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ADM schedules PGDA 3.0.0 protocol for production from 16 March

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Italy’s ADM published the final PGDA 3.0.0 communication protocol for remote skill games, fixed-odds games of chance and non-tournament card games. It is due to enter production on 16 March 2026; concessionaires must then adopt its messages and technical specifications when the certified new concessionaire system starts operating, while PGDA V2.1.4rc2 remains applicable until then.

Remote-gaming concessionaires need to prepare for revised technical requirements while the existing protocol remains in use until launch.

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ADM says games and tobacco account for about one billion euros in 2027 revenue

ADM director-general Roberto Alesse said the government had asked the agency to contribute about one billion euros in tax revenue from public gambling and tobacco for 2027. He said the amount had been included in the budget bill, which still required approval.

Roberto Alesse, director-general of Italy's ADM, said the agency had given the government what it asked for. He put the resulting tax revenue at about one billion euros for 2027 alone, coming entirely from public gambling and tobacco. Alesse added that the sum had entered the budget bill through the agency's contribution, and that the bill still has to be approved. He spoke at the Urania Policy & Business Forum, held in Rome the previous day.

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