The decision of the Italian Administrative Court to escalate to the Constitutional Court the decision on the € 500 million gaming contribution opens uncertain scenarios.
The deadline for the payment of the second installment of the € 500 million gaming contribution by VLT licensees/concessionaires expired, but only one third of the amount due was paid to AAMS.
Gaming advertising is now subject to more stringent rules as a consequence of the issue by the self regulatory advertising authority of new guidelines on gaming advertising.
The € 500 million gaming contribution might be waived following a warning sent to the Government by VLT concessionaires on the basis of the self-protection principle.
Fantasy sports gaming regulations have been in place in Italy for a long time, but no operator so far has been able exploit it in a market that lives of football.
The just published Italian draft budget law provides for the award of new online gaming and betting shop licenses as well as the change in taxation from AWPs and VLTs and a new cure procedure for CTDs.
