Kyrgyzstan’s Ministry of Finance reported KGS443m in gambling tax revenue for January to August 2026. Physical casinos contributed KGS422.7m, while slot machines and simulators generated KGS13.9m, sports betting and bookmakers KGS4m, and online and virtual casinos KGS2.8m.
The breakdown shows operators and regulators how tax receipts differed across gambling segments during the period.
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Italy’s Treasury reported more than €4.52 billion in state revenue from taxes and duties on gambling activities in January–September 2026. The total included more than €3.58 billion from the levy on gaming machines and €305.48 million from gambling proceeds, according to the Treasury summary.
Italy's Treasury reported more than €4.52bn in state budget revenue from taxes and duties on gambling activities in the period January to September 2026, according to its summary account. The figures appear in the MEF's Conto Riassuntivo del Tesoro.
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.
North Carolina's $34bn budget, signed by Governor Josh Stein in July, includes a 6% tax on prediction market operators' net trading fee revenue, citing WFAE. The tax takes effect in January and is expected to raise about $1m in the 2026-27 fiscal year. The measure adds to debate over election-related contracts on platforms such as Kalshi and Polymarket.
According to, citing WFAE, North Carolina's new spending plan imposes a 6% levy on the net trading fee revenue of prediction market operators. The measure takes effect in January.
The Western Cape collected R1.192 billion in gambling tax from January to July 2026, according to reported provincial figures. Sports betting contributed R692.44 million, while July’s total was R174.1 million, including R93.56 million from sports betting.
Italy’s Ministry of Economy and Finance reported more than €3.5bn in state receipts from gambling taxes and duties between January and July 2026. The ministry’s Treasury summary attributed more than €2.8bn to taxes on gaming machines, alongside receipts from betting, bingo, lotteries and other gambling-related sources.