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Italy’s 2025 gambling receipts reach €164.6bn as physical machines decline

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Italy’s public gambling market recorded €164.6 billion in stakes in 2025, up 4.55% from 2024, according to a report sent by the economy ministry to parliament. AWP and VLT stakes fell from €46.5 billion in 2019 to about €31.4 billion in 2025; EGP-FIPE president Emmanuele Cangianelli called for completion of the physical gambling network’s reorganisation.

The figures and call for regulatory certainty bear on investment and planning for Italy’s land-based gambling network.

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Haiti creates gaming authority and introduces licensing and tax rules

Haiti’s official journal published three legal instruments creating the National Gaming Authority (ANJHA) and setting rules for gambling operations and taxation. The framework provides for online gambling licences and a monthly payment of 5% of gross gaming revenue; online operators also face an annual licence fee of five million Gourdes.

Haiti has created a national gaming regulator and set out licensing rules and a tax framework for gambling operators. The measures appeared in the official journal Le Moniteur as three legal instruments, covering regulation, gambling operations and taxation.

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