The impact in Italy of the changes introduced by the Dignity Decree and the further increase in taxation on the devices imposed by the government could be dire for gaming operators, writes Alessio Crisantemi of GiocoNews.
The recently approved Dignity Decree is the first legislative act of the new Italian government in the area of the labour relations and, according to Luigi Di Maio, Minister for Labour and Economic Development, it represents an overturn of the previous government’s Jobs Act.
The gaming industry sadly anticipated many of the ramifications of the bill. The provision of the government, in addition to banning any form of the advertising of gaming with cash prizes, imposes a further increase on the single tax on Italian AWPs and VLTs.
