At SiGMA Central Europe 2025, ADM remote-gambling director Antonio Giuliani called for European cooperation to create a shared list of illegal gambling websites. He said Italy blocks thousands of such sites, but replacements appear under different names, and described responsible gambling as a priority for lawmakers and regulators.
A shared blacklist could support cross-border action against illegal gambling websites.
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ADM Online and Betting director Antonio Giuliani said at IGE 2026 in Italy that users need to recognise the difference between legal and illegal gambling. He said regulated gambling is safe and linked unauthorised activity with tax evasion, money laundering and organised crime.
Italy’s Customs and Monopolies Agency (ADM) reported in its 2025 annual accounts that it carried out 31,400 checks in the gaming sector. It said 1,038 illegal sites were blocked and 28 premises were suspended to protect minors.
Ludovico Tuoni, a senior State Police officer, said at the Forum Acadi 2026 that tackling illegal gambling requires specialist investigators, sector knowledge and cooperation among institutions. He said training over the past decade has helped develop gambling and betting expertise, with contributions from the Customs and Monopolies Agency and other sector participants.
Antonio Giuliani, director of ADM’s remote gambling and betting office, described Italy’s regulated public gambling system at SiGMA World 2026 in Rome. He said players can set limits or self-exclude, and that measures under Decree 41 would expand concessionaires’ ability to address player safety; he also said the new concession agreement introduced a reporting portal.
Antonio Giuliani, head of ADM’s remote gambling and betting office, discussed Italy’s advertising ban and the regulator’s relationship with licensed operators at an industry event on 3 November. He described the relationship as collaborative and said new technical rules for online gambling are intended to support security and certification, not simply increase state control.
Antonio Giuliani, director of the remote gaming and betting office at the Agenzia delle Dogane e dei Monopoli (ADM), spoke at an IMGL masterclass on eight years of Italy's gambling advertising ban. Giuliani said the advertising ban sometimes does not help licensed operators. The ban was introduced in Italy in 2018. He added that the ban came as a response to an excess.