Chancellor Healey: UK to Raise Machine Games Duty to 25% from 20%

10:43 AM EDT, 10/28/2026 (MT Newswires) -- The UK will increase the machine games duty, a tax on slot machines, to 25% from 20%, Chancellor of the Exchequer John Healey said in his first budget statement on Wednesday. The rate is lower than the 40% estimate by some in the industry, according to media reports.