Lega deputy Andrea de Bertoldi called at the SiGMA Central Europe Summit in Rome for a more balanced tax approach to Italy’s gambling sectors. He said slot operators faced disproportionate taxation compared with online gambling and urged the government to consult businesses when shaping tax measures.
The comments concern potential tax treatment of land-based gambling operators in Italy’s budget measures.
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Javier García, representing land-based casinos in Castilla y León, called for cooperation between the administration and operators. Speaking before the XIX Congreso de Juego de Castilla y León in Soria on 20 and 21 October, he said casinos face extensive administrative oversight, justified by the need to protect vulnerable groups. He said the sector had at times been demonised without objective justification.
Javier García, a representative of land-based casinos in Castilla y León, called for collaboration between the regional administration and gambling companies. He made the remarks ahead of the XIX Congreso de Juego de Castilla y León, held on 20 and 21 October in Soria, according to a report attributed to García.
Participants at the first CeJuego forum in Madrid called for the stalled reform of Spain's gambling law to be revived in the next legislative term. The forum heard that the 19 autonomous communities and cities have asked the DGOJ to clarify the division of competences, with the regions defending their powers over land-based gambling.
Participants at the first CeJuego forum in Madrid called for Spain's gambling law to be updated urgently and for reform to be revived in the next legislative term, after the process was halted by the calling of elections, according to the sector organisation CeJuego. The forum brought together representatives of regional administrations, experts on problem gambling, trade unions and professionals from the hospitality sector and the gambling industry.
Bulgaria’s deputy finance minister Lyudmila Petkova rejected wider gambling advertising restrictions and higher taxes. She argued at a budget meeting that isolated changes could drive more players towards the illegal market.
Fecoljuegos is preparing a tax counterproposal to Colombia’s proposed Economic Rescue Law and plans to present it to the Ministry of Finance and Congress’s economic commissions, according to the report. The federation seeks different tax obligations for online and land-based gambling; its proposal remains under technical review, with no rates or percentages publicly set. The bill’s Article 41 proposes 19% VAT on gambling, including online betting.
Colombia's gambling federation Fecoljuegos is preparing a tax counterproposal to the Economic Rescue Law bill presented by the government. The proposal is under technical review and is to be presented to the Ministry of Finance and the economic commissions of Congress. Fecoljuegos has not publicly set the rates or percentages that the proposal will contain.
Galicia's regional government expects to collect €150,000 from gambling-related sanctions and administrative infringements in 2027, according to the revenue statement in the draft regional budget. It also forecasts €53.7m in gambling taxes, of which €43.6m comes from levies on land-based play and €10.1m from the tax on gambling activities.