Democratic Party criticises gambling measures in Italy’s 2027 budget
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The Democratic Party–Democratic and Progressive Italy group submitted an alternative report opposing Italy’s 2027 budget during the Chamber of Deputies Finance Committee’s review. It criticised proposed changes to gaming-machine stakes and tax, concession extensions, an extra weekly Lotto and SuperEnalotto draw, and debt relief for concessionaires.
Italy's Democratic Party–Democratic and Progressive Italy group submitted an alternative report opposing the 2027 budget and criticised its gambling provisions during a Chamber of Deputies Finance Committee review.
Article 23 would double the maximum stake and prize for the machines concerned and introduce a reduced 20% PREU tax rate for certain machines alongside an ordinary tax increase.
Article 29 would add a weekly draw for Lotto and SuperEnalotto, increasing opportunities to gamble.
Article 32 provides for settlement of concessionaires' outstanding debts through a reduction in the remaining amount and a waiver of interest under the provision's terms. The opposition group called for a rigorous public-interest assessment of the measure.
On concession extensions, the group called for an assessment of the public interest so that revenue protection would not take precedence over addiction prevention, protection of minors and vulnerable people, and reducing gambling's social and health costs.