Italy 2027 Budget Bill Counts on €952 Million From Gaming, Not the €700 Million Announced

The Italy 2027 budget bill, filed in the Chamber of Deputies on 2 November 2026, counts on €952.13 million from gaming in 2027, well above the €700 million the government announced, according to the technical report attached to the certified text.

The cabinet approved the draft on 28 October, and the Ragioneria Generale dello Stato (the State General Accounting Office) certified it on 30 October. Economy minister Giorgetti presented it to the Chamber with an explanatory report. The gaming measures sit in Chapter IV, titled "giochi e prodotti da fumo". Gamingo's earlier report on the cabinet's €700 million ask worked from a leaked draft; the figures below come from the certified bill and its technical report.

Where the €952 million comes from

Slots and VLT are the largest single item, followed by the paid extensions of betting and network concessions. The technical report totals €952.13 million for 2027.

The levy-dispute settlement figure assumes, in iGB's wording, that "all parties take part", so it depends on take-up. Italy's gaming take has been under pressure before; see Gamingo's coverage of the first fall in Italian gambling tax revenue.

Slot and VLT tax: article 23

From 1 January 2027, the PREU rises to 25% on AWP and 9.6% on VLT. The PREU (prelievo erariale unico) is the single tax on gaming machines. AWP are amusement-with-prizes machines, and VLT are video lottery terminals.

The new rates replace those in Law 160/2019, article 1, paragraph 731. The 20% rate is optional and applies to AWP programmed for a payout of at least 70%, pending their replacement with remote-only machines. Joining requires a software update, certification and approval, so the bill is not a uniform increase.

The technical report expects article 23 to add €334 million in 2027, €365 million in 2028 and €456 million a year from 2029. It assumes about 230,000 AWP in operation, with 10% joining the 70% scheme in 2027, 30% in 2028 and all of them from 2029. It applies a 30% rise in takings to the machines that join. Italian Gaming News reports the 2027 split as €174 million from VLT and €160 million from AWP.

Article 24 is separate. It doubles the maximum stake on non-cash amusement devices from €1 to €2, with the prize capped at 20 times the stake, or €40. Machines under the transitional regime that ends on 31 December 2026 can be regularized for €1,000 per device, payable by 30 April 2027, and non-compliance triggers confiscation. The report counts €15 million from this. Britain is also tightening machine taxation; see the UK Budget's Machine Games Duty increase to 25%.

Concessions to 2029, for a fee

Article 26 extends betting, AWP and VLT-network concessions expiring on 31 December 2026 to 31 December 2029, and every extension is paid.

Betting fees are due on 30 April and 31 October. Network fees are paid in nine instalments, based on holdings at 30 November 2026. The report counts 5,693 main and 4,180 secondary betting rights and, after an assumed 2% drop, expects about €343.5 million in total, or €114.5 million a year. It describes the fees as the 2024 budget-law levels plus 50%. According to Jamma, the extensions together bring about €843 million over 2027 to 2029. The explanatory report links the extension to the unfinished reorganization of the retail network under delegation law 111/2023.

Other lottery and bingo measures:

• Article 27, bingo: concessions run to 31 December 2029, with monthly fees from €6,500 to €14,500 across 81 turnover bands. Prior extensions are recalculated and the transfer distance falls from 30 km to 15 km.
• Article 28, instant lotteries: the concession moves from 30 September 2028 to 31 December 2029 for €188 million, paid on 31 March and 30 September 2027. It was not among the concessions expiring in 2026.
• Article 29: a new Wednesday draw for Lotto and SuperEnalotto, to be set up by the customs and monopolies agency ADM (Agenzia delle Dogane e dei Monopoli) within 60 days.
• Article 31: a payment mechanism for the receipts lottery.

Chapter IV leaves online gambling taxes unchanged, according to iGB. Operators tracking the remote market can read Gamingo's report on Italy's online gambling licence round.

New LAN-hall regime

Article 25 creates a licensed category for skill games without cash prizes in LAN halls. It adds a letter (c-quater) to article 110, paragraph 7 of the TULPS, the consolidated public-security law.

Existing halls can keep operating by filing a declaration with ADM, which must issue implementing measures within eight months. The report counts about €6 million in 2027 and about €55.2 million a year of ISI from 2028, assuming around 2,300 halls and 46,000 stations.

What happens next

The bill now goes through the Chamber of Deputies. According to iGB, hearings are expected around 5 November, amendments are due on 17 November, and Parliament must pass the budget by 31 December. The 2026 expiry of betting, slot, VLT and bingo concessions makes the paid extensions time-critical for operators, who will be watching amendments to articles 23 to 27.

Status reviewed on 3 November 2026. Figures come from the certified bill text and technical report as reproduced by Italian Gaming News and Agimeg. More regulation news and EMEA coverage.