Italian Democratic Party senator Walter Verini criticised the 2026 budget bill, saying the majority rejected opposition proposals without discussion in the Budget Commission. He argued that its tax amnesties and new lottery could encourage illegal gambling and gambling-related harm.
The proposed budget’s lottery and tax amnesties are at issue in debate over gambling policy and harm in Italy.
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Geronimo Cardia, president of Acadi-Confcommercio, criticised the proposed 2027 budget at the SiGMA World panel in Rome, saying it disadvantaged land-based gambling. He said retail generated 10,5 miliardi di euro of the sector’s 11,5 miliardi in tax revenue and employed 135mila workers; he also argued for regulating prediction markets.
Geronimo Cardia, president of Acadi-Confcommercio, spoke at a panel at SiGMA World in Rome. He described the budget as violent towards the territory. He also said the Prime Minister had announced a budget that did not target any type of product.
SAPAR president Sergio D’Angelo criticised Italy’s budget law at SiGMA 2026 in Rome, saying its tax measures continue to weigh on entertainment machines. He described a 70% payout provision and a PREU reduction as positive elements, but said the combined changes would increase the sector’s tax burden by one percentage point and reduce operator margins from 11% to 10%.
Sergio D’Angelo, president of SAPAR, said Italy's budget law continues to concentrate the tax burden on the entertainment machine sector. He spoke in Rome at a SiGMA 2026 panel on the Italian public gaming market.
Italy’s 2027 budget bill would allow instant receipt-lottery prizes below €3,000 to be paid on presentation of the winning ticket without identifying the recipient. An opinion column contrasts the proposal with rules requiring identification and transaction records for cash or other restricted-value deposits through online gambling recharge points, while noting that the activities have different purposes.
Instant receipt-lottery prizes below €3,000 could be paid upon presentation of the winning ticket without identifying the winner under Italy's budget bill, an opinion column on an Italian gambling industry site said.
Italy's 2027 budget bill authorises the Customs and Monopolies Agency to open dedicated bank or postal accounts for receipt lottery prizes, according to a report. It also allows prizes below the anti-money-laundering threshold to be paid without identifying the winner, upon presentation of the winning ticket. The report says the technical assessment expects no additional public spending.
The budget law is reported to authorise the Customs and Monopolies Agency to open one or more bank or postal accounts dedicated to paying out winnings from the receipt lottery.
Italy’s technical report on the 2027 budget estimates that a fifth weekly Wednesday draw for Lotto and SuperEnalotto would generate €30.5 million in state revenue in 2027 and €43.1 million annually from 2028. The report also says concessionaires who end litigation over the 2015 slot-sector levy could receive a reduction of up to 20% on the amount still owed; receipts would total €71.6 million if all eligible concessionaires joined.
Italy's government estimates that a fifth weekly Wednesday draw for Lotto and SuperEnalotto would produce €30.5m in additional state revenue in 2027 and €43.1m a year from 2028, according to the technical report on the 2027 budget. The report puts the 2027 figure at €15.7m from Lotto and €14.8m from SuperEnalotto.