Italy’s Senate approved the budget bill, which now goes to the Chamber of Deputies for final approval by 31 December. The bill includes a new game to fund CONI and additional resources for ADM to combat illegal gambling.
The proposed measures could affect gambling oversight and create a new funding mechanism for CONI if the bill receives final approval.
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Italy’s 2027 budget bill includes provisions affecting gaming machines, betting, Lotto and SuperEnalotto, with implementation requiring secondary measures. The coverage identifies a finance ministry decree on payment methods for outstanding debt linked to the one-off levy on slot machines and VLTs, due by 15 January 2027; the bill is reported to require 52 implementing acts overall.
Italy’s 2027 budget bill reportedly includes gambling measures that require implementing decrees before they can take effect. The provisions cover gaming machines, betting, Lotto and SuperEnalotto.
Italy's 2027 budget bill includes gaming provisions on an additional Lotto and SuperEnalotto draw and changes to one-off residual debt payments for slot machines and VLTs. The latter requires a decree from the Ministry of Economy and Finance by 15 January 2027; the wider bill's measures are estimated to impose more than €5 billion in new costs on citizens and businesses.
Italy's 2027 budget bill provides for an additional Lotto and SuperEnalotto draw and changes to one-off residual debt payments for slot machines and VLTs. Article 29 covers the additional draw, while Article 32 addresses the debt payments.
Italy's Chamber of Deputies began examining the 2027 budget bill, which includes measures affecting gaming, according to the report. The proposal would extend land-based betting, slots, VLT and bingo concessions until 31 December 2029, revise gaming taxes and reduce the minimum distance for some bingo halls from 30 to 15 kilometres; parliamentary review is under way.
Italy's Chamber of Deputies has reportedly begun examining the 2027 budget bill, which proposes changes to gambling taxes and concessions. The bill would extend land-based gambling concessions until 31 December 2029 and reduce the minimum distance for some bingo halls from 30 to 15 kilometres.
Ernesto Maria Ruffini of Più Uno criticised Italy’s 2027 budget measures concerning gambling, arguing that the government should not seek higher revenues by encouraging more betting or larger stakes. He said taxation of gambling activity was justified but questioned measures that could increase play.
Ernesto Maria Ruffini of Più Uno – Uguali per la Costituzione has criticised the gambling measures in Italy's 2027 budget. He disputes the government's decision to raise tax revenue through measures on the gambling and betting sector.
ACADI president Geronimo Cardia said Italy’s budget measures would raise costs for land-based gaming operators, including a one-percentage-point increase in PREU and a 25% rise in extension costs. He contrasted the treatment of retail gaming with online gaming and said the measures could shift demand towards online channels; these were his assessments at a SiGMA World panel on 4 November.
Italy's budget measures would raise costs for land-based gaming operators, including a one-percentage-point increase in PREU and a 25% rise in extension costs, Geronimo Cardia, president of ACADI, said at a panel on the second day of SiGMA World 2026 at Fiera Roma on 4 November.