EGP-FIPE has proposed digital bingo cards, certified terminals, cashless payments and linked multi-venue games in discussions with Italy’s Customs and Monopolies Agency on revising bingo rules. Its proposals also include a “Bingo Jackpot” prize of up to €5,000 and a centralised draw connecting multiple venues.
The proposals could change bingo venues’ equipment, payment systems and operating arrangements if adopted.
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Italy's public gambling turnover reached €164.6bn in 2025, up 4.55% from 2024, according to a report from the Ministry of Economy and Finance submitted to Parliament. The report put tax revenue at about €11.4bn; AWP and VLT turnover fell from €46.5bn in 2019 to about €31.4bn in 2025. EGP-FIPE president Emmanuele Cangianelli called for progress on reform of the land-based gambling network.
EGP-FIPE said Italian gaming tax revenue totalled €4.298bn from January to July 2026, down 6.2% year on year. It cited a 6.4% fall in receipts from gaming machines to €3.022bn and called for support for physical venues and technological upgrades to machines.
EGP-FIPE said online gambling in Lombardy generated €13.8bn in turnover in 2025, exceeding the €12.2bn recorded by physical outlets for the first time. Its figures show online gambling grew 207% across Italy from 2019 to 2025, while spending on gaming machines fell 23.6%; the group called for prevention policies to reflect the shift to digital play.
Italy's regulated gambling sector is trapped in a regulatory deadlock that risks expanding unregulated activity, trade body EGP-FIPE told the Senate's Constitutional Affairs Committee. The association criticised local restrictions on land-based operators, calling them largely ineffective for reducing problem gambling. It said the legal market's development had been stalled by repeated extensions of national concessions combined with municipal and regional rules.
EGP-FIPE called for a stable national framework for Italy’s public gambling sector during a hearing before the Senate’s Constitutional Affairs Commission. The association said successive concession extensions and uncoordinated local rules weaken licensed operators and could shift gambling towards online and uncontrolled channels.