Certificate of Victory – How to get it?

Allseason bookmakers on the Internet, as well as at land-based points, they must comply with the obligations imposed on them by the "law of 19 November 2009 on gambling". One of them is the obligation to issue a personal certificate of victory in the event that the player wants to receive such a document . This rule applies not only to bookmakers, but all organizers gambling , so we should also receive a certificate of victory after winning, e.g. in roulette , poker is on slot machines if we wish to do so to the organizer of the game.

Certificate of victory-terms and procedures

The winning certificate from the bookmaker must be issued in a short time, not later than the day after the day on which the player received the winnings or the day after the day on which the winnings were handed over to the player . It must be exhibited on special printing which gambling organizer should purchase from the head of the Tax Office. To get a certificate of winning at the bookmaker is easiest submit a request for its issuance by e-mail, giving the number of the winning coupon, although it is best to ask a consultant about the procedures related to issuing a document from a given bookmaker, for example, via live chat. Some bookmakers provide, for example, the option to receive a certificate of winning at a fixed point, and then in the application you also need to specify in which Ground premises we will receive the certificate.

Certificate of victory-obligation of registration

Each winning certificate bookmaker it should be through him registered , and his the copy should be kept for 5 years (starting from the end of the calendar year in which the prize was won or transferred to the player). "The head of the Tax Office has access to these records". It is also good to know that regardless of the issued certificates of winnings, the gambling operator is obliged to conduct records of those winnings transferred to players, the amount of which is $ 2280 or more. Also in this case, the records must be kept for 5 years (counted in the same way). The record of winnings with a minimum value of $ 2280 includes the player's personal data, the amount of winnings and the date of their withdrawal.

Winning and the duty of secrecy

At the same time, the Gambling Act obliges the organizers of betting and other gambling activities to keeping the secret of winning and losing a particular participant in the game . Information on how much a player has won or lost however, they must be disclosed at the request of the specified institutions , i.e.:

• The Inspector General Of Financial Information,
• the National Tax Administration,
• Customs and police officers.

This information must also be made available in the case of:

• ongoing court proceedings – at the request of the court and the prosecutor,
• investigation procedure - at the request of the head of the Internal Security Agency.

In other cases bookmakers and other organizers of gambling games have no right to inform anyone about the winnings or losses of individual players, and they can issue a certificate of victory only at the request of the winner himself and transmit it exclusively to him.