Online casinos and bingo rooms licensed in the United Kingdom may need to adjust their budgets and promotions to take into account a 15% general betting duty to be levied on them beginning August 17, 2017. Chancellor George Osborne (pictured) revealed the duty as part of the UK government’s most recent proposed budget Wednesday. As of press time budget details had not been published, but the additional tax would bring online operators more in line with what sports betting sites currently pay. Casinos and bingo operators have already been paying a 15% point-of-consumption tax since new gaming regulations came into effect in 2014. The duties apply only to bets made by bettors residing in the UK.