Over CZK 50 billion (thats about $211 million) was spent on gambling machines in the Czech Republic in 2005. Thats an increase of 4.5% on 2004.

The Czech Republic has 52,185 gambling machines across the country - a number growing annually. Over 7000 of them are in the capital Prague.

Operation of gambling machines

Year	Amount spent(CZK bn)	Amount paid out (CZK bn)
2000	35.5	27.4
2001	38.3	29.5
2002	41.2	30.9
2003	44.2	33.1
2004	47.8	35.8
2005	50.0	37.5

Article: People spend record CZK 50 billion on gambling machines in 2005