Flutter to pull Betfair Exchange, Sportsbook and Casino from Italy

Flutter Entertainment is preparing to pull Betfair’s Exchange, Sportsbook and Casino out of Italy, while staying in the market through Sisal, Snai and PokerStars. Yogonet reported the plan on 28 October 2026.

A Flutter spokesperson said recent regulatory changes in Italy made the Betfair Exchange “no longer commercially sustainable”, so the sportsbook and casino will also be discontinued soon. The spokesperson said they are a very small proportion of Flutter’s Italian revenue and that other brands and staff in Italy will not be affected.

The details

• Not stated: Flutter has not said when Betfair will stop operating or which provisions prompted the decision, according to the report. It has also not said whether licence costs, exchange rules or other requirements caused the closure.
• The rules: the report says Italy’s revised online framework, set out in Legislative Decree No. 41 of March 2024, requires a separate licence for each brand, at €7 million ($7.79 million) each, valid for up to nine years. Betting exchanges are also subject to fixed-odds betting rules.
• Licences: Flutter secured five licences in September 2025, before the new concessions took effect on 13 November 2025, the report says.

What’s next

The report says Flutter could bid for a proposed scratchcard concession through Sisal if the government goes ahead with the tender.