Italy’s Customs and Monopolies Agency (ADM) extended the experimental Numero Oro option for Il Gioco del Lotto through 12 December 2026, unless it ends earlier. The decision was signed by Games Director Mario Lollobrigida.
The extension sets the stated period during which the optional lottery formula may continue.
The day’s most important stories, free. One email a day.
Mario Lollobrigida, director of games at Italy’s Customs and Monopolies Agency, proposed raising payouts on slot machines and video lottery terminals while reducing the Preu tax. He said the change should not reduce revenue in the medium term and urged lawmakers to use an earlier retail gambling reform text as a starting point for renewed work.
ADM Games Director Mario Lollobrigida said at the Forum Acadi in Rome that the next Italian government should revive the land-based gaming reform after the legislative delegation expired. He said extensions were necessary, cited declining AWP performance and a broader negative trend in gaming machines, and said ADM would propose higher machine payouts alongside a lower PREU tax rate.
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.
ADM introduced rules for the Win for Italia Team national pooled-number lottery in a directive dated 7 September 2026. The game, managed by Sisal Italia, is scheduled to begin on 28 September for a two-year trial, with proceeds allocated to funding CONI projects; each combination costs €2.
Italy's ADM issued a circular introducing a new operational process intended to simplify maintenance work on the gaming boards of amusement machines covered by article 110, paragraph 6, letter a), of the TULPS. The circular was signed by Mario Lollobrigida, director of the agency's central games directorate, and addressed to concessionaires.