TAR Lazio ruled in two cases that the Italian Customs and Monopolies Agency’s acts implementing paid extensions of bingo concessions for 2023-2024 were invalid. The court annulled the relevant notices and said ADM must recalculate compensation using operators’ actual revenues, benefits and costs.
Bingo concessionaires’ payments for the extension period must be recalculated rather than set at a fixed amount.
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The TAR Sicilia, Catania section, ruled on 22 October 2026 that it lacked jurisdiction over a concessionaire's challenge to ADM's revocation of a lotto collection concession for late payment of proceeds. The case, which also concerns a €2,850 partial call on a surety policy and forfeiture of the deposit, can be refiled before the TAR Lazio.
The TAR Sicilia, Catania section, has ruled that it lacks jurisdiction over a dispute concerning the revocation of a lotto collection concession, according to a PressGiochi report. The revocation was issued by the Agenzia delle Dogane e dei Monopoli (ADM) over late payment of proceeds. The decision is contained in an order issued on 22 October 2026 by the Fourth Section of the Sicilian administrative court, in proceedings brought by a concessionaire against ADM's Direzione Territoriale Sicilia. The case can be refiled before the TAR Lazio, which the court identified as competent for this type of dispute.
The Lazio Regional Administrative Court declared an operator’s challenge to bingo prize limits and venue-transfer conditions inadmissible in a ruling published on 10 September 2026. The rules set a maximum prize pool of 71% of card sales, with a 70% minimum, and specify transfer distances of 1,000 metres within a municipality and 30,000 metres across municipalities. The court did not examine the substance of the challenges.
The Lazio Regional Administrative Court rejected two requests for immediate suspension of revised fees for bingo concession holders in Italy. The Customs and Monopolies Agency set monthly amounts from 3.250 euro to 9mila euro for the provisional extension period from 1 January 2018 to 31 December 2026, based on operator revenue. The court did not rule on the fees’ legality and scheduled a collective hearing for 2 December.
The Lazio Regional Administrative Court has rejected two requests for interim suspension of the revised fee payable by bingo concession holders for the provisional extension of their concessions. With two decrees, the president of the court's Second Section found that the conditions of extreme seriousness and urgency required for a single-judge interim measure were not met. A collective hearing on both appeals is scheduled for the council chamber on 2 December.
The Lazio Regional Administrative Court interrupted Oxford S.r.l.’s appeal concerning the loss of its bingo concession, in an order following a hearing on 22 September 2026. The court acted after Oxford filed a Rome court ruling opening judicial liquidation proceedings against the company; the appeal may be resumed or refiled after notice of the interruption.
The Lazio Regional Administrative Court rejected a concessionaire’s challenge to the provisional Bingo concession fee set by Italy’s Customs and Monopolies Agency (ADM). The uniform fee is €2,800 per month for the period from 1 January 2025 to 31 December 2026, pending a final calculation; the court said the temporary measure was permissible while the agency gathers evidence.