Italy’s draft 2027 budget provides for higher maximum slot stakes and winnings, and a fifth Lotto and SuperEnalotto draw. Lazio regional councillor Rodolfo Lena criticised the measures and cited estimates of 1.5 million people with gambling disorder nationwide and 1,129 people receiving treatment in Lazio in 2025.
The proposed changes could affect gambling limits and lottery frequency in Italy.
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Italy’s 2027 budget bill would allow instant receipt-lottery prizes below €3,000 to be paid on presentation of the winning ticket without identifying the recipient. An opinion column contrasts the proposal with rules requiring identification and transaction records for cash or other restricted-value deposits through online gambling recharge points, while noting that the activities have different purposes.
Instant receipt-lottery prizes below €3,000 could be paid upon presentation of the winning ticket without identifying the winner under Italy's budget bill, an opinion column on an Italian gambling industry site said.
Italy’s 2027 budget proposal would raise PREU rates for traditional AWP machines to 25% and VLTs to 9.6%, while setting a 20% rate for updated AWP machines, the source says. An Italian gambling-industry commentary argues instead for taxing the difference between stakes and winnings, proposing rates of 66.67% for AWP and 56.47% for VLT machines.
Italy’s proposed 2027 budget would raise taxes on traditional AWP machines and VLTs, while an opinion column on an Italian gambling industry site argued for changing the tax base instead. The proposal would raise PREU to 25% for traditional AWPs and from 8.6% to 9.6% for VLTs, with no offsetting relief for VLTs.
Italy's 2027 budget plan includes higher PREU rates for slot machines and VLTs, alongside a proposed increase in the maximum AWP stake from €1 to €2 and the top prize from €100 to €200. A media account estimates the PREU and play-cost measures would raise more than €1.1bn over the next three years; the measures require implementing provisions.
Italy's 2027 budget plan reportedly proposes higher gambling levies and an increase in the maximum stake and prize for AWP machines.
Italy’s 2027 budget bill proposes raising the PREU tax on AWP from 24% to 25% and on VLT from 8.6% to 9.6%, according to its technical report. The government forecasts additional revenue of €334m in 2027, €365m in 2028 and €456m annually from 2029, plus €15m in 2027 from registering machines that do not pay cash winnings.
Italy's 2027 budget bill proposes raising the single tax on gaming machines, with the technical report accompanying the draft law setting out the expected revenue effects. Article 23 of the bill would increase the PREU by one percentage point, from 24% to 25% for AWP machines and from 8.6% to 9.6% for VLTs, according to the report. The government forecasts additional revenue of €334m in 2027, €365m in 2028 and €456m a year from 2029, plus €15m in 2027 from the regularisation of machines that do not pay cash winnings.
Italy’s 2027 budget bill proposes changes for amusement machines that do not pay cash prizes, including raising the maximum stake on specified machines from €1 to €2. It would also let owners keep certain older machines in operation after filing a declaration with the Customs and Monopolies Agency and paying a one-off €1,000 per device, subject to stated eligibility conditions.
Italy's 2027 budget bill would raise the maximum stake on certain amusement machines that do not pay cash prizes from €1 to €2, according to the bill's Article 24. The provision covers machines under Article 110, paragraph 7, letter a) of the consolidated public security law (TULPS), which the bill would also amend to refer to mechanical as well as electromechanical devices. The change applies specifically to letter a) and not to all machines without cash prizes covered by paragraph 7.