Lottomatica 2009 Social Report Presented Along With Initiatives Regarding Responsible Gaming Program
ROME (Italy) and PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island (USA) (July 8, 2010) – Lottomatica Group CEO Marco Sala presented the Group’s 2009 Social Report today at Associazione Civita in Rome....................Subscribers

Skill Games Register Good Results for June
Lottomatica and Snai Snare the Lions Share of the Market
ROME, Italy (July 6, 2010) – Game of skill (online games such as broom, Trump, blackjack, burraco, etc.) in June have recorded good growth, online poker is in the same market segment...................Subscribers

Italy Sports Bets Jump on World Cup in June
MILAN, Italy (July 6, 2010) - The value of all Italy's sports bets surged 76.6 percent in June to 343 million euros ($460.2 million) from a year earlier, boosted by enthusiasm for the World Cup despite Italy's flop............Subscribers

Italian Regulator Bans Public Gaming Terminals
ROMA, Italy (July 3, 2010) -- Italian regulator Amministrazione Autonoma Monopoli di Stato (AAMS) has banned public gaming terminals......Subscribers

New Scratch Ticket Will Allow Maximum Payout
ROME, Italy (July 3, 2010) - Marzia Mastrogiacomo, Manager of the National Lottery, today announced the upcoming launch of the"Talents in Short" program, and the release of a new cutting summer Scratch Ticket.........Subscribers

2010 Half Yearly Results, SuperEnalotto Steady, Win-for-Life Contributed €81.5 Million to Support the Abruzzo Region
ROME, Italy (June 28, 2010) -- Revenue from tote numerical games like SuperEnalotto and Win-for-Life, Sisal’s newly-launched game, rose 27,8% to more than €1.6 billion from €1.2 billion over the first half 2009.................Subscribers

Eurocoin Expands Their Local Presence in Italy
HERTS, U.K. (June 2010) -- Eurocoin is delighted to announce that Maria Rosaria Parisi has joined the company in the role of Commercial Manager..........Subscribers

2010 Half Yearly Results, Online Poker Hit New Records
ROME, Italy (June 28, 2010) -- Results were striking for the six-month period. Revenue from skill games, including online poker which accounts for over 90% of this market segment.......Subscribers

2010 Half Yearly Results, a Good Year for the Sports Betting Market
ROME, Italy (June 28, 2010) -- The sports betting market is enjoying significant growth in Italy. In the first six months of 2010, revenue from sports betting rose 9.3% to more than €2.3 billion from €2.1 billion in 2009......................Subscribers

2010 Half Year Results, Lottery Games (€4.8 billion) and Lotto (€2.3 billion) are the Most Popular Form of Gambling
ROME, Italy (June 28, 2010) -- In the first six months of 2010, Lottery games, driven mainly by the strong performance of scratch-off tickets, confirmed their second position in the market turning over €4.8 billion, down 2,8% compared to the €5 billion recorded in the same period last year.................Subscribers

Italy's Sports Bets Fell 20.9 Percent in May, Gaming Regulator AAMS Said
ROME, Italy (June 7, 2010) - The calendar of major football events of 2010 saw a decrease of about 35% of events compared to May 2009 and, consequently, the collection of the fifth month of the year decreased compared to the same period last year of 20.9%......................Subscribers

Without Rules, We Cannot Stop the Existence of Clandestine Live Poker Games
ROMA, Italy (May 27, 2010) --How will the final regulations be implemented? How can different possible changes impact the sector? ................Subscribers

The Licence Issued by One Member State is Not Automatically Valid on the Territory of Another Member State, the European Commission states
ROMA, Italy (May 27, 2010) -- A media sources had a full page in its Wednesday edition devoted to the State Monopolies Autonomous Administration commenting on Community Law and changes affecting the online gaming market.........................Subscribers

Mafia Accused of Lottery Extortion Racket
NAPLES, Italy (May 26, 2010) – According to local media reports Italian lottery winners appear to be the latest targets of extortion by the Naples mafia. Police on Wednesday arrested five suspected mafia bosses who allegedly extorted money from winning ticket holders in the southern Campania region............Subscribers

New World Cup Scratch-card "Forza Azzurri" is Proving Very Popular
ROMA, Italy (May 21, 2010) -- An Italian gaming news website reports the new Scratch-card "Forza Azzurri," dedicated to the World Cup being held in South Africa, is proving very successful...............Subscribers

