What a Relief!

Italian licensed operators have spent a very nice week-end, the frightening increase in the taxation for casino games, cash poker games and videolotteries has not been included in the so called fiscal decree approved last Friday.

We shall monitor the situation in the next months to see whether the Government will think again about it, but the time being the risk has been avoided. 

Feel free to contact me, Giulio Coraggio if you want to discuss it.

Stanley Bet Case, A Victory for Who?

During the last days everyone has been discussing about the "crazy" potential Italian gaming tax changes and the consequences of the decision of the European Court of Justice on the Costa Cifone case involving the Italian licensing regime. However maybe it was slightly missed the exact scope of the decision.

Tax Regime and Fight Against Foreign Websites?

According to rumours the Government is planning to change the tax regime applicable to casino and cash poker games and to introduce stricter measures against the offering of games to Italian players through non-Italian licensed gaming websites.

Gaming Affiliates in Italy: Did you know about this?

The regime applicable to affiliates under Italian gambling law has never been subject of thorough reviews maybe because of the difficulty to enforce Italian court decisions against foreign websites. However, such conduct is regulated and the applicable sanctions are considerably high.