By Valérie Peano As an early execution of the overall gambling-sector reorganization announced by the sub-secretary for the Italian Ministry of Finance in charge of gambling, the duration of all gaming machines and land-based betting concessions has been extended to 2023 and 2024, respectively, while the relevant tenders’ publication has been delayed. These tenders should … Read more
By Valérie Peano To help recover from the heavy impact of the pandemic on the gambling sector in Italy, the Italian Ministry of Finance’s sub-secretary in charge of gambling has announced significant gambling reforms to be undertaken in the next 12-18 months. Indeed, the lockdown measures resulting from the pandemic had a dramatic impact on … Read more
In vista della scadenza delle “vigenti concessioni in materia di gioco a distanza”, la legge di Bilancio per il 2020 ha previsto l’indizione di una procedura di gara, da parte dell’Agenzia delle Dogane e dei Monopoli per l’aggiudicazione di 40 “diritti” con una base d’asta non inferiore ad euro 2.500.000 ciascuno, per la durata di … Read more
The Italian Budget Law for 2019 has increased taxation on gambling. Many gambling products are significantly affected – whether offered offline or online. Starting from 1st January 2019, remote betting turned from 22 to 24% GGR, while offline betting from 18 to 20% GGR; remote bingo and skill games (“giochi di abilità”) taxation turned from … Read more
Giovanni Carboni speech at 2018 E-Gaming Review Online Gambling Briefing Italy. See the slides of the speech: EGR Gambling Briefing October 4th 2018 Giovanni Carboni 04102018
The call for tender to apply for a remote gambling license in Italy has been finally published on the Official Journal of the European Union of 10 January 2018. To put things into context, the launch of the tender was already announced by the Budget Law for 2016 setting forth its main requirements such as … Read more
The Budget bill for 2016 presently under discussion before the Italian Parliament for its vote by the end of this year, includes provisions on gambling and among these provides for two new offline gambling calls for tenders : a) a new tender for 10,000 land-based shops and for 5,000 corners (where only a corner of … Read more
Si è tenuto ieri a Mariehamn, capitale delle Aland Island, il secondo Summit sul Responsible gambling, evento ad inviti cui hanno preso parte le Authority del gioco di Italia, Finlandia, Svezia ed Estonia, i rappresentanti di alcuni dei principali operatori scandinavi ed un numero selezionato di esperti del gioco responsabile. Le Aland, un arcipelago del … Read more
(This post had been published in Italian also) Few days ago it had been published the awaited judgement of the European Supreme Court regarding questions addressed by the Consiglio di Stato, pertaining to possible infringement of rules of equal treatment and of effectiveness of some aspects of the 2012’s “Monti” betting call for tenders. There … Read more
(This post has been published in English also) Ieri è stata pubblicata l’attesa sentenza della Corte Suprema Europea relativa ai quesiti ad essa rimessi dal Consiglio di Stato, riguardanti l’eventuale violazione dei principi di parità di trattamento e di effettività di taluni aspetti del bando scommesse “Monti” del 2012. Si pongono ora diverse domande. Qual … Read more