Italy’s Ministry of Economy and Finance issued a decree establishing rules for the organisation and membership of a permanent public gaming consultation body, according to the report. The body will have 14 members in addition to its chair, monitor the market and submit annual reports to the ministry; the decree takes effect on 6 June 2026.
The permanent body will monitor Italy’s public gaming market and report annually to the ministry.
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Loteria do Estado de Minas Gerais extended the deadline for submissions to its public consultation on international tender 001/2026 to 22 April 2026. It also moved the deadline for publishing its responses to 4 May 2026; other consultation terms remain unchanged.
Italy's 2027 budget bill includes gaming provisions on an additional Lotto and SuperEnalotto draw and changes to one-off residual debt payments for slot machines and VLTs. The latter requires a decree from the Ministry of Economy and Finance by 15 January 2027; the wider bill's measures are estimated to impose more than €5 billion in new costs on citizens and businesses.
Italy's 2027 budget bill provides for an additional Lotto and SuperEnalotto draw and changes to one-off residual debt payments for slot machines and VLTs. Article 29 covers the additional draw, while Article 32 addresses the debt payments.
Donato Gallo launched a petition on 6 November asking Italy’s parliament to remove article 25 from the 2027 budget bill and open talks with LAN venue operators. The appeal says the proposal would impose annual charges of €1,200 per PC or console and €2,000 per simulator, alongside licensing and platform requirements. These are claims made in the petition, not a description of an enacted measure.
A petition challenging article 25 of Italy’s 2027 budget bill has been launched, according to AGIMEG. Donato Gallo promoted the initiative, which was created on 6 November.
ADM Calabria 2 annulled two tax assessments concerning three gaming terminals at a business in Isola di Capo Rizzuto, the report said. The office cited failure to apply the required prior consultation with the taxpayer; one assessment concerned 2021 and claimed €459,743.93, plus notification costs.
The customs and monopolies agency ordered the self-review annulment of two assessment notices concerning three totem devices found at a commercial business in Isola di Capo Rizzuto, in the province of Crotone. The decision came from the Calabria 2 office, which acknowledged that article 6-bis of law 212/2000 on prior adversarial exchange with the taxpayer had not been applied. The measure addresses the procedural issue and does not expressly rule on the further substantive questions raised in the appeal.
Italy’s Customs and Monopolies Agency (ADM) cancelled two tax assessments concerning alleged irregular gaming machines at a business in Isola di Capo Rizzuto. ADM said it had failed to address the recipients’ submissions as required by the prior-hearing rules; one assessment included €176,040 in tax, about €31,967 in interest and a €251,737 fine. The cancellation addressed procedure and did not decide whether the machines or alleged violations were unlawful.
Italy's Customs and Monopolies Agency (ADM) has cancelled two tax assessment notices concerning the alleged presence of irregular gaming machines at a business in Isola di Capo Rizzuto, in the province of Crotone. The cancellation rests on the failure to apply the prior-hearing provisions of Article 6-bis of the Taxpayer Rights Statute.