Article VII

Act No. 171/2005 Coll. on Gambling Games and amendments to certain acts, as amended by Act No. 659/2007 Coll., is amended as follows:

1. §5(1) reads as follows:

“(1) Casino gambling games are table games in which gamblers play against a casino dealer or against each other at gambling tables; table games are in particular roulette, card games and dice games. Every casino must operate at least five gambling tables. Casino gambling games also include video games, gambling games operated by means of technical devices operated directly by gamblers or via gambling machines.”.

2. In §36(4)(e) the following words are attached at the end: “for all licences for the operation of gambling games via gambling machines, which will be granted by municipalities within the territory of the Slovak Republic for a respective calendar year”.

3. §37(1)(k) reads as follows:

“(k) for gambling games operated via technical devices operated directly by gamblers and for video games 29 % of the financial guarantee, of which 24 % of the financial guarantee to the state budget and 5 % of the financial guarantee to the budget of the municipality,”.

4. §58b is inserted after §58a and reads as follows, including the title:

Ҥ 58b

Transitional provisions to amendments effective from 1 April 2008

(1) The provision of §5(1) in the wording effective as of 1 April 2008 is without prejudice to the provision of §58a(1).

(2) The provision of §36(4)(e) in the wording effective as of 1 April 2008 shall for the first time apply prior to the submission of an application for the licence to operate gambling games via gambling machines for 2009.

(3) For the purposes of annual settlement of taxes pursuant to §37(3) for the whole calendar year of 2008 the provision of §37(1)(k) in the wording effective as of 1 April 2008 shall be applied for gambling games operated by means of technical devices operated directly by gamblers and for video games.”.