PVR and new payment systems: a presentation by lawyer Stefano Sbordoni at the ICE Barcelona 2026 trade fair.
Attorney Sbordoni, a speaker at the workshop on PVRs as part of ICE 2026, held in Barcelona from January 19th to 21st, clarified some aspects of the current regulatory and case law situation regarding payment, focusing on PVRs. "The PVRs are somewhat of a sore point...
Online gaming: one subdomain is allowed for each type of game
Following the meeting held on December 18th 2025, the Italian Customs and Monopolies Agency (ADM) sent a Circular to the 46 newly appointed remote gaming concessionaires, providing clarifications on Article 6 of Legislative Decree No. 41/2024 (Provisions on the...
PVR: Clarifications from Adm
On December 18 2025, a meeting was held between the Customs and Monopolies Agency and the new online gaming concessionaires, during which several interpretative questions arose regarding the relationships between concessionaires and Top-Up Points of Sale (PVR). In...
Budget Law 2026: measures regarding the gaming and betting sector
Law No. 199 of December 30, 2025, containing the "State Budget for the 2026 financial year and the multi-year budget for the three-year period 2026-2028," was published in the Official Journal. The following provisions concern the gaming and betting sector: Article 1,...
Enada Workshop 2025, Attorney Sbordoni (UTIS): “The reorganization of the game must correct errors and respect subsidiarity.”
During the ENADA/SAPAR 2025 Workshop held in Rome last November 26th, Attorney Stefano Sbordoni, Secretary General of UTIS, responded to a question about the reorganization of the gaming sector by stating that "today the government is dealing with it because those who...
Online Gaming Tender: ADM announces the names of the 46 operators awarded the 52 new concessions
The Gaming Directorate of the Customs and Monopolies Agency (ADM), with Resolution No. 594211 of 17 September, announced the awards of the concessions for remote gaming collection, provided for by Article 6 of Legislative Decree No. 41/2024. 41/2024. Following a...
Betting and match fixing: the “Sports Decree” has been republished in the Official Journal.
The text of Legislative Decree No. 96 of June 30, 2025 (the so-called "Sport Decree"), containing "Urgent provisions for the organization and holding of major sporting events as well as further urgent provisions relating to sport", has been republished in the Official...
Online Gaming: ADM extends the concession tender deadline to November 12th 2025
The Customs and Monopolies Agency, with a Management Decision dated July 24, extended the tender procedure for the awarding of new online concessions for remote public gaming, postponing the deadline to November 12, 2025, from the original date of September 17. The...
Lotto: LottoItalia wins new concession.
LottoItalia, the consortium led by IGT and including Allwyn, will continue to manage Lotto and related games such as 10eLotto and Millionday. With a Decision dated July 16, 2025, the Customs and Monopolies Agency awarded LottoItalia S.r.l. the new nine-year concession...
Ministry of Economy and Finance Decree: Conventional penalties for gaming concessionaires for non-compliance
The Decree of the Ministry of Economy and Finance regarding the "Regulation containing provisions for the procedure for ascertaining, contesting, and imposing contractual penalties to be attributed to gaming concessionaires for non-compliance" has been published in...
