Italy’s Financial Intelligence Unit (UIF) said revised instructions for suspicious-transaction reports take effect on 1 July, including for gaming-service providers. The rules call for greater assessment of suspected activity and set organisational and procedural requirements for obliged entities.
Gaming-service providers must apply the revised reporting and assessment procedures from 1 July.
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Reportedly, BLIK has introduced measures to block payments involving illegal gambling operators after receiving instructions to do so. The payment processor implemented the measures on 1 September.
GameChanger360 has launched a public website featuring two products addressing sporting corruption. The company offers 360Report for players and staff to raise concerns, alongside 360Academy, which teaches participants to identify and resist manipulation.
GameChanger360, a platform founded and led by chief executive Moses Swaibu to address corruption and match-fixing in sport, has launched a public-facing website. The launch centres on two products: 360Report, a tool for players and staff to report corruption, and 360Academy, an education platform intended to help players and organisations recognise and resist manipulation before it occurs.
Misiones provincial lottery body IPLyC met with the Financial Information Unit’s regional deputy director, María Elisa García de Álamo, to discuss cooperation on preventing money laundering and terrorist financing. IPLyC said the meeting also covered regulatory compliance and prevention measures.
Misiones' provincial lottery and casino institute, IPLyC, met the new regional deputy director of the Financial Information Unit (UIF) for the Litoral region, María Elisa García de Álamo, to discuss cooperation on preventing money laundering and terrorist financing. The meeting was also attended by IPLyC compliance officer Fernando Escalada and risk analyst Alejo Ratanchuk of the Office of Compliance for Money Laundering Prevention (OCPLA). According to IPLyC, the meeting allowed the two bodies to exchange experience and address the importance of joint work, particularly on preventing money laundering and terrorist financing. IPLyC restated its institutional commitment to complying with current rules, strengthening prevention mechanisms and promoting good practice for transparency and accountability in gambling in Misiones.
Italy's Financial Intelligence Unit reported that betting, lotteries and other gambling activities accounted for 1.2% of objective disclosures concerning cash transactions in the first half of 2026. The UIF said there were no inspections or documentary checks of gaming service providers during the period.
Gambling activities accounted for 1.2% of objective disclosures concerning cash transactions in Italy in the first half of 2026, according to a report by the UIF, the country's financial intelligence unit. The UIF said there were no inspections or documentary checks of gaming service providers during the period.
Italy’s Financial Intelligence Unit (UIF) reported that lotteries, betting and other gambling accounted for 1.2% of objective notices concerning cash transactions in the first half of 2026. The share was up from 0.9% in the second half of 2025; UIF recorded no inspections or desk-based checks of gaming service providers during the period.
In Italy, lotteries, betting and other games generated 1.2% of the objective communications concerning cash transactions during the first half of 2026, the UIF reports. That compares with 0.9% in the last six months of 2025, an increase.