament written question 37558.
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