Italy’s Customs and Monopolies Agency (ADM) requested administrative and technical documents from winners of new online-gambling concessions, with submissions due by 10 December. ADM also scheduled a meeting for 18 December to address concession rules, guidance, communication protocols and certifications.
The document deadline and meeting set immediate compliance steps for the new online-gambling concessionaires.
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A petition in Italy calls for Article 25 of the 2027 budget bill, which would regulate LAN gaming rooms, to be removed. Its promoter, Donato Gallo, says the proposed charges are €1,200 a year per computer or console and €2,000 per simulator; the online petition has passed 3m signatures.
A petition launched by Donato Gallo seeks to remove Article 25, which would regulate LAN gaming rooms, from Italy's 2027 budget bill. The online campaign has attracted support and is linked to a similar petition submitted to the Chamber of Deputies.
Italy’s Council of State rejected the Customs and Monopolies Agency’s main appeals over immediate application of new PVR rules to online gambling concessionaires operating under extensions. In rulings published on 6 November 2026, it upheld the lower court’s finding that the changes required a transitional regime and partly accepted operators’ cross-appeals.
Italy’s Council of State rejected ADM appeals against rulings favouring Snaitech and Betpoint over the immediate application of new payment point rules to online gambling concessions operating under technical extensions. The court partly accepted the operators’ cross-appeals in rulings published on 6 November 2026.
Italy’s draft 2027 budget bill proposes changes to amusement machines, including raising the maximum cost per play for category 7A machines from €1 to €2 and increasing the maximum prize value from €20 to €40. The commentary says operators would have 60 days after the law takes effect to submit declarations for certain temporarily authorised machines still installed on 31 December 2026.
Italy’s Finance Ministry’s budget notes project €21.329bn for 2027 to cover gaming and lottery winnings, concessionaire commissions, litigation and returned guarantees, as reported in a media account of the notes. The projected total is €21.626bn in 2028 and €21.590bn in 2029; the sums cover financial obligations linked to gaming administration, not tax revenue or new operator funding.
Italy's Ministry of Economy and Finance has projected €21.329bn in 2027 for gambling and lottery winnings, commissions, litigation and returned guarantees in its budget notes. The projected total is €21.626bn for 2028 and €21.590bn for 2029. The funds cover financial obligations associated with gambling administration entrusted to ADM, rather than tax revenue or new funding for operators.
Italy's 2027 budget bill includes gaming provisions on an additional Lotto and SuperEnalotto draw and changes to one-off residual debt payments for slot machines and VLTs. The latter requires a decree from the Ministry of Economy and Finance by 15 January 2027; the wider bill's measures are estimated to impose more than €5 billion in new costs on citizens and businesses.
Italy's 2027 budget bill provides for an additional Lotto and SuperEnalotto draw and changes to one-off residual debt payments for slot machines and VLTs. Article 29 covers the additional draw, while Article 32 addresses the debt payments.