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
Intervista a Giovanni Carboni su PressGiochi : Le nuove condizioni di accesso al mercato – previste nel decreto di riordino del gioco a distanza – rovesciano l’indirizzo adottato nel 2006, anno del primo bando che ha assegnato concessioni per il gioco a distanza. Finora la legislazione del gioco e dei bandi costituivano un invito ad … Read more
Giovanni Carboni debating on the next challenges for the online gambling industry in light of the announced reform and the upcoming tender
By Valérie Peano As an early execution of the overall gambling-sector reorganization announced by the sub-secretary for the Italian Ministry of Finance in charge of gambling, the duration of all gaming machines and land-based betting concessions has been extended to 2023 and 2024, respectively, while the relevant tenders’ publication has been delayed. These tenders should … Read more
By Valérie Peano To help recover from the heavy impact of the pandemic on the gambling sector in Italy, the Italian Ministry of Finance’s sub-secretary in charge of gambling has announced significant gambling reforms to be undertaken in the next 12-18 months. Indeed, the lockdown measures resulting from the pandemic had a dramatic impact on … Read more
In vista della scadenza delle “vigenti concessioni in materia di gioco a distanza”, la legge di Bilancio per il 2020 ha previsto l’indizione di una procedura di gara, da parte dell’Agenzia delle Dogane e dei Monopoli per l’aggiudicazione di 40 “diritti” con una base d’asta non inferiore ad euro 2.500.000 ciascuno, per la durata di … Read more
The Italian Budget Law for 2019 has increased taxation on gambling. Many gambling products are significantly affected – whether offered offline or online. Starting from 1st January 2019, remote betting turned from 22 to 24% GGR, while offline betting from 18 to 20% GGR; remote bingo and skill games (“giochi di abilità”) taxation turned from … Read more
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 call for tender to apply for a remote gambling license in Italy has been finally published on the Official Journal of the European Union of 10 January 2018. To put things into context, the launch of the tender was already announced by the Budget Law for 2016 setting forth its main requirements such as … Read more