The Italian gaming market will remember this Wednesday for the very large number of companies, shops and individuals subject of actions taken by Italian police authorities.ย
A potential gaming advertising ban is contained in the last draft of Italian gambling law, but there is no doubt that it will trigger legal challenges if approved.
Italian law allowing the international poker liquidity sharing might be a major step for the gaming market where poker is facing a considerable decline.
New Italian privacy cookies rules will come into force on the 2nd of June 2015 requiring relevant technical andย content changes to ecommerce, gaming, news, etc.ย Internet sites.
The announcement of the integration between SNAI and Cogemat/Cogetech is just the beginning of a season of major acquisitions in gaming sector. ย But what is the right approach to enter into a new market or consolidate the market position?
The end of April was the deadline for the payment of the โฌ 200M contribution by gaming machine licensees in Italy, but it is unclear who borne such cost between the supply chain and the licensees.ย
The data just published on the Italian online gaming market shows positive figures for casino and sportsbetting while poker has been declining with a slight recovery at the end of the year.
The interim claim on the โฌ 500 million video lottery fee has been rejected by Italian courts raising the question on whether the โฌ 200 million payment due at the end of April shall be paid.
A 90% turnover growth of the online sportsbetting market in Italy together with the recent and upcoming changes in the Italian online gaming market are creating a quite friendly play-field for operators and suppliers removing the inefficiencies and issues of the last years.