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Italy’s 2027 budget seeks €700m from gambling sector

By FairDealer October 30, 2026 1 min read Updated / October 30, 2026

Italy's government expects the gambling sector to contribute about €700 million toward its 2027 budget. The cabinet approved a broader €26 billion package of tax cuts and additional spending on October 28. Reuters reports that gambling and

Italian budget papers, calculator and gaming venue in a financial illustration

Italy's government expects the gambling sector to contribute about €700 million toward its 2027 budget. The cabinet approved a broader €26 billion package of tax cuts and additional spending on October 28.

Reuters reports that gambling and energy companies are each assigned roughly €700 million, while banks and insurers are expected to provide more than €5 billion. The package also includes higher health spending and projects a wider budget deficit next year.

The government has confirmed the gambling-sector total, but the detailed mechanism for collecting it had not been officially published when the first industry analysis appeared. CasinoBeats links the figure to possible land-based measures while acknowledging that those specifics come from a draft.

Until the final text is released, the allocation among concessions, machines and other gambling activities remains unsettled. The confirmed development is therefore the €700 million budget target, not any individual levy or forecast about venue closures.