Prague as the Heart of Responsible gambling conference

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organised by the Institut pro regulaci hazardních her I was thrilled to take part to the panel “Generative AI in Action: Current Applications and Future Horizons for Player Protection”, taking Italy as a case study and sharing the discussion with the moderator Francesco Rodano and the other panellist Robert Leksiński

Sigma Central Europe – Rome 2025

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I was delighted to discuss the integration of responsible gaming practices into marketing and products without losing market competitiveness during the regulatory briefing “Grey to Gold: Jurisdictional & Compliance challenges”, sharing the discussion with the other panellists Jaguar-Adva Gal, Kyle Scerri