Tapte millioner i Norge. Flytter til utlandet

Tapte millioner i Norge. Flytter til utlandet

Jon Kyte har de siste årene vært en av landets absolutt fremste pokerspillere.

I 2023 viser listene at sørlendingen dro inn over ti millioner norske kroner i premiepenger, men én ting har gjort at han nå velger å ta med flyttelasset ut av Norge.

Reglene i Norge tilsier nemlig at pokerspillere, med bostedsadresse i Norge, må skatte 30 % på premiepengene man vinner.

Nå falt beslutningen på å flytte utenlands.

– Jeg har tenkt på å gjøre det i flere år, men i fjor tok jeg spillet til et nytt nivå. Det ble derfor naturlig å flytte nå, forteller Kyte til Nettavisen.

En lang prosess

Han kan fortelle at et slikt valg har vært vanlig i miljøet gjennom mange år.

– Veldig mange har gjort det tidligere, flere har flyttet til London tidligere. Men det er en stund siden noen gjorde det sist faktisk, sier han, som har fått seg leilighet i den østerrikske hovedstaden Wien.

Og fortsetter:

– Jeg har tenkt på å flytte i flere år, og har sett på leiligheter andre steder. Men det er mange goder med å bo i Norge, og man har venner og familie der. Jeg fikk meg også norsk kjæreste underveis, så da ble det vanskelig å flytte.

tapte millioner i norge. flytter til utlandet

SUKSESS: 2023 var et veldig godt pokerår for Jon Kyte. Foto: Privat

Men da det i 2023 ble klart at pokernettsiden PokerStars trakk seg ut av Norge, mener Kyte at det var ingen annen mulighet enn å reise.

– Det er vanskelig å leve av å være profesjonell pokerspiller i Norge. I fjor fjernet de tilgangen til PokerStars, som er den største siden for alle nordmenn. Da forsvant muligheten til å spille VM på nett.

Østerrike har, blant annet, en skattepolicy som gjør at man sitter igjen med en større fortjeneste etter turneringer i USA. Hver gang en spiller med bostedsadresse i Norge vinner penger i USA, går 30 % av gevinst «bort».

– Danmark, Sverige og Finland har null skatt på premiepenger i hele Europa, så hadde det ikke vært for at jeg liker å spille VM i Las Vegas, så hadde jeg nok flyttet til København. Når VM ikke er så viktig lenger, blir det fort å forflytte seg dit.

Poker.no omtalte saken først.

Dette sier forbundet

Leder i Norsk Pokerforbund, Tobias Jelsa Leknes, forteller til Nettavisen at det er en sport som har blitt «motarbeidet» i flere år.

– Debatten om pengespill blir ofte preget av følelser og et moralsk kompass som får virke foran forskning og kunnskap. Internasjonalt ser vi at poker blomstrer. Poker er en tankesport som utrolig mange ser glede i. Allikevel har vi per nå en spillpolitikk hvor spillmonopolet tilbyr Casino-spill, men ikke poker. Vi ser også at Danmark og Sverige har gått over til en lisensmodell, mens Finland er på vei mot en slik modell. Dette er noe vi ønsker oss også i Norge, kan han fortelle.

– Med dagens løsning foregår all pokerspilling uregulert, og medmyndighetenes intensiverte jakt på utenlandske spillselskaper de sisteårene, ser vi at spillingen går vekk fra regulerte og trygge sider, over til uregulerte apper og spillsider. Der har man ofte veldig lite kontroll på spillingen.

– Hvordan er framtidsutsiktene for norsk poker?

– Vi vet Norsk-Tipping utreder muligheten for at de skal kunne tilby poker i relativt nær fremtid, og vi er i dialog om mulige endringer av lovverket for live-poker. Blant annet ønsker vi oss et regelverk som legger til rette for at man kan møtes 20–30 mennesker på et egnet sted, det være seg et klubbhus eller grendehus, og spille om lave summer, så lenge det ikke er profesjonell drift, avslutter han.

Tilbake til Kyte er han forberedt på at flere vil reagere på valget han nå har tatt.

– Alle pokerspillere skjønner godt at jeg gjør det, når jeg først skal leve av pokerspillingen. Men så er det jo familie og venner som synes det er trist, forteller han ærlig, og fortsetter:

– Problemet er ikke det at jeg må skatte, men det er ikke noe lovverk rundt det og det er ikke tilrettelagt for å drive med profesjonell poker i Norge, avslutter han.

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