Argentina’s ARCA recorded ARS17.798bn in tax from online betting and gaming in July, taking the year-to-date total to ARS89.627bn. The accumulated figure was reported as US$60m, compared with US$32m for the same period of 2025; the tax applies a general 5% rate to net deposits.
Operators face a 5% levy on net deposits under Argentina’s online betting tax.
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Italy’s Treasury summary recorded about €3.5bn in tax revenue from gaming machines between January and September 2026. The figure was 7.9% below the more than €3.8bn recorded in the same period of 2025; taxes and duties on gaming activities totalled €4.5bn, according to the report.
Between January and September 2026, the state levy on gaming machines was roughly €3.5bn. Compared with the same period of 2025, when it topped €3.8bn, that is a fall of 7.9%. These numbers come from the Treasury's summary account for the first nine months of 2026.
Brazil's federal revenue from lotteries and fixed-odds betting reached R$11.116bn (US$2.2bn) between January and September 2026, exceeding the R$9.95bn recorded for all of 2025, according to Receita Federal data. September collections were R$1.2bn, up 3.7% on August, before Medida Provisoria 1.394/2026 of 25 September barred regulated online betting.
Brazil's federal revenue from lotteries and fixed-odds betting reached R$11.116bn (US$2.2bn) between January and September 2026, according to data released by the Receita Federal and. The nine-month total exceeds the R$9.95bn (US$1.97bn) recorded for the whole of 2025. The figures cover the last full month of normal activity before Medida Provisoria 1.394/2026 of 25 September barred regulated online betting.
Reportedly, Macau collected MOP74.6bn (US$9.22bn) in gaming taxes during the first nine months of 2026. Collections increased by 5.9%.
Italy’s Ministry of Economy and Finance reported €4,724m in total tax revenue related to gambling for January to August 2026, down €269m or 5.4% year on year. Indirect taxes from lotteries and other gambling activities amounted to €3,997m, while revenue from gaming machines was €3,266m, down 5.4% from the same period in 2025.
Brazil's Federal Revenue Service collected BRL5.89bn in tax from regulated betting in the first five months of 2026, up from BRL3.1bn a year earlier. Full first-half figures are not yet published, so June's impact is unknown. The period was the first FIFA World Cup held under Brazil's fully regulated betting framework.