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ADM calls for new tools to tackle illegal online gambling in Italy

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ADM Games Director Mario Lollobrigida said tackling illegal online gambling in Italy is difficult because operators often work from abroad and blocked sites quickly reappear. He said current law prevents ADM from intervening through financial channels, and called for stronger controls on large online platforms; he also said more than one third of players using illegal platforms do so unknowingly, according to research cited at the event.

Operators may need stronger player-identification and protection measures as illegal sites can evade blocks and reach vulnerable users.

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ADM outlines responsible-gambling campaigns and draft online protection guidance

At the Forum FAIR 2026 in Rome on 14 October, ADM Games Director Mario Lollobrigida said a government commission had completed work on communication directions for 2026, and that its document had been sent to all concessionaires. ADM offices have drafted online-gambling guidance covering spending controls and user-protection tools; the agency plans to discuss and refine it with concessionaires before adoption.

Italy's ADM has drafted guidance for online gambling concessionaires covering spending controls and user-protection tools, Mario Lollobrigida, the agency's director of games, said at the second Forum 2026 of the Fondazione FAIR in Rome on 14 October. The agency's offices responsible for remote gambling have prepared the draft, and ADM plans to convene a technical meeting with concessionaires to review, examine in depth and improve the indications before they are adopted by all concessionaires, Lollobrigida said.

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