The Treasury's summary account reported €4.5bn in state revenue from gambling taxes and duties between January and September 2026. Listed receipts included €305.4m from gambling activities, €872.5m from Lotto and €125.5m from bingo; several other amounts in the report are obscured.
The reported receipts show gambling taxes and duties contributed to state revenue across multiple categories.
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Malta submitted a detailed opinion on Austria’s proposed online gambling law, delaying its approval process, according to the report. Austria must demonstrate the draft’s compliance with EU treaties by 7 December 2026; the proposal includes multiple concessions, website blocking and payment blocking against unlicensed operators.
Malta's government has decided to submit a detailed opinion on Austria's draft online gambling law, which slows the bill's approval process. Austria must now demonstrate by 7 December 2026 that the draft complies with EU treaties.
Finland has notified the European Commission of a draft rule on the technical format for transmitting gambling account transaction data under its Gambling Act. The proposed requirements would define which transactions licensees report, their structure and content, and when they are generated; the standstill period ends on 3 February 2027. The rule is proposed to take effect on 1 July 2027.
Finland has submitted a draft regulation to the European Commission on the technical format for transmitting gambling account transaction data under the Finnish Gambling Act (10/2026). The standstill deadline is 3 February 2027. The proposed regulation would take effect on 1 July 2027.
ADM director-general Roberto Alesse said games and tobacco would generate about one billion euros in tax revenue for 2027. He said the amount had been included in the draft budget, which still requires approval.
Roberto Alesse, director-general of the Agenzia delle Dogane e dei Monopoli, put the tax revenue from public games and tobacco at about a billion euros for 2027 alone. The remarks came during the Urania Policy & Business Forum, held in Rome.
ADM said it will carry out system upgrades on 14 November 2026, suspending specified user-to-system services from 08:00 to 16:00. Affected gaming services include the ODV GAD portal, operator register service, physical-gaming statistics system and concessionaire area; ADM advised users to plan around the maintenance window or use system-to-system services.
Italy's Agenzia delle Dogane e dei Monopoli reported a planned systems update for Saturday 14 November 2026, running from 8:00 to 16:00. During the work, certain user-to-system services on the agency's application portal will be stopped.
Italy’s Council of State ruled on 30 September 2026 on rules for points selling top-ups (PVRs), as described in a FIPE circular published on 5 November. It annulled the provision barring PVRs from making internet-connected devices available to customers, while upholding the weekly €100 cash top-up limit.
Italy's Council of State annulled the provision in an ADM determination that barred points selling top-ups (PVRs) from installing and providing customers with equipment for accessing online gambling, according to a circular from the FIPE trade federation. The court upheld the overall weekly limit of €100 on cash top-ups. FIPE published its circular no. 123 on 5 November 2026, covering PVR rules after the Council of State's ruling no. 7220 of 30 September 2026.