EGP-FIPE warns Italian Senate gambling sector faces regulatory deadlock

Summary

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.