CSA Outlines New Guidelines in Respect of Advertising Online Gambling Websites
ROMA, Italy (May 21, 2010) -- An Italian gaming news source announced that the market for online games will open in June and the Supreme Council of Audivisva Activities (CSA) has just finished publishing the rules for the broadcast media (radio and TV) as well as the operators of the traditional advertising media, in respect of .................Subscribers

Decree-Law Incentives: The Senate Approves the Decree Law on Conversion Into Law, Amendments for the Gaming Sector
ROMA, Italy (May 21, 2010) – According to a leading gaming news service the Government has won vote of confidence with the Senate has approving, by 163 votes to 134,  the decree law on conversion into law, with amendments.....................Subscribers

Italy Faces €1.5bn Claim From UK Bookmaker
LONDON, U.K. (May 17, 2010) - Stanleybet, the Liverpool-based international bookmaker that has won landmark legal challenges to closed betting markets in Europe, will on Tuesday launch a €1.5bn compensation claim against the Italian government...........Subscribers

The Popularity of Italy’s Scratch-And-Win Tickets is Showing No Signs of Diminishing
ROMA, Italy (May 17, 2010) – Reports the popularity of Italy’s scratch-and-win tickets is constantly growing, as evidenced by the increase in sales for the first days of May...............Subscribers

EU Working Group Set Up to Deal with Gaming and Betting at the European Council to Delay Report Until December
ROMA, Italy (May 13, 2010) -- The Working Group set up to deal with gaming and betting at the European Council met in recent days for the second time since Spain took over the Presidency of the European Union.........Subscribers

Italy’s Scratch-Card Games Growing In Popularity, Sales Exceed More Than €32 Billion Over The Past Five Years
ROMA, Italy (May 11, 2010) -- The market for scratch-ticket lotteries is growing in popularity and figures speak for themselves: there are currently 17 million instant lottery players in Italy..................Subscribers

First Quarter Gaming Tax Up
ROMA, Italy (May 7, 2010) – An Italian website reported Italy’s total tax revenues in the first quarter 2010 results show a slight decline from the level recorded in the corresponding period last year:..........Subscribers

Lotto, Lottery Extraction, Scratch, Numerical Lotteries, Keno, Bingo, Games Based on Sport, Represented a Global Market Worth $240.1 billion in 2009
ROME, Italy (May 6, 2010) -- Lotto, lottery extraction, Scratch, numerical lotteries, Keno, Bingo, games based on sport, represent a global market worth $240.1 billion in 2009, which is an increase over the previous year of 6%.................Subscribers

Online Gambling Barriers Removed In Italy
BRUSSELS, Belgium (May 5, 2010) - The European Commission has ensured that Italian citizens will have access to a wider choice of authorised on-line gambling services as a result of changes made to Italy's laws on online gambling...................Subscribers

Sports Betting Recorded an Increase of 12.9% in the First Four Months of 2010
ROMA, Italy (May 4, 2010) – Sports betting recorded an increase of 12.9% in the first four months of 2010, raising a total of €1.7167 billion compared to €1.52 billion collected from January to April of last year...............Subscribers

Win for Life Game Celebrates Its 7th Month Aniversary With Turnover of €687 Million
Tote Numerical Games Generated More Than €1.5 billion in Revenue for the First Four Months of the Year
ROMA, Italy (May 4, 2010) -- On Thursday, April 29, 2010, Win for Life celebrated its 7th month anniversary turning over €687 million.................Subscribers

Big Match Betting Revenue Down 37% in April: In the First Four Months of the Year Turnover Amounted to More Than €2.5 Million
ROMA, Italy (April 28, 2010) -- Big Match is expected to suffer a huge decrease in revenue in April. Tote betting revenue will drop 37.7% from a year earlier.................Subscribers

Tote Games: Betting Revenue Reached €43.2 Million in the First Four Months of the Year
ROMA, Italy (April 28, 2010) -- Totocalcio reported the best results despite tote betting revenue falling 27.6% to €6.7 million in April from €9.39 39 in 2009........................Subscribers

Tote Games: Drastic Contraction in April. On Average Betting Revenue Decreased by 14%
ROMA, Italy (April 27, 2010) -- Tote games continue their downward trend. In April tote betting revenue decreased by 31.1% to €9.34 million from €13.5 million in the same period last year.....................Subscribers

"Turista Forever” Confirmed as the Most Successful Scratch Game in Italy
ROMA, Italy (April 19, 2010) – Reports that just three months since its launch "Turista Forever," has confirmed its position as the most successful Scratch game in Italy.................Subscribers

