Italy has formally replied to the detailed opinion released by Malta on the draft of technical rules for the next remote gambling tender, which was presented, in compliance with EU Directive no. 1535/2015, to the EU Commission and the EU member states in July. The tender process for the assignment of the new remote gambling … Read more
Harmonising global standards with localised strategies for multifaceted iGaming markets. I was delighted to underline the need of a public-private dialogue over regulatory standards, sharing the discussion with the other panellists: Jochen Biewer (Chevron Group), Terence Cassar (GTG) and Marco Gatti (Key2).
Both EGLA Founding Partners among the speakers at Fiera Enada Primavera 2024 worshops: Giovanni Carboni to discuss the online gambling reform with Barbara Beltrami (Kindred), Salvatore Vullo (Kogem), Stefano Sbordoni (Sbordoni&Partners), Riccardo Sozzi (Streetweb) moderated by Fabio Felici (Agimeg) Valérie Peano to debate on the impact of betting within the sport industry with Barbara Beltrami … Read more
Il divieto di pubblicità per le attività di gioco con vincita in denaro e per il gioco d’azzardo, introdotto dall’art. 9 del decreto Dignità, è entrato in vigore a luglio del 2018. A distanza di cinque anni, è possibile stendere un breve bilancio per vagliare l’efficacia della norma, anche in considerazione degli obiettivi annunciati.
20-22 September 2023 I have been delighted to participate to the International Gambling Market Panel with Martina Cilia, Laila Mintas and Michael Egerer, all moderated by Rob Davies.
The Italian Parliament has finally started the voting process on a bill defining the key pillars for the reorganization of the gambling sector, which will be implemented by the government via subsequent decrees. Since gambling is a state-reserved activity, one of these key pillars is the concession model for the gambling offer, together with the … Read more
At the end of January 2019, the online poker regulatory authorities of France, Portugal, and Spain released a public statement on the implementation of the agreement concerning online poker liquidity sharing that they signed on 6th July 2017. The fourth signatory to that agreement was the gambling authority of Italy. The purpose of the … Read more
Legal provisions adopted in Italy concerning gambling are quite worrying.
Currently, the Italian Senate is debating another increase of the fiscal levy rate for video lotteries (VLT) and amusement with prizes (AWP) machines (low stakes, low prizes). Under the current government, these gaming machines already had two tax increases: one in July 2018, with the ‘Dignity Decree’, in order to compensate for the loss of revenues expected because of the ban on gambling advertising and sponsorships; and a second one, in December, with the Budget Law for 2019….
Giovanni Carboni speech at 2018 E-Gaming Review Online Gambling Briefing Italy. See the slides of the speech: EGR Gambling Briefing October 4th 2018 Giovanni Carboni 04102018
The point of view of Carboni & Partners’s Giovanni Carboni is undoubtedly a privileged one. He is always going back and forth between State Monopolies and major gaming operators. This time, its contribution is even more important, given the sensibility and importance of the subject, both from a political and a technological point of view. … Read more