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Statistics MARKET REVIEW


italy


NUMBER OF: CASINO SLOTS: CASINO TABLES: AWPS: VLTS:


1,500 250


330,000 installed (360,000 authorised)


AMUSEMENTS (TOTAL): POOL TABLES:


31,500 installed as of November 2011 (56,697 authorised) 80,000 10,000


VIDEO/TOUCHSCREENS CRANE MACHINES: SPORTS GAMES: OPERATORS:


AMUSEMENT ARCADES (FECS):


NUMBER OF: CASINOS:


GAMING ARCADES: SINGLE SITES:


BETTING SHOPS: MAIN OPERATORS: TOTAL GGR: CASINO GGR:


38,000 (7C) 30,000 (7A) 3,000 3,500 1,000


4 1,000


100,000 12,120


Run by the municipalities. €61.4bn €470m


Overview The latest legislation for the Italian market was in 2010 when the country opened its doors to VLTs and changed the market. There is a provision for a total of 56,000 VLTs and to date there is around 16,000 currently operating in the market. The revenue made from VLTs in 2009 was €850m from the network providers. The number of machines permitted per coffee shop, bar and restaurant is between one and four depending on surface space. Betting shops can have a maximum of 24 units, bingo halls 75 units maximum and arcades are permitted one AWP per 5sq.m. Meanwhile VLT halls are allowed 30 VLTs per 50-100sq.m, 70 VLTs for 101-300sq.m and 150 VLTs for 301sq.m and above. Licensing fees are €15,000 for VLTs whilst AWP tax is 12.6 per cent of income. Tax for VLTs is 2% of total bets rising to 3% in 2012 and 4% in 2013.


Gaming machines represent some 52 per cent of the market share followed by lotteries at 15 per cent and casinos with 3 per cent. In 2010 the state collected more than €61.4bn in the public games sector, an increase of 13 per cent on the previous year and almost 4% of GDP. During the first eight months of 2011 the state saw a total of €55.2bn collected.


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Capital: Rome Population: 61,016,804 Land Area: 294,140 sq.km Median age: 43.5 years Currency: Euro Government: Republic Head of Government: Mario Monti, Prime Minister Elections: President elected by an electoral college consisting of both houses of parliament and 58 regional representatives. Mario Monti was appointed Nov, 11.


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