Looking M&A in Italy and how the new licensees will impact the market
Giovanni Carboni speech at 2018 E-Gaming Review Online Gambling Briefing Italy. See the slides of the speech: EGR Gambling Briefing October 4th 2018 Giovanni Carboni 04102018
Dignity Decree measures on gambling: from advertising and sponsorship ban to scratch-cards warnings as tobacco products
Among the Dignity Decree provisions aimed at improving job security, the Italian Parliament has voted a ban on all advertising and sponsorship for gambling with the alleged aim to strengthen consumer protection and to introduce more effective means to combat gambling addiction. Specifically, the Decree bans: with effect as of 14 July 2018, any direct … Read more
Italy’s Budget Law for 2018: changes for gambling
The article examines forthcoming changes to the gambling sector in Italy included in the Budget Law for 2018. Please download it here: Articolo OGL January 25.1.2018 Budget Law
New remote gambling licenses tender procedure : what you need to know
The call for tender to apply for a remote gambling license in Italy has been finally published on the Official Journal of the European Union of 10 January 2018. To put things into context, the launch of the tender was already announced by the Budget Law for 2016 setting forth its main requirements such as … Read more
Protocol of Gambling Accounts Registry PACG 2.0
Introduced changes Last December 13th ADM’s Remote Gambling Office published a new version of the communication protocol of Gambling Account Registry, which introduces new messages regarding some responsible gambling parameters. The new version is coded 2.0. The name of the protocol has been changed from PGAD to PACG. The new version is available to licensees … Read more
Il Protocollo dell’Anagrafe dei Conti di Gioco PACG 2.0
I cambiamenti introdotti Il 13 dicembre scorso l’Ufficio Gioco a Distanza dell’ADM ha pubblicato una nuova versione del protocollo di comunicazione dell’Anagrafe Conti di Gioco, che aggiunge la gestione di alcuni parametri di responsible gambling. La nuova versione è codificata 2.0. Il protocollo viene ora identificato con la sigla PACG che sostituisce la sigla PGAD. … Read more
Anti-Money Laundering update: Discussing potential impacts of the AML legislative decree
Download the slides hereunder: Slides EGR23102017
Italia modello di prevenzione e contrasto al match-fixing
Lo scorso 27 e 28 settembre, l’ufficio sport della Presidenza del Consiglio dei Ministri ha presentato gli strumenti attuativi realizzati per la lotta ai fenomeni di corruzione elaborati nell’ambito del progetto “Anti Match-Fixing Formula”. Il progetto, cofinanziato dalla Commissione europea, ha come obiettivo lo sviluppo di un modello di cooperazione pubblico/privato integrato a livello europeo … Read more
It is now time to remove obligation to start progressive jackpot from zero
1. Slots in the Italian legal market Casino games are an important segment of Italian gambling market since their launch, in July 2011, but it had been slots introduction, delayed to December 2012, which triggered its strong still persisting continuous growth. Slots GGR is now 70% of total casino games, which reached 45% of total … Read more