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ADM and police undercover gambling proposal requires legislative reform

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A proposal to use personnel from Italy’s Customs and Monopolies Agency (ADM) and police in undercover investigations of illegal gambling is reportedly under study in Italy. The reported plan would require legislation to define their legal status; the article also cites an estimated illegal-market value of €20bn to €30bn and says ADM blocked 1,038 sites in 2025.

Any legislation would determine whether ADM and police can use undercover operations against illegal gambling.

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ADM schedules eight-hour outage for gaming and other user-to-system services

ADM said it will carry out system upgrades on 14 November 2026, suspending specified user-to-system services from 08:00 to 16:00. Affected gaming services include the ODV GAD portal, operator register service, physical-gaming statistics system and concessionaire area; ADM advised users to plan around the maintenance window or use system-to-system services.

Italy's Agenzia delle Dogane e dei Monopoli reported a planned systems update for Saturday 14 November 2026, running from 8:00 to 16:00. During the work, certain user-to-system services on the agency's application portal will be stopped.

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