Mexico’s Senate Committee on Legislative Studies endorsed a fiscal package that would raise the IEPS tax on betting and online casino operations from 30% to 50%, according to the committee. The Senate is due to debate and vote on the proposal before 31 October; if unchanged, it would take effect on 1 January 2026.
Operators could face a higher IEPS rate if the proposal clears the Senate and takes effect.
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Kenya’s National Assembly Committee on Delegated Legislation is reviewing draft rules that would require gambling operators to apply for new licences and end automatic renewals. Gambling Regulatory Authority representatives said the proposals would create separate licences for online bookmakers, lotteries and casinos; committee deliberations are expected to continue later this week.
The European Parliament’s Budget Committee is due to discuss a proposed gambling levy on 27 May, according to reports. The proposal, put forward by Romanian MEP Victor Negrescu, would apply a 1% charge to gambling revenue or turnover across the EU’s 27 member states. The discussion is not expected to produce legislation immediately.
Macau’s Second Standing Committee reported that gaming concession revenue made up 76.6% of government revenue in 2025. The government collected about MOP$94.9 billion in gaming tax, while total revenue was MOP$124.1 billion and expenditure was MOP$102.9 billion. Committee president Ip Sio Kai said gaming revenue improved in the first half of 2026 but declined year on year in the second half.
Macau derived 76.6% of its total revenue from gaming tax in 2025, according to information presented at a Legislative Assembly committee meeting. In 2025, gross gaming revenue stood at MOP$247.4bn, with government gaming tax revenue at approximately MOP$94.9bn.
Reportedly, US Representative Dina Titus is urging the House tax committee to take up her FAIR BET legislation. The proposal would raise the federal deduction for gambling losses from 90% to 100%, but neither it nor a similar Senate bill has reached a floor vote.
US Representative Dina Titus, a Nevada Democrat, is continuing to press the House Ways and Means Committee to advance her FAIR BET Act, which would restore the federal deduction for gambling losses to 100%, according to a report. Neither the FAIR BET Act nor a similar Senate bill has been put to a floor vote more than a year after their introduction.
Italy’s Committee for Legislation recommended that a new tax provision on gambling-related sponsorship costs be incorporated into the consolidated income tax law, according to the report. The provision makes specified sponsorship or similar expenses non-deductible for income tax and IRAP when incurred by entities linked to licensed gambling operators that provide gaming information or odds-comparison services.