A parliamentary dossier on Italy’s 2027 budget estimates net improvements of about €2.4bn over three years from gaming and tobacco measures. It attributes about €1.2bn to higher levies on amusement machines and also includes extensions of gaming concessions.
The projected increase in machine levies is material to gaming operators’ tax exposure.
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Article 26 of Italy's 2027 budget bill would extend some betting and gaming-machine concessions to 31 December 2029 and add a fifth weekly draw for Lotto and SuperEnalotto. In its submission to parliamentary budget committees, UIL said the proposals lack specific prevention, support and monitoring measures addressing gambling's social and health effects.
Italy’s 2027 budget bill would extend some betting and gaming-machine concessions until 31 December 2029, pending sector reform, and introduce a fifth weekly draw for Lotto and SuperEnalotto, according to a UIL submission to lawmakers.
Italy’s Chamber of Deputies Finance Committee began examining the 2027 budget bill on 10 November, including provisions on gaming machines, e-games, taxes and gambling concessions. The bill proposes extending several concessions to 31 December 2029; the Democratic Party’s alternative report called for scrutiny of the measures’ public interest and social costs.
Italy's CGIL trade union criticised gaming provisions in the 2027 budget during a hearing before the budget committees of both parliamentary chambers. It said the measures prioritise tax revenue and market continuity over social and health impacts, and cited estimated additional state revenue of €334 million in 2027, €365 million in 2028 and €456 million from 2029.
Italy's CGIL trade union criticised gambling provisions in the proposed 2027 budget at a hearing before the budget committees of both parliamentary chambers. CGIL said the measures prioritised tax revenue and market continuity without adequately addressing the social and health effects of expanded gambling.
Italy’s 2027 budget bill proposes changes to gaming machines, concessions, bingo, lotteries and number games, which the CGIL criticised in a memorandum to parliamentary budget hearings. For slot machines, the bill would raise the maximum stake to €2 and the maximum prize to €200; the union also cited estimated additional state revenue of €334m in 2027, €365m in 2028 and €456m from 2029, warning that social and health costs had not been assessed equivalently.
Italy’s 2027 budget bill proposes changes to gambling machines, concessions and lotteries that the CGIL union has criticised in a submission to parliamentary budget hearings. The union said the measures were expected to increase gambling opportunities and extend concessions while giving operators financial concessions without addressing social consequences.
Caritas Italiana urged lawmakers to withdraw gambling provisions in Italy’s 2027 budget and redirect resources towards prevention. The measures include raising the maximum AWP stake from €1 to €2 and the maximum prize from €100 to €200, while reducing the tax levy on qualifying machines from 25% to 20%. Caritas also cited estimates that slot stakes could reach €16.8bn in 2029, against €12.9bn under unchanged rules.
Gambling expansion measures should be removed from Italy’s 2027 budget, with resources directed to prevention and treatment, Caritas Italiana said. Its submission warned that the measures would broaden the public gambling offering without adequate action to prevent and combat addiction.