Armando Iaccarino of the AS.TRO Study Centre told Italy’s Customs and Monopolies Agency conference that online illegal betting sites were rapidly replacing those blocked. He said 47 cloned sites had targeted 15 authorised concessionaires in one month.
The reported clone sites show how operators’ brands can be misused by unauthorised betting platforms.
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ADM Calabria 2 annulled two tax assessments concerning three gaming terminals at a business in Isola di Capo Rizzuto, the report said. The office cited failure to apply the required prior consultation with the taxpayer; one assessment concerned 2021 and claimed €459,743.93, plus notification costs.
The customs and monopolies agency ordered the self-review annulment of two assessment notices concerning three totem devices found at a commercial business in Isola di Capo Rizzuto, in the province of Crotone. The decision came from the Calabria 2 office, which acknowledged that article 6-bis of law 212/2000 on prior adversarial exchange with the taxpayer had not been applied. The measure addresses the procedural issue and does not expressly rule on the further substantive questions raised in the appeal.
Italy’s Customs and Monopolies Agency (ADM) cancelled two tax assessments concerning alleged irregular gaming machines at a business in Isola di Capo Rizzuto. ADM said it had failed to address the recipients’ submissions as required by the prior-hearing rules; one assessment included €176,040 in tax, about €31,967 in interest and a €251,737 fine. The cancellation addressed procedure and did not decide whether the machines or alleged violations were unlawful.
Italy's Customs and Monopolies Agency (ADM) has cancelled two tax assessment notices concerning the alleged presence of irregular gaming machines at a business in Isola di Capo Rizzuto, in the province of Crotone. The cancellation rests on the failure to apply the prior-hearing provisions of Article 6-bis of the Taxpayer Rights Statute.
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.
ADM said it will carry out system upgrades on 14 November 2026, suspending specified user-to-system services from 08:00 to 16:00. Affected gaming services include the ODV GAD portal, operator register service, physical-gaming statistics system and concessionaire area; ADM advised users to plan around the maintenance window or use system-to-system services.
Italy's Agenzia delle Dogane e dei Monopoli reported a planned systems update for Saturday 14 November 2026, running from 8:00 to 16:00. During the work, certain user-to-system services on the agency's application portal will be stopped.
Italy’s Council of State ruled on 30 September 2026 on rules for points selling top-ups (PVRs), as described in a FIPE circular published on 5 November. It annulled the provision barring PVRs from making internet-connected devices available to customers, while upholding the weekly €100 cash top-up limit.
Italy's Council of State annulled the provision in an ADM determination that barred points selling top-ups (PVRs) from installing and providing customers with equipment for accessing online gambling, according to a circular from the FIPE trade federation. The court upheld the overall weekly limit of €100 on cash top-ups. FIPE published its circular no. 123 on 5 November 2026, covering PVR rules after the Council of State's ruling no. 7220 of 30 September 2026.