Brazil’s Finance Minister Fernando Haddad said in an interview on 20 January that he was pleased to be recognised for taxing online betting, offshore income and dividends. He said betting oversight was intensified in 2025, with companies required to pay a 15% tax on bettors’ winnings and meet conditions to operate legally.
Operators in Brazil face a stated tax on bettors’ winnings and operating requirements.
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The European Casino Association presented estimates from a Gambling Compliance International study at a European Parliament round table, putting the EU illegal online gambling market at €91.6bn in 2025. The study estimated €22.9bn in lost tax revenue that year and more than 6,200 operators targeting EU consumers; the ECA called for stronger cross-border enforcement coordination, not harmonised gambling laws.
Research commissioned by Tax Relief Nebraska estimates that legal online sports betting could generate just under $87m in tax revenue over five years. The study projects that about 70% of the revenue, roughly $61m, would go towards property tax credits. Tax Relief Nebraska has begun collecting signatures to seek a place for the proposal on Nebraska’s 2026 ballot.
A report on New Zealand’s planned online gambling reform says 15 licences are available and a 16% tax rate is in place. The source identifies gambling law specialist Jarrod True as outlining expected industry changes but provides no further details in the available text.
Italian MP Stefano Vaccari criticised the government’s 2027 budget measures for gaming after a parliamentary response concerning six online instant lotteries authorised by the Customs and Monopolies Agency. Vaccari cited projected additional revenue of €771m to €950m and argued that the government was increasing the PREU on gaming machines without completing the land-based gaming reform; the figures and criticism are his claims.
Italian MP Stefano Vaccari of the Democratic Party (PD) said he was not satisfied with the reply from Lucia Albano, undersecretary at the Ministry of Economy and Finance, to a parliamentary question on six new online instant lotteries authorised by the Customs and Monopolies Agency. Vaccari objected to the government's reply as too focused on technical data, and extended his criticism to the gaming measures in the 2027 budget law.
Italy's government and the Customs and Monopolies Agency were reported to be finalising gaming measures for the 2027 budget. Options include a one-percentage-point PREU increase on slots and VLTs, higher fees for three-year extensions of betting, machine and bingo concessions, and decisions on the Gratta e Vinci concession; online gambling changes remain under consideration.
Italy's government and the Customs and Monopolies Agency are in the final stages of defining the package of measures to go into the new budget law, an analysis in an Italian gambling trade publication reports. The aim is revenue above the 718 million euros expressly set out in the budget planning document sent to Brussels and to the chambers, and it could even approach one billion euros.