Italy’s Corte dei Conti said gaming-related revenue was assessed at about €8bn, up 1.9%, in its submission for hearings on the 2026 Public Finance Document. The figure includes taxes classified as both direct and indirect.
The reported tax revenue figure provides operators and policymakers with a measure of gaming’s contribution to public finances.
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Italian Democratic Party deputy Stefano Vaccari called for decisions on the planned reorganisation of land-based gambling, saying the delegated authority’s deadline was approaching. He said a further extension would prolong uncertainty and cited state accounts showing lower revenue from public gambling; he also set out priorities including reducing gambling supply and strengthening controls.
Italian Democratic Party MP Stefano Vaccari said a possible extension of the deadline for land-based gambling reform would prolong uncertainty. He called for decisions on the reform and cited the 2025 State General Account, which he said showed a fall in public gambling revenue; he also argued that further delay could affect businesses and investment.
Italy's Court of Auditors reported that public gambling generated €11.473bn in state revenue in 2025, down 0.7% from 2024, while gross stakes reached €165.325bn. Online gambling stakes exceeded €100.8bn, rising 9.5% year on year and accounting for more than 60% of the national market, according to the report.
Italy’s Corte dei Conti reviewed Poste Vita’s responsible investment policy in a report on the financial management of entities overseen by Poste Italiane, covering 2024. The policy monitors and limits exposure to issuers in gambling, tobacco and alcohol, while applying mainly monitoring to investments through externally managed funds when data are available.
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.