The International Olympic Committee announced stronger betting controls for the Milano-Cortina 2026 Winter Games, including a Joint Integrity Unit with the organising committee and Italian authorities. The available text does not provide further details on the unit’s remit or measures.
The unit brings Italian authorities into betting-integrity measures for the 2026 Winter Games.
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Italy’s 2027 budget bill would allow instant receipt-lottery prizes below €3,000 to be paid on presentation of the winning ticket without identifying the recipient. An opinion column contrasts the proposal with rules requiring identification and transaction records for cash or other restricted-value deposits through online gambling recharge points, while noting that the activities have different purposes.
Instant receipt-lottery prizes below €3,000 could be paid upon presentation of the winning ticket without identifying the winner under Italy's budget bill, an opinion column on an Italian gambling industry site said.
An opinion column on an Italian gaming industry site criticised proposed regulation and taxation of LAN gaming venues in the budget bill, while supporting a dedicated authorisation regime. The columnist calculated that a venue with 20 PCs, five games and one platform would pay €25,000 every two years, plus fixed ISI charges; the column also cited a government projection of 2,300 venues and 46,000 stations by 2028, generating €66 million.
Italy's government intends to regulate LAN gaming venues through the budget bill, with a proposed tax regime criticised as excessive in an opinion column on an Italian gaming industry site. The columnist supported dedicated authorisation and regulation for the venues.
Italy’s 2027 budget proposal would raise PREU rates for traditional AWP machines to 25% and VLTs to 9.6%, while setting a 20% rate for updated AWP machines, the source says. An Italian gambling-industry commentary argues instead for taxing the difference between stakes and winnings, proposing rates of 66.67% for AWP and 56.47% for VLT machines.
Italy’s proposed 2027 budget would raise taxes on traditional AWP machines and VLTs, while an opinion column on an Italian gambling industry site argued for changing the tax base instead. The proposal would raise PREU to 25% for traditional AWPs and from 8.6% to 9.6% for VLTs, with no offsetting relief for VLTs.
A petition in Italy calls for Article 25 of the 2027 budget bill, which would regulate LAN gaming rooms, to be removed. Its promoter, Donato Gallo, says the proposed charges are €1,200 a year per computer or console and €2,000 per simulator; the online petition has passed 3m signatures.
A petition launched by Donato Gallo seeks to remove Article 25, which would regulate LAN gaming rooms, from Italy's 2027 budget bill. The online campaign has attracted support and is linked to a similar petition submitted to the Chamber of Deputies.
Italy’s Council of State rejected the Customs and Monopolies Agency’s main appeals over immediate application of new PVR rules to online gambling concessionaires operating under extensions. In rulings published on 6 November 2026, it upheld the lower court’s finding that the changes required a transitional regime and partly accepted operators’ cross-appeals.
Italy’s Council of State rejected ADM appeals against rulings favouring Snaitech and Betpoint over the immediate application of new payment point rules to online gambling concessions operating under technical extensions. The court partly accepted the operators’ cross-appeals in rulings published on 6 November 2026.