Reports ITALY REPORT
Italy’s gambling history dates back to the Roman Empire and the first casino opened in Venice in 1638. It is said baccarat and bingo were invented in Italy whilst the word ‘casino’ is even of Italian origin. Despite the background, 61 million population and vast number of tourists who flock to Italy annually it is surprising there are only four land-based casinos in the country.
from around 77,000 back in 2017 to 54,000 in 2020. Te maximum number of AWPs permitted nationally was set at 265,000 in 2018. Te number has remained fairly stable since this time whereas prior, back in 2015 for example, there were more than 418,000 AWPs in the market place.
VLTS are also known as Comma 7a and these were regulated by the ADM in 2009 to create a network of VLTs to run alongside the AWPs with higher rewards. Tere were 55,968 VLTs in the market place in 2020 in just over 4,700 venues such as betting shops, bingo halls and gaming halls with a pre-set ratio of machines per square metre. Each VLT is connected to the central ADM monitoring system.
Te region with the highest density of VLTs is Veneto followed by Abruzzo (1 in 801 and 1 in 807 respectively.) Te national average is one VLT per 1,058 inhabitants.
VLT payout is not less than 83 per cent and no minimum duration time. VLT bets per game range from a minimum of 50c up to €10 maximum with a maximum win of €5,000 with jackpots available. VLTs saw a turnover of €23.6bn in 2019 and GGR of €3.1bn. VLTs pay a tax rate of 8.6 per cent of the bets.
In 2020, as part of the Dignity decree, the health card system was introduced for VLT devices together with the progressive implementation during the year of various regional regulations regarding the distance of gaming between certain locations.
Tis meant access to the use of VLTs was permitted to those with national health system cards, to prevent access to minors. Any machines not fitted with such access mechanisms were removed from the market. Tis saw the VLT sector slump.
Taxes paid by the VLT sector in 2019 amounted to €1.83bn which was just over 16 per cent of the gaming tax revenue. In 2020 this dropped to €694.7m (9.5 per cent of the total).
P86 WIRE / PULSE / INSIGHT / REPORTS THE CASINO MARKET
Italy’s gambling history dates back to the Roman Empire and the first casino opened in Venice in 1638. It is said baccarat and bingo were invented in Italy whilst the word ‘casino’ is even of Italian origin. Despite the background, 61 million population and vast number of tourists who flock to Italy annually it is surprising there are only four land-based casinos in the country.
Italy is subdivided into 20 regions but only five of these regions – Aosta Valley, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Sardinia, Sicily, and Trentino-South Tyrol have a special autonomous status which enables them to enact legislation on some of their specific local matters.
Te Italian Penal Code generally forbids
gambling however three ad hoc provisions dating back to the 1930s under the Mussolini era government authorised the opening of SanRemo, Campione and Venice followed by a regional authorisation for Saint Vincent. And so the Italian casino market remains small with only four licensed casinos.
Te casinos come under the control of the Ministry of Interior and are run by the local authorities in which they are located. Players must be 18 to gamble.
CASINO MUNICIPALE DI CAMPIONE D’ITALIA re-opened its doors at the beginning of this year after being closed for three and a half years. It was declared bankrupt in 2018 and closed in January 2019 due to its €130m debts but reopened with a rescue plan involving a five-
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