Italy’s Customs and Monopolies Agency (ADM) reported that gaming machines accounted for 50.31% of public gambling tax revenue in 2024, according to its Libro Blu. Numerical games and lotteries contributed 33.56%, while betting accounted for 7.13%; sports betting made up 97.02% of betting-sector revenue.
The breakdown shows operators and policymakers how tax revenue differed across Italy’s gambling sectors in 2024.
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Spain's Order HAC/1161/2026 sets 2027 income-tax module amounts for recreational machines in hospitality businesses when their operation is ancillary, according to the order as reported. For type B machines, the annual amount before depreciation is €3,810.65 in one- and two-fork restaurants, with different rates for cafés and bars; the order also sets amounts for type A machines.
Under Spain's Order HAC/1161/2026, the income-tax module amounts for the coming year include annual returns of up to €3,810.65 for each type B recreational machine installed in restaurants, the order provides. The order, dated 4 November, develops the objective-estimation method for personal income tax and the simplified special regime for VAT for the coming year, as the text records.
Amtzell will tax gaming machines with winnings at 25% of gross cash takings from 1 January 2027, with a minimum charge of €200 per machine each month. The municipality cited revenue and a steering objective, according to the report, which also compares rates and minimums in other German municipalities.
Amtzell will tax gaming machines with winnings at 25% of gross cash takings from 1 January 2027, with a minimum charge of €200 per machine each month. The municipality expects only comparatively low revenue from the levy, according to the report, but gives it explicitly as a steering tax as well. The stated aim is to prevent such offerings from spreading.
The Emden city council approved a rise in tax on so-called violent video game machines from €310 to €620, with the proposal coming from the Greens. Tax on standard amusement machines rises from €25 to €36 to offset the abolition of a dance tax. The report notes that no such shooting-game machines exist in the city.
The Emden city council has approved a rise in the tax on so-called violent video game machines from €310 to €620. The proposal came from the Greens. The report, published on 23 October 2026, cites the Emder Zeitung of 6 October as its source.
The Social Market Foundation has called for higher tax on gambling machines it considers high risk. The think tank cited Gambling Commission figures on problem gambling rates for machine-based casino games.
ADM Calabria 2 annulled two tax assessments concerning three gaming terminals at a business in Isola di Capo Rizzuto, the report said. The office cited failure to apply the required prior consultation with the taxpayer; one assessment concerned 2021 and claimed €459,743.93, plus notification costs.
The customs and monopolies agency ordered the self-review annulment of two assessment notices concerning three totem devices found at a commercial business in Isola di Capo Rizzuto, in the province of Crotone. The decision came from the Calabria 2 office, which acknowledged that article 6-bis of law 212/2000 on prior adversarial exchange with the taxpayer had not been applied. The measure addresses the procedural issue and does not expressly rule on the further substantive questions raised in the appeal.