ADM official Antonio Giuliani said at the SBC Summit in Lisbon that 13 November is the deadline for full certification of online concessionaires’ systems. He said the process will check both system components and how they interact, helping identify faults and responsibilities.
ADM’s certification checks system components and their interactions, helping identify faults and responsibilities before the deadline.
The day’s most important stories, free. One email a day.
Italy’s Senate Finance and Treasury Commission set 14:00 on 21 September as the deadline for amendments and motions on a bill converting an excise-tax decree, according to the report. The text describes tax treatment for certain responsible-gambling communications and says costs for prohibited gambling sponsorships would not be deductible for IRES or IRAP purposes; the rules apply from tax year 2026 for calendar-year taxpayers.
Italy’s horse-betting concessionaires had to pay their monthly balance by 7 September 2026, according to the report. The obligation applies to authorised agency betting operators and is governed by ADM directives issued in 2021 and amended in 2025.
Antonio Giuliani, director of ADM's Remote Gaming and Betting Office, discussed sector credibility and player protection at a panel during SiGMA World 2026 in Rome. He said upcoming technical rules for online gaming would strengthen operator security measures and player controls, and argued that aggressive commercial practices could encourage unsustainable treatment of players.
Italy's regulated public gambling system needs credibility and a less aggressive commercial offer, Antonio Giuliani, director of the ADM's Remote Gaming and Betting Office, said at a panel in Rome on 4 November. Speaking at the panel "Scommettere sulla sostenibilità: come costruire un settore del gioco pronto per il futuro", organised by PressGiochi at SiGMA World 2026, Giuliani said the term sustainability is slippery because it can be read in many ways. He said the debate should instead be framed around the credibility of the sector, which he linked to trust and to clear use of language.
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.
Antonio Giuliani, director of ADM’s remote gambling and betting office, said operators should take care not to cross from information about odds or gambling into promotion. He said forthcoming Agcom guidance is expected to clarify that boundary and also discussed responsible-gambling communications, illegal gambling and online-game technical rules.
Italy's customs and monopolies agency is waiting for new Agcom infotainment guidelines that will set where the Italian model draws the line between information on odds or gambling and promotion, the head of its remote gambling and betting office said at Sigma World in Rome. Antonio Giuliani, who directs that office at the Agenzia delle Dogane e dei Monopoli, urged licensees to work on the question with great care. He spoke on a panel titled for Italy's eight years of experience with the advertising ban.