The day after theapproval of the legislative decree on online, "now, without delay, the reorganization of the territory must be completed: even the Fiscal Delegation wanted a unitary and comprehensive one for the entire sector. And this not only to protect the integrity of the businesses and jobs involved in the supply chains of the local sector but, even before that, for the effective protection of the user, who expects a coordinated and coordinated fight against Gambling Disorder non-sectoral, for the maintenance of legality safeguards in the territories, mostly ensured by the generalist network of the territory, and for the maintenance of tax revenue levels, largely ensured by the latter itself". The lawyer said it Geronimo Cardia (in the photo), president of Acadi, speaking at a conference as part of the Enada Spring 2024 fair underway in Rimini.
“The gaming distribution verticals are different and they are many worlds, each different from the other, also due to the supply chains they express. The generalist network of the territory, the one made up of bars and tobacconists and which puts the AWPs on the ground, unlike the other physical distribution networks, is the one which reaches 6 or so municipalities out of the 8 present in Italy. Over the years, the demand for gaming has shifted, not just because they put us at home with masks. Do these shifts in gaming demand from one distribution vertical to another only respond to changes in customs and new desires or should we look for the causes in other factors? The answer is the second. Over time, municipalities and regions have decided that gambling disorder is linked to AWPs, as demonstrated by the widespread diffusion of distance meters and time limitations. We must explain the regulatory misalignments that exist in the limitations that are imposed. The State-Regions Conference must become aware that we must no longer talk about how to combat gambling disorder only for the use of AWP. Because when I eliminate AWPs from the territory, people don't stop playing, but will partly turn to illegality and partly to other types of legal gaming, such as online. The legislator should make a great reflection, the shift of the demand for gaming from a type of game which has a tax rate that brings 65%/70% of the drawer into the state coffers to a game which instead brings in only 20%, entails a equal spending, a decrease in overall tax revenue, calling into question the principle contained in the fiscal delegation which says that we must reform the entire sector without changing revenue", concluded Cardia.
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