With the legislative decree for the reorganization of online games “the use of cash for online games is definitively put to an end”. Government sources underline this by specifying that “those who want to top up more than 100 euros in cash will necessarily have to use traceable and secure electronic payment tools”. A measure, it is highlighted, “important in the fight against money laundering on which the Meloni government has been at the forefront since its inauguration”
With the definitive approval of the Legislative Decree on online gaming, the government also «intervenes to rationalize and update the remote public gaming system, increasing the value of the concessions to be assigned, bringing them to the correct market levels. The entire system is regulated with more modern and rigorous rules.” This is what transpired from government sources at the end of the CDM. «Therefore, the amounts requested from dealers who will have to pay three fees to operate in Italy are significantly increased – it is also explained -: a ‘one-off fee’ which goes from the previous 250 thousand euros to 7 million euros (as much as 2,800 percent more); an ‘annual fee’ equal to 3% of each dealer’s net revenues (double compared to the past); an ‘annual fee’ equal to 0.2% of the dealers’ net revenues for information and communication campaigns to combat gambling addiction”