A study by CGIA Mestre, prepared with AS.TRO, put AWP and VLT industry turnover in Italy at €2.793bn in 2025, down 4.5% from 2024. It recorded €5.013bn in tax receipts, a 4.8% fall, and €31.452bn in wagers, down 3.6% year on year.
The figures show lower turnover and tax receipts for Italy’s AWP and VLT sectors in 2025.
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A financial dossier accompanying Italy’s 2027 budget bill has reached the Chamber of Deputies, setting out proposed changes to gaming machines. The dossier said the bill would raise the AWP maximum stake to €2 and maximum prize to €200, set PREU at 25% for AWP and 9.60% for VLT from 1 January 2027, and apply a 20% rate to qualifying AWP.
A financial dossier accompanying Italy’s budget bill has reached the Chamber of Deputies, outlining proposed changes to gaming machine rules and taxes.
Italy’s proposed 2027 budget measures would increase PREU on AWP and VLT machines while extending the Gratta e Vinci concession, ACADI said in a note sent to parliamentary budget committees. ACADI said the changes could reduce AWP and VLT supply-chain revenues by 10% and 15% respectively, and proposed withdrawing the increase and revising concession-extension costs.
A CGIA di Mestre study presented by researcher Andrea Vavolo put Italy’s 2025 gambling spend at €21.9bn, equal to 0.97% of GDP and 1.7% of household consumption. The analysis also found that 32% of the population, or about 16.6 million people, had participated in money gambling in 2024, while physical and online markets diverged.
A CGIA study found that AWP and VLT generated €5.013bn for Italy’s state in 2025, representing 43.7% of gambling tax revenue. The figure was 25.7% below 2019, while total legal gambling revenue rose 1.1% over the same period.
A CGIA study found that Italy’s state received about 64% of the margin from AWP and VLT in 2025, leaving 36% to the supply chain. The study said the supply chain’s margin fell 42.6% from 2015 to €2.793bn, while tax revenue rose 11.8% to €5.013bn.