Darts boards and condom dispensers sealed due to amendment to hazard law

Tax inspectors are putting seals on pinball machines, electronic darts boards and even condom dispensers throughout Poland, as a result of an amendment to the law on hazard activities and lotteries going into effect. Director of tax control department at the Finance Ministry, Jan Delis, wrote a letter to all Tax Control Offices (UKS), in which he advised to audit all the automatic machines placed in shops, pubs, gas stations etc. In the letter he recommended that all the machines with slots through which coins can be ejected, should be sealed. The new law puts a 45% tax on all machines which pay out winnings. (Gazeta Wyborcza, 1, 26) M.M.