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Polizia Postale warns of phishing targeting online gaming and lottery users

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Italy’s Polizia Postale warned on 4 August 2026 that phishing campaigns were targeting online gaming and lottery users. It urged people to check that a gambling site is authorised by ADM before registering, logging in or depositing money, and directed them to report concerns through its official website.

Operators and lottery providers may need to address user risks from fraudulent sites impersonating authorised services.

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ADM says games and tobacco account for about one billion euros in 2027 revenue

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.

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