ADM extends post-retirement processing period for gaming machines to one year

Italy's Customs and Monopolies Agency (ADM) has amended the rules for handling decommissioned gaming machines, according to a determination dated 27 October 2026 and published on the agency's website. The changes take effect on 1 November 2026, the ADM said.

The amended discipline covers machines referred to in Article 110, paragraph 6, letter a) of the consolidated public security law, approved by royal decree 18 June 1931, no. 773, after their decommissioning. The ADM said the changes extend the deadline for completing post-decommissioning operations from six months to one year, limit the electronic tracking obligation to gaming boards alone while other legal requirements remain, and set new deadlines for reporting changes of location.

The agency said the amendments are intended to simplify administrative requirements for owners of decommissioned machines and to improve checks on issues arising in the post-decommissioning phase. The procedure for disposal and destruction of decommissioned machines was required under Article 1, paragraph 1050, of law 27 December 2017, no. 205, to prevent possible unlawful use, and was introduced by directoral decree 30 March 2018, no. 38169/RU, and implemented by determination 30 April 2018, no. 72041/RU.

The ADM said the dedicated applications in its reserved area were updated from the same date. It asked operators to review the measure and to adjust their organisational and management procedures promptly.