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ADM sets digital identity rules for remote gambling accounts from 13 November

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Italy’s Customs and Monopolies Agency issued rules for identifying players and opening remote gambling accounts, effective 13 November 2025. The rules accept SPID or CIE digital identity, while allowing document-copy checks as an alternative; operators using SPID or CIE must collect specified personal data and provide identity documents to public authorities within ten days of a request.

Remote gambling concessionaires must adapt account-opening checks and document-handling processes to the new rules.

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UKGC reminds remote operators of identity verification obligations

The UKGC reminded remote operators on 12 August 2026 of existing identity verification obligations under Licence Condition 17. Its blog draws on financial risk assessment pilot findings, casework, complaints and research. The regulator said identity checks help prevent underage gambling, identify self-excluded customers and support anti-money laundering controls.

The UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) has reminded remote operators of their existing identity verification requirements under Licence Condition 17, in a blog posted on 12 August 2026. The blog was written by Helen Rhodes, the regulator's director of major policy projects and evaluation, and Sarah Webster, a senior policy officer. The UKGC said the reminder draws on findings from its financial risk assessment pilot, its casework, consumer complaints and research, and forms part of a series of blogs on identity verification and transparency for consumers.

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