Italy’s Treasury reported more than €2.1bn in state revenue from gambling taxes and duties in the first four months of 2026. The report attributes €1.68bn to levies on gaming machines, alongside receipts from betting taxes, lottery winnings, bingo and other gambling activities.
The reported receipts show gambling taxes and duties are a substantial source of Italian state revenue.
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Brazil's Federal Revenue Service collected BRL4.586bn ($886.2m) in betting taxes between January and April 2026, almost double the BRL2.283bn in the same period of 2025, according to figures cited in an iGaming Business article by Alex W. Pariente. The revenue came from 87 licensed operators, up from 49 at the start of the market's first full year, while independent estimates cited in the report put illegal betting at 41% to 51% of total activity.
Brazil's Receita Federal reported record revenue of R$11.116bn ($2.2bn) from lotteries and fixed-odds betting between January and September 2026, exceeding the R$9.950bn collected in all of 2025. September collections of R$1.2bn reflected normal activity, with the online betting and advertising ban under Medida Provisoria 1.394/2026 taking effect on 25 September.
Casino Enjoy Viña del Mar recorded gross revenue 39.6% below 2019 levels in the first four months of 2026, according to figures from Chile's Superintendencia de Casinos de Juego. Visits fell 71.3% to 162,904. The regulator must relaunch the tender after receiving no operator bids, the report said.
South Africa’s National Treasury said the final design of its proposed national online gambling tax will be announced in the February 2027 Budget. The proposal, first outlined in a discussion paper, included a 20% tax on gross proceeds, but that rate is not final; consultations continue on the tax’s design and effects on provincial regulation and the regulated market.
South Africa's National Treasury has said the final design of a proposed national online gambling tax will be announced in the February 2027 Budget, according to Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana's Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement. The proposed 20% rate is not final, and consultations on the design continue.
Betfred has attributed its decision to close 132 retail betting shops partly to higher gambling taxes. HM Treasury said gambling duty rates for high street shops have not changed, disputing the tax argument. The Betting and Gaming Council said the closures showed its warnings about tax increases were materialising.