Renato Loiero, an economic adviser to Italy’s prime minister’s office, called at the Forum Acadi 2026 in Rome for interim extensions without additional charges and a rebalancing of taxation on land-based gambling. He said the sector needed measures to maintain retail operations while monitoring problem gambling locally.
Concessionaires may face changes to extension terms and taxation if the proposals are adopted.
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Italy’s Chamber of Deputies Budget Committee opposed an amendment proposing a 21% tax rate on fixed-odds retail sports bets and 25% on online bets. The proposal would have allocated at least €13 million a year to women’s football and measures against gambling addiction; the government undersecretary and committee said the costs lacked adequate quantification and funding.
EVG presented products at SiGMA Rome in Italy and said it supports proposals in the 2027 budget bill affecting AWP machines. The proposals include a payout of at least 70%, a lower PREU and higher stake and prize limits; EVG said the bill still needs to complete its legislative process and may change. The company also said it will offer favourable terms for possible future reprogramming of cards bought from now on.
EVG presented new products at SiGMA Rome 2026, according to the report. The company also said it welcomes the proposals in the 2027 budget bill.
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.
Andrea de Bertoldi, a Lega deputy and president of LCD, spoke at the SiGMA Central Europe Summit in Rome. He argued that taxation of slots is disproportionate compared with online gambling and that a rebalancing is needed.
SAPAR president Sergio D’Angelo called for tax measures to be spread across Italy’s gambling market at a Rome summit on 3 November 2026. He cited about €193bn in total wagers and around €30bn for amusement machines, saying the segment generated more than half of the state’s €11bn in gambling revenue. D’Angelo argued that a one-percentage-point tax increase equalled 10% of operators’ available revenue.
Sergio D’Angelo, president of SAPAR, spoke at the SiGMA Central Europe Summit in Rome. He asked that any tax measures be spread across the whole gambling market rather than placing further burdens on a single segment. D’Angelo said attention returns to amusement machines whenever the state needs to raise money.
SAPAR president Sergio D’Angelo said at SiGMA 2026 in Rome that Italy’s budget measures include a 70% payout provision and a PREU reduction for amusement machines. He argued that the measures place pressure on smaller businesses and called for tax burdens to be shared more evenly across legal gambling products.
Sergio D’Angelo, president of the SAPAR association, spoke in Rome at a panel on the Italian public gaming market held as part of SiGMA 2026. He said the budget law contains some positive elements for the amusement machine sector but continues to concentrate the tax burden on a segment that already faces heavy fiscal pressure.