Madrid published measures concerning a tax reduction for established hospitality businesses and income from gambling taxes and fees, reportedly in the official bulletin. The available text gives no detail on the reduction or gambling revenue figures.
The measures concern tax treatment for hospitality businesses and revenue from gambling levies in Madrid.
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It was reported that the Senate Culture and Sport Committee continued joint consideration of three football reform bills. The review includes betting advertising, match-fixing and illegal gambling issues.
SOFTSWISS has released the fifth edition of its iGaming Trends report. Chief marketing officer Valentina Bagniya discussed artificial intelligence, changes in taxation and compliance in relation to industry maturity.
Italian MP Stefano Vaccari criticised the government’s 2027 budget measures for gaming after a parliamentary response concerning six online instant lotteries authorised by the Customs and Monopolies Agency. Vaccari cited projected additional revenue of €771m to €950m and argued that the government was increasing the PREU on gaming machines without completing the land-based gaming reform; the figures and criticism are his claims.
Italian MP Stefano Vaccari of the Democratic Party (PD) said he was not satisfied with the reply from Lucia Albano, undersecretary at the Ministry of Economy and Finance, to a parliamentary question on six new online instant lotteries authorised by the Customs and Monopolies Agency. Vaccari objected to the government's reply as too focused on technical data, and extended his criticism to the gaming measures in the 2027 budget law.
Italy's government and the Customs and Monopolies Agency were reported to be finalising gaming measures for the 2027 budget. Options include a one-percentage-point PREU increase on slots and VLTs, higher fees for three-year extensions of betting, machine and bingo concessions, and decisions on the Gratta e Vinci concession; online gambling changes remain under consideration.
Italy's government and the Customs and Monopolies Agency are in the final stages of defining the package of measures to go into the new budget law, an analysis in an Italian gambling trade publication reports. The aim is revenue above the 718 million euros expressly set out in the budget planning document sent to Brussels and to the chambers, and it could even approach one billion euros.
Virginio Merola, a deputy of Italy's PD-IDP, proposed financing economic support measures in the fuel decree by raising taxes on gambling. Speaking during the parliamentary debate on 21 October, he said he shared the aims of an amendment by fellow deputy Sottanelli but favoured a different funding method.
Virginio Merola, a deputy of Italy's PD-IDP, proposed funding the economic support measures in the fuel decree by raising taxes on gambling. He made the proposal during the parliamentary debate on 21 October on the decree-law containing urgent provisions for economic support and for containing the effects of the continuing rise in fuel costs, as well as on tax matters.