Elisabetta Poso, director of the Customs and Monopolies Agency’s entertainment machines office, said she hoped Italy would reform land-based gambling soon. Speaking at a seminar on the 2026 gambling market, she called for fiscal rebalancing and stronger protections.
The comments indicate an ADM official’s stated priorities for possible reform of Italy’s land-based gambling rules.
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AGSI president Pasquale Chiacchio called for consultation on Italy’s planned land-based gambling reform and future concession tenders. He said the decree’s text remained unknown to some stakeholders weeks before the 29 August deadline cited for completing the process, and argued that reform should protect a diverse operator market.
Bull Gaming chief executive Francesco Gatti called for more time and further consultation on Italy’s proposed reorganisation of land-based gambling. He said parliamentary scrutiny should include an impact study, citing unresolved questions about regional and local powers, the distribution of gambling supply and the role of venue managers.
ADM’s gaming director Mario Lollobrigida called for Italy to advance its land-based gambling reform, saying concession extensions had stalled investment and development. He urged the government to take the physical-gambling decree to the relevant commission and State-Regions Conference soon, and said the reform should address national rules on opening hours and distance limits, alongside operator training.
ADM director Roberto Alesse said the agency is working with the finance ministry's legislative offices on rules to complete the reorganisation of land-based gambling in Italy. He said the work follows the online gambling reform launched under Legislative Decree 41 of 2024 and aims to rationalise the offer and set standards for operators.
Mario Lollobrigida, the Games director at Italy’s Customs and Monopolies Agency, called at the Forum Acadi 2026 in Rome for work to resume on reforming land-based gambling. He said local limits on locations and opening hours complicate future concession tenders, and that pressure on physical gaming could shift demand to other segments, including online gambling.