The Western Cape collected R1.192 billion in gambling tax from January to July 2026, according to reported provincial figures. Sports betting contributed R692.44 million, while July’s total was R174.1 million, including R93.56 million from sports betting.
The figures show the tax contribution and relative scale of sports betting in the Western Cape market.
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Italy’s Ministry of Economy and Finance reported total tax revenue related to gambling of €5.452bn for the first nine months of 2026, down €334m, or 5.8%, year on year. Indirect tax revenue from lotteries and other gambling activities was €4.529bn, down 7.7%; revenue from gaming machines fell 7% to €3.633bn, while other gambling revenue rose 2% to €306m.
Gambling-related revenue across the first nine months of 2026 reached €5.452bn, according to the Ministry of Economy and Finance. The total was down €334m, a 5.8% fall compared with the same period a year earlier. The figures appear in the ministry's tax revenue report, which was published on the day of writing.
Italy’s Treasury reported more than €4.52 billion in state revenue from taxes and duties on gambling activities in January–September 2026. The total included more than €3.58 billion from the levy on gaming machines and €305.48 million from gambling proceeds, according to the Treasury summary.
Italy's Treasury reported more than €4.52bn in state budget revenue from taxes and duties on gambling activities in the period January to September 2026, according to its summary account. The figures appear in the MEF's Conto Riassuntivo del Tesoro.
Brazil's Receita Federal reported record revenue of R$11.116bn ($2.2bn) from lotteries and fixed-odds betting between January and September 2026, exceeding the R$9.950bn collected in all of 2025. September collections of R$1.2bn reflected normal activity, with the online betting and advertising ban under Medida Provisoria 1.394/2026 taking effect on 25 September.
North Carolina's $34bn budget, signed by Governor Josh Stein in July, includes a 6% tax on prediction market operators' net trading fee revenue, citing WFAE. The tax takes effect in January and is expected to raise about $1m in the 2026-27 fiscal year. The measure adds to debate over election-related contracts on platforms such as Kalshi and Polymarket.
According to, citing WFAE, North Carolina's new spending plan imposes a 6% levy on the net trading fee revenue of prediction market operators. The measure takes effect in January.
Italy's Ministry of Economy and Finance recorded €3.997bn in gambling tax receipts in the first eight months of 2026. Gaming machines contributed more than €3.23bn, according to the report on Treasury accounts updated to 31 August 2026.
Italy's Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) has published its Treasury summary account updated to 31 August 2026, showing €3.997bn in receipts under the category of taxes and duties on gambling activities for the first eight months of the year, according to the document. Gaming machines accounted for more than €3.23bn of the total, the MEF said.