Italy's Ministry of Economy and Finance reported €1.049bn in state tax revenue from lotteries and other gaming activities in January and February 2026. The total was €216m, or 17.1%, below the same period a year earlier, according to the ministry's revenue report.
The reported decline gives operators and investors a measure of the Italian gaming sector's tax contribution.
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Italy’s Ministry of Economy and Finance reported €2.524bn in total gaming-related tax revenue for January-April 2026, down €213m or 7.8% year on year. Indirect tax revenue from gaming activities was €2.113bn, a fall of €247m or 10.5%.
South Africa will not announce the final design of its proposed 20% national online gambling tax until the February 2027 Budget, Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana said during the Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement on 21 October. Consultations remain ongoing on the tax design and its interaction with provincial rules, according to a Daily Investor report. National Treasury first proposed the levy in November 2025 and has estimated it could raise more than R10bn a year.
South Africa will not reveal the completed shape of its planned 20% national online gambling tax before the February 2027 Budget, Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana said during the Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement on 21 October. Talks are still under way about how the levy would be designed, how it would connect with rules already in force and what it would mean for the provinces and the regulated market, Godongwana said, according to a Daily Investor report.
Brazil's Receita Federal reported record revenue of R$11.116bn ($2.2bn) from lotteries and fixed-odds betting between January and September 2026, exceeding the R$9.950bn collected in all of 2025. September collections of R$1.2bn reflected normal activity, with the online betting and advertising ban under Medida Provisoria 1.394/2026 taking effect on 25 September.
Brazil's Receita Federal collected a record R$11.116m (US$2.200m) in taxes from lotteries and fixed-odds betting between January and September 2026. The nine-month total exceeds the R$9.950m collected in the whole of 2025.
North Carolina's $34bn budget, signed by Governor Josh Stein in July, includes a 6% tax on prediction market operators' net trading fee revenue, citing WFAE. The tax takes effect in January and is expected to raise about $1m in the 2026-27 fiscal year. The measure adds to debate over election-related contracts on platforms such as Kalshi and Polymarket.
According to, citing WFAE, North Carolina's new spending plan imposes a 6% levy on the net trading fee revenue of prediction market operators. The measure takes effect in January.
The Western Cape collected R1.192 billion in gambling tax from January to July 2026, according to reported provincial figures. Sports betting contributed R692.44 million, while July’s total was R174.1 million, including R93.56 million from sports betting.