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Tis will include betting shops, arcades, and bingo halls. It is thought the reform framework could be implemented within 18 months with legislation introduced through one or two legislative decrees.
Te treasury has said no new concessions will be given without the reform although there is talk of additional extensions.
In March, the draft reorganisation was approved by the state auditor Regioneria dello Stato and has been forwarded to the government who will review the proposed amendments to ratify a bill to be sent to parliament for final approval.
LAND-BASED GAMING
Currently gaming machines are available in bars, tobacco shops, shopping malls and arcades. In 2004 the ADM introduced regulations which meant all coin operated machines with cash prizes had to be connected to a central monitoring system and this saw a mass reduction in the number of machines in the market, whilst the Italian government was able to control the sector more easily.
Meanwhile in 2018 slot machines were reduced further due to a decree which saw 142,000 of around 400,000 at the time removed from the
market whilst gaming outlets were halved from 98,000 to 50,000 over a three-year period. Trading hours were reduced with distance restrictions in place for venues.
Tere are three types of entertainment games available in Italy:
Amusement machines with no cash prizes or Comma 7c games as they are also known include such games as crane machines or video games, sports games can be found in bars, cafes, gaming rooms etc. Tere were 96,115 games in operation in 2020.
Newslots/AWPs are machines with cash prizes
Gambling has been legal in Italy since 1948 which provided operators with a licence to operate, and the
Legislative Decree No. 496 basically became the first piece of gambling legislation. Gambling is monitored by the national gambling authority, Agenzia della Dogane e dei Monopoli (ADM), and land-based and online gambling are dealt with separately and divided into two categories.
which were first approved in Italy in 2004. Also known as Comma 6a each slot is connected to the ADM network and price of play does not exceed €1 and payout maximum is €100. Game play cannot be less than four seconds. And winnings on a cycle of 140,000 games maximum with 65 per cent payout minimum.
Tey can be found in bars, cafes, tobacco shops, gaming halls and betting shops etc. Tere were 261,186 AWPs in 2020 in 54,166 venues compared to 263,000 in 63,000 venues the year before.
AWPs saw a turnover of €22.9bn in 2019 and €18.9bn in 2020. AWPs pay a tax rate of 24 per cent of the bets (as of January 2021) and generated €2.5bn in taxes (35 per cent share of total gaming taxes paid) in 2020.
Te highest number of AWP devices are located in Lombardy region (45,873) which is equal to two thirds of the machines located throughout the south of Italy. In terms of data that is around one machine per 217 inhabitants in Lombardy which is below the national average of one machine per 226 inhabitants on average throughout Italy.
Te regions with the highest density of AWPs per inhabitant are Molise and Sardinia (one per 165 inhabitants) followed by Abruzzo.
Te number of outlets hosting AWPs has dropped significantly over the last four years
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