As.Tro and the CGIA of Mestre reported €165.3bn in legal gambling turnover in Italy in 2025, up 5% year on year. Online turnover exceeded €100.8bn, while the physical channel reached €64.4bn and AWP and VLT turnover remained 32.4% below the pre-pandemic period.
Investors should note Italy’s 2025 online turnover exceeded physical turnover, while AWP and VLT turnover remained below pre-pandemic levels.
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Guyana’s Parliament referred the Gaming Authority Bill 2026 to a Special Select Committee at the request of Attorney General Anil Nandlall. The proposed framework would cover casinos, betting premises, online platforms and horse-race betting, alongside licensing, taxation, anti-money-laundering and responsible-gaming provisions. Parliament announced no timetable for forming the committee or completing its review.
Guyana’s Parliament referred the Gaming Authority Bill 2026 to a Special Select Committee at the request of Attorney General Anil Nandlall.
OHID reportedly instructed charities it funds to boycott Safer Gambling Week 2026, according to leaked emails cited by an analysis on a UK gambling site. The Gambling Commission said it intends to support the 16–22 November initiative, creating a split between public bodies over messages about personal responsibility and gambling harms.
A CGIA study found that online gambling turnover rose 22.6% in Italy between 2023 and 2025, reaching €100.172bn. AWP and VLT turnover fell 6.7% to €31.452bn, with declines in every region; Lombardy recorded the largest online increase in value at €3.350bn.
A CGIA study found that AWP and VLT turnover in Italy fell 32.5% from 2019 to €31.483bn in 2025, reducing their share of physical gambling to 49%. Over the same period, sports betting turnover rose 33.6% to €8.767bn and Lotto and lotteries increased 19.8% to €20.622bn.
Cyprus's National Betting Authority is preparing a new regulatory approach that would bring gambling technology suppliers under direct supervision for the first time. The authority said the current framework has created a stable market but needs reform to match the industry's development. Betting turnover exceeded €1.3bn in 2025.