Navarra's annual gambling report records €103.1m in sports betting activity during 2025, representing 60% of private gambling activity. Physical venues generated €72.8m across 6.9 million transactions, compared with €30.3m and 1.7 million transactions online.
The channel breakdown gives operators and regulators a regional comparison of sports betting activity and revenue.
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Kogem partner Emanuele Sipala said Italy’s 2027 budget bill, announced by the Council of Ministers on 28 October, includes the gaming sector among sources of funding. He said press reports had suggested possible changes to taxes on AWP and VLT machines, physical-gaming concession extensions and product management, but those details require confirmation in the bill and its technical report.
Italy's Council of Ministers announced the approval of the 2027 budget bill at its sitting on 28 October, and the official statement from the Presidency of the Council of Ministers lists the gaming sector among the areas called on to contribute to financing the measures, without specifying the nature or size of individual measures, according to the statement. Emanuele Sipala, a partner at consultancy Kogem, said press reports have suggested possible interventions concerning the excise duty on amusement machines, extensions of physical gambling concessions and some arrangements for organising and managing gaming products. Sipala said those indications require confirmation in the text of the bill and its technical report, particularly to distinguish expected financial effects from the actual economic consequences for the whole supply chain.
AGSI president Pasquale Chiacchio opposed a reported proposal to raise Italy’s PREU tax on cash-prize amusement machines by one percentage point. Chiacchio said the sector had contracted by about 5% annually for five or six years and proposed a five-year concession extension with transitional rules; the increase remains a reported possibility, not an enacted measure.
Pasquale Chiacchio, president of AGSI, the Italian association of betting operators, has opposed a reported proposal to raise the single tax on cash-prize amusement machines (PREU) by one percentage point, according to remarks he gave to the trade press. The increase is a reported possibility in the 2027 budget law and has not been enacted, the source says.
Italy’s Guardia di Finanza said its Bologna unit found more than €1.3m in poker winnings from casinos outside the EU that an investigated player had not declared. The authorities treated the player as resident for tax purposes in Italy and referred the case to the Bologna prosecutor’s office over alleged failure to declare income.
Italy's Guardia di Finanza said its Bologna unit identified more than €1.3m in undeclared poker winnings held by a player it considers resident in Italy for tax purposes. The player has been referred to the Bologna prosecutor's office over alleged failure to declare income, according to the force.
AGEO president Víctor Mato said the association hopes Galicia’s final gambling regulation will reflect how hospitality venues operate. He criticised requirements including an application and supporting evidence when a bar closes for more than 30 days, and said the association aims to persuade the Xunta to change the final text.
AGEO, the association representing hospitality and recreational gaming venues in Galicia, has called on the regional government to adjust its proposed gambling regulation to reflect how hospitality businesses operate. The association's president, Víctor Mato, said in an interview that the administration has notably increased the obligations placed on gaming companies and that the final text should correct requirements that hinder their activity. The draft regulation, which runs to 348 articles, is intended to bring the region's separate sector rules for bingo, casinos and recreational venues into a single text.
Navarra’s government said its access-check system for gambling venues and betting machines in hospitality locations has operated without incidents for eight months. The system checks whether users appear on the Register of Gambling Exclusions before allowing access or use; the government said operators had not raised improvements, and other regions had asked about the system.
The Government of Navarra has given a positive assessment of the introduction of access checks at gaming halls and for betting machines installed in hospitality establishments. The measure has been in force since March, according to the regional government.