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Italy's Cassation court upholds betting tax for unlicensed foreign bookmaker and CTD

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Italy’s Court of Cassation rejected an appeal over a betting-tax assessment for 2016, upholding the liability of a foreign bookmaker and its connected data transmission centre. The court said the tax applies to bets collected in Italy without a concession and confirmed the tax authority’s calculation method.

The ruling maintains joint tax exposure for foreign bookmakers and data transmission centres handling bets collected in Italy.

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Italy’s Court of Cassation upholds embezzlement conviction over 2015 gaming levy

Italy’s Court of Cassation upheld the conviction of a gaming-machine management company’s legal representative for embezzlement over sums not passed to the concessionaire under the extraordinary levy introduced in 2015. The court rejected the defence’s argument that the unpaid amounts concerned only private contractual relations, stating that gaming receipts retained their public character from collection.

Italy's Court of Cassation upheld a conviction for embezzlement over sums not passed to the concessionaire under the extraordinary levy introduced by the 2015 Stability Law, according to the court's ruling. The Sixth Criminal Section issued judgment 36931/2026 on 22 September 2026, confirming the conviction of the legal representative of a gaming-machine management company. The ruling was reported on 26 October 2026.

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