Italy’s competition authority, the AGCM, has raised competition concerns about the bingo payout rules introduced on 1 January 2025. In a report approved on 15 April and addressed to Parliament and the Government, it said the 70% to 71% payout range could restrict operators’ ability to compete through prize levels.
Bingo operators may have limited scope to differentiate prize levels under the current payout band.
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Senator Cinzia Pellegrino of Brothers of Italy submitted a question to three ministers about mobile applications including Chicken Road and similar crash games. She asked whether they should refer the issue to the Customs and Monopolies Agency, the competition authority and postal police, citing concerns about gambling-related activity and potentially unfair commercial practices.
The Italian government told the Chamber of Deputies’ Finance Committee that AGCM found no competition concerns in concentrations among AWP and VLT concessionaires, according to the report. Undersecretary Sandra Savino said market shares should account for both AWP authorisations and VLT rights as the government prepares to reform the land-based sector; the delegation deadline is 29 August 2026.
Italy’s competition authority, the AGCM, sent the Senate a notice concerning the statutory prize-pool rule for Bingo. The rule sets the prize pool from 1 January 2025 at between 70% and 71% of the price of the tickets, and the notice was referred to the Senate Finance and Treasury Committee.
A Quaest poll found that 16% of respondents who were optimistic about Brazil's future cited regulation of betting and social media as a source of hope under President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. That group represented 44% of respondents, making the combined issue about 7% of the full sample; the poll did not separate betting from social-media regulation. The survey interviewed 2,004 people from 30 October to 2 November.
Brazilian political analyst Jussara Soares and Arko Advice vice-president Cristiano Noronha forecast that Congress will approve Provisional Measure 1.394/2026, which bans fixed-odds betting and online games. Noronha said approval could include a transition period; the measure enters urgent procedure on 9 November while its joint committee remains uninstalled.