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Italy’s Senate committee backs motion on balancing gambling tax and health priorities

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Italy’s Senate Finance Committee approved a revised Democratic Party motion urging the government to balance tax revenue from gambling with health protections and action against money laundering when implementing the gambling delegation. The committee rejected a separate M5S motion calling for lower betting and prize limits and tougher sanctions for online gambling.

The motion sets competing fiscal, health and anti-money-laundering considerations for the government’s gambling-sector reforms.

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