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EU AML package sets €2,000 customer-check threshold for gambling

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The European Union’s anti-money laundering package will require gambling service providers to identify and verify customers making bets or collecting winnings of €2,000 or more, according to the report. The rules also require monitoring, prompt suspicious-transaction reporting and digital-record retention for at least 10 years; the report says they are due to take effect in 2027.

Gambling providers will need customer verification and record-keeping processes that meet the stated thresholds and obligations.

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Bank of Italy report says AMLA prepares checks on gambling firms

The European Authority for Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism has laid the institutional basis to extend verification and control to non-financial obliged entities, including gambling companies, according to the Bank of Italy's 2025 activity report. The report says the AMLA founding regulation applies from mid-2025, with member states and operators given until July 2027 to implement the AMLR and AMLD6 directive.

The European Authority for Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AMLA) has put in place the institutional basis to extend verification and control to non-financial obliged entities, a category that includes gambling companies, according to the Bank of Italy's 2025 activity report. The report was published at the Chamber of Deputies.

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