Italy's Council of State orders recalculation of ADM gaming-network penalties

Italy's Council of State rejected a bingo concessionaire's compliance action against ADM. In judgment 7525/2026, published on 14 October 2026, the court found the agency's 81-band fee system for technical extensions did not evade an earlier ruling against uniform fees. It also said the earlier judgment set no deadline for new bingo tenders.

Italy's Council of State has rejected a compliance action brought by a bingo concessionaire against the Agenzia delle Dogane e dei Monopoli (ADM) over the recalculation of fees payable during the technical extension regime. In judgment 7525/2026, published on 14 October 2026, the Sixth Section held that the 81-band system introduced by ADM with its determination of 31 July 2026 neither breaches nor circumvents the earlier ruling that required flat fees applying equally to all concessionaires to be replaced. The court dismissed the action and ordered the parties' legal costs to be offset.