Brazil’s National Confederation of Industry proposed a 15% Cide-Bets levy on online sports betting stakes in a manifesto due to be presented on 28 October 2025. The organisation estimated the measure could raise R$8.5bn in 2026 and argued that betting companies receive unequal tax treatment; the proposal is not an enacted tax.
The proposed levy could alter online betting companies’ tax treatment, but it has not been enacted.
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Nigeria’s Tax Act 2025, signed on 26 June 2025 and effective from 1 January 2026, exempts money, stakes and securities from VAT, according to the law as described in the report. The Act retains the standard VAT rate at 7.5% for taxable supplies and subjects lottery and gaming business income to corporate income tax.
France recorded €11.517bn in online sports betting stakes in 2025, up 12.0%. Gross gaming revenue reached €1.766bn.
France recorded €11.517bn in online sports betting stakes in 2025, an increase of 12.0%, according to an analysis published by the ANJ (Autorité Nationale des Jeux). Gross gaming revenue for the segment reached €1.766bn, up 10.4%.
Rhode Island recorded combined sports betting and iGaming stakes of $174.4m in August. The total increased 13%.
Italian Basketball Federation president Gianni Petrucci called for sports to receive a share of betting stakes and for Italy to revisit the Decree of Dignity’s betting sponsorship ban. He said basketball and football need financial support, and argued that the next FIGC president should maintain a strong relationship with the government.
Conflavoro PMI proposed raising Italy’s single tax rates on remote skill games by five percentage points from 1 January 2028 in a submission on the 2027 Budget. The confederation estimates the increase would raise €150 million annually, earmarked as a funding source for its proposed tax relief on reinvested company profits.
Conflavoro PMI has proposed a five-percentage-point increase in Italy's single tax rates on remote skill games from 1 January 2028, estimating it would raise €150m a year. The confederation included the proposal in a submission to the joint budget committees of the Chamber of Deputies and Senate during hearings on the 2027 Budget.