Jacopo Valli of the ADM Umbria office spoke at an EGP–FIPE conference about the customs and monopolies agency’s role and activities. The source says these concern legality, security and the management of the gambling system, without further detail.
The remarks address the regional agency’s role in overseeing legal gambling and protecting minors.
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EGP-FIPE said Italian gaming tax revenue totalled €4.298bn from January to July 2026, down 6.2% year on year. It cited a 6.4% fall in receipts from gaming machines to €3.022bn and called for support for physical venues and technological upgrades to machines.
EGP-FIPE said online gambling in Lombardy generated €13.8bn in turnover in 2025, exceeding the €12.2bn recorded by physical outlets for the first time. Its figures show online gambling grew 207% across Italy from 2019 to 2025, while spending on gaming machines fell 23.6%; the group called for prevention policies to reflect the shift to digital play.
Italy's regulated gambling sector is trapped in a regulatory deadlock that risks expanding unregulated activity, trade body EGP-FIPE told the Senate's Constitutional Affairs Committee. The association criticised local restrictions on land-based operators, calling them largely ineffective for reducing problem gambling. It said the legal market's development had been stalled by repeated extensions of national concessions combined with municipal and regional rules.
EGP-FIPE called for a stable national framework for Italy’s public gambling sector during a hearing before the Senate’s Constitutional Affairs Commission. The association said successive concession extensions and uncoordinated local rules weaken licensed operators and could shift gambling towards online and uncontrolled channels.
EGP-FIPE told Italy’s Senate Constitutional Affairs Committee that successive concession extensions and uncoordinated local rules are leaving the regulated gambling sector without a unified framework. The association said local limits may shift play towards online and unregulated channels rather than reduce it, and called for national planning alongside behavioural prevention measures.