Win For Life Produces 250 Winners and More Than 160 Annuity Prizes
ROMA, Italy (March 29, 2010) --In six months, Win for Life offered more than 160 annuity prizes, and over 250 players took the prize as a 20-year annuity...................Subscribers

Italy’s Win for Life Celebrates Its 6th Month Anniversary. The game Has Generated More Than €640 Million In Revenue Thus Far
ROMA, Italy (March 29, 2010) -- With a turnover of €640 million, Win for Life celebrates its 6th month anniversary today......................Subscribers

Jadestone Expanding in Italy with Gioco Digitale
STOCKHOLM, Sweden (March 18, 2010) -- Jadestone Networks, the Nordic based owner and operator of the Arena multiplayer gaming network, announced today that, after the agreement with bwin, they will add the player liquidity and local expertise of Gioco Digitale to their Italian network shortly................Subscribers

Italy’s Gaming Tax Revenue Exceeded €12.7 Billion For The Period January-December 2009
January Tax Contributions From The Gaming Sector Amounted To €243 million
ROMA, Italy (March 16, 2010) -- According to data reported in the Bulletin of Revenue for the period January-December 2009, tax contributions from the gaming sector (which include various taxes classified in the form of direct or indirect taxes) amounted to......................Subscribers

Revenue Rose 14.4%, Tax Contributions From The Gaming Sector Amounted To €9.4 Billion In 2009
ROMA, Italy (February 8, 2010) -- In 2009, gaming revenue reached €54.4 billion, 3,5% of Italy’s GDP, a raise of 14.4% compared with 2008...........................Subscribers

Legal Gaming Europe Conference: a Single Gaming Market in Europe Seems to be Impossible at Present
ROMA, Italy (January 26, 2010) -- The creation of a single gaming market in Europe through a standardised system of laws seems to be impossible at present. This is the consideration of Europe’s top gaming operators who attended the Legal Gaming Europe Conference which is taking place in London..................Subscribers

Games Industry Records Record Growth of 14.4% in 2009
ROME, Italy (January 20, 2010) -- La Repubblica reports that data released by the state lotteries and gaming monopolies in 2009 showed revenue at €54.41 billion euros. The newspaper said that this was an increase of €6.856 billion or 14.4% compared to 2008 ........................Subscribers

Superenalotto Revenue Exceeded €5 Million Over The Past Six Months
ROMA, Italy (January 22, 2009) -- Revenues from online ‘Superenalotto’ and ‘Superstar, after six months of being available..................Subscribers

Superenalotto Jackpot: €124.3 Million, Continues The Race To The Record Jackpot
ROMA, Italy (January 18, 2010) -- With 124.3 million euros in prize SuperEnalotto continues the race to the record jackpot. The draw last Saturday showed again a 5 + for over 1.2 million euros in Vernole (LE) after that of Naples last Thursday....................Subscribers

Lotteria Italia: Codacons Absolute Regularity Of Lottery Draw
ROMA, Italy (January 18, 2010) -- With reference to the press release issued by Osservatorio Antiplagio and European Consumers, Codacons confirmed what it had already said during the live television broadcast, that is the absolute regularity of Lotteria Italia lottery draw held in the presence of the AAMS commission and the representatives of Codacons.........................Subscribers

Tax Contributions for the Italian Gaming Sector Exceeded €11.3 Billion for the January-November 2009 Period
ROMA, Italy (January 2010) -- Agicos reports that according to data reported in the revenue bulletin, for the January-November 2009 period, total revenues from the gaming sector (including various taxes classified as direct and indirect taxes) totalled €11.333 million (€606 million more than 2008) an increase of  5.6%....................Subscribers

Italian Lotteries Created 177 New Millionaires in 2009
ROMA, Italy (January 12, 2010) -- In the province of Sondrio SuperEnalotto fever showed a significant leap forward in 2009. According to data released by Agipronews, for 12 months of the year just passed, in Valtellina and Valchiavenna bets amounted to €9 million euros, €1.9 million more than the previous year (€7.1 million), 2008, an increase of 27%......................Subscribers

Lotteria Italiana Announce Drop in Ticket Sales for FY2009 After Three Consecutive Years of Increases
ROMA, Italy (January 11, 2010) –The final draft of the Italian Lottery has been carried out on January 6. The first two winning tickets were sold in Rome and Savona and allowed beneficiaries to win each the sum of 5,000,000 euros........................Subscribers

Italy Examines Gambling Limits
MILAN, Italy (August 24, 2009) - Is it the end of the super Jackpot in Italy ? The State Council is to decide on a request of the Consumer Federation Codacons, who wants to limit the jackpot to a maximum of 100 million euros.....................Subscribers

Italian Scoops Record €147 Million Euro SuperEnalotto Lottery Jackpot
ROME, Italy (August 23, 2009) -- An Italian from the small town of Bagnone, in the central region of Tuscany, won Europe's biggest ever lottery jackpot of more than €147 million euros (US$210.5 million) on Saturday...................Subscribers

Still no Winner as Italy’s SuperEnalotto Jackpot Soars Higher
ROMA, Italy (August 19, 2009) -- A betting frenzy among Italians is set to continue after the record-breaking state lottery again failed to produce a winner on Tuesday, sending the jackpot up to almost EUR 144 million (USD 203.6 million)......................Subscribers

Lotto Mia! – Italian Superenalotto Approaches €140m Euro
ROMA, Italy (August 17, 2009) -- Europe’s biggest lottery again failed to produce a winner in today’s draw, which will fuel the jackpot past a record 135.9 million euros ($192 million)..................Subscribers

With No Winner Italy's National Lottery, SuperEnalotto, Has Another Rollover, Jackpot Now Tops €135.9m
ROME, Italy (August 13, 2009) -- Europe's record-breaking state lottery has once again disappointed millions of Italians as well as foreigners who crossed the border to join the hunt for the massive jackpot..................Subscribers

Sports Betting July 2009 -- Analysis of Data
ROMA, Italy (August 4, 2009) -- The collection of sports betting in July confirmed the trend already achieved in the previous semester. The movement of the game was equal to Euro 140,557,535.00 with an increase of 9.63 percent compared to July of the previous year....................Subscribers

Italy's Superenalotto Lottery Jackpot Jingles To EU Record High
MILAN, Italy (August 8, 2009) -- Italy's lottery jackpot jingled to a record high for Europe of €127.5 million Euros (US$180.8 million) after Saturday night's draw went winner-less....................Subscribers

Record-Breaking Jackpot Boosts Italy's July Betting Figures
MILAN, Italy (August 7, 2009) - Betting in Italy increased in July to push the value of bets up 12.25 percent in the first seven months of the year, as a record-breaking lottery game attracted new gamblers, figures from the..........................Subscribers

Huge Italian SuperEnalotto Jackpot Still Unwon, Jackpot Now Stands at €119 million
LONDON, UK (August 5, 2009) -- The jackpot of Italy's national lottery has reached almost €116m euros (US$166m), after no-one got the correct six numbers in Tuesday night's draw..................Subscribers

Lottery Fever Gathering Momentum in Italy
ROME, Italy (July 29, 2009) Italy's state lottery has increased to a record jackpot of C109.9 million (US$156.3 million), after the latest drawing yesterday again thwarted those hoping to get the winning, six-number combination...................Subscribers

Italy’s Superenalotto Jackpot Hits €100 Million
No winner on Tuesday will set all- time record for next draw
ROME, Italy (July 20, 2009) - The jackpot for Italy's popular SuperEnalotto game has reached 100 million euros and if no one wins the draw on Tuesday it will break its all-time record of some 100.7 million euros...................Subscribers

Italy January-June Gambling Up 10.8 Pct
MILAN, Italy (July 15, 2009) - The value of bets in Italy rose 10.8 percent in the first six months of the year to 26.266 billion euros, the state gaming regulator said on Wednesday. Total wagers in June, including slot machines, scratch cards, sports betting and lotteries, were 4.114 billion euros..................Subscribers

Italian Betting Seen Up 8.6 Pct in H1 – Report
Giochi – Primo Semestre 2009, Raccolta Record A 26 Miliardi (+8.6% SUL 2008)
MILAN, Italy (June 26, 2009) -- Italy's gamblers wagered €26.114 billion euros (US$36.38 billion) in the first six months of the year, news sources said on Friday, with the first-half rise of 8.6 percent lower than the official .................Subscribers

Italy Jan-Apr Overall Gambling Up Ten Percent
MILAN, Italy (May 11, 2009) - Gambling wagers in Italy rose 10 percent in the first four months of the year to 17,603 billion euros ($23,950 billion)..................Subscribers