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ADM official proposes integrating Italy’s online and retail gambling channels

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ADM official Antonio Giuliani said online and retail gambling could be integrated to expand services and strengthen player support and safeguards. He pointed to online concessions planned from 2026 and physical concessions expected in 2028, and urged institutions and operators to discuss how the channels should develop.

Operators and regulators face differing online and physical concession timelines as they consider a more integrated model.

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ADM official says Italy’s ad ban can hinder licensed gambling operators

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.

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