Italy: New tax and advertising reforms in the gambling sector
Italian President Sergio Mattarella has ratified the 2025 budget law, marking a decisive turning point for the gambling industry.
Italian President Sergio Mattarella has ratified the 2025 budget law, marking a decisive turning point for the gambling industry.
Flutter Entertainment Group is considering bidding for the main lottery license in Italy, a market dominated for three decades by IGT (International Game Technology).
The European leader in the gaming market, NOVOMATIC AG, has just announced in a press release that it has signed an agreement for the acquisition of the French group Vikings Casinos SAS.
The fight against illegal gambling continues in the Netherlands. The Kansspelautoriteit (Ksa), the Dutch gaming regulator, has fined Winning Poker Network (WPN) €1.275 million.
For several years, Janshen-Hahnrats Group, the parent company of the famous Fair Play Casino chain, has been facing a financial crisis of rare intensity.
The online gambling sector has been shaken once again by a major sanction imposed on Greentube Alderney Limited, a subsidiary of the Novomatic group.
The French gambling regulator, l’Autorité Nationale des Jeux (ANJ), has called on major gambling operators to review their promotional budgets for 2025.
A recent report by the CPO proposes an unprecedented reform of the taxation of gamblers’ winnings, with the aim of providing a better framework for gambling practices and stepping up addiction prevention.
LiveScore Bet and tombola, two of the first operators to obtain an online gambling licence in the Netherlands, have recently decided to withdraw from the Dutch market.
A striking difference in gambling tax revenues between Italy and Germany raises questions about the efficiency of regulation and lost potential.
Daily gambling, long seen as a rare phenomenon, is becoming an increasingly common occurrence for many Britons.
Sweden recently launched a campaign named “Unnecessarily Exciting” to raise awareness of the risks associated with unlicensed gambling operators.
Online gambling in Spain is booming. In the third quarter of 2023, online gambling revenues increased by 14.4% compared to last year.
Swedish ATG conducted research showing that traffic to unlicensed gambling sites has increased tenfold since 2019.
Holland Casino, the Dutch provider and part of the government, will respond in its own unique way to absorb the increase in gambling tax.