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AGCOM approves 2026–2028 anti-corruption plan covering gambling-ad monitoring

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Italy’s AGCOM approved its 2026–2028 anti-corruption and transparency plan, which includes monitoring of advertising for gambling with cash prizes, according to the report. The plan classifies controls and sanctions for breaches of advertising bans as high risk and assigns monitoring and sanction procedures to separate internal units.

The plan identifies AGCOM units responsible for monitoring gambling advertising and handling related sanctions.

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Italy’s Constitutional Court removes €50,000 minimum for some gambling-ad penalties

Italy’s Constitutional Court ruled that the €50,000 minimum administrative penalty for each breach of the gambling advertising ban is unconstitutional in cases where it is manifestly disproportionate. The ruling preserves the penalty based on 20% of the sponsorship or advertising value and allows lower fines in those cases.

Judgment no. 172 of 8 July 2026, issued by Italy's Constitutional Court, has been published in the Senate of the Republic, the Senate states. The Senate received the measure as Document VII, no. 194, with the Presidency recording its arrival on 20 October 2026. Article 9, paragraph 2, of the Dignity decree was declared constitutionally illegitimate in the part fixing a minimum administrative fine of 50mila euro for every violation without exception.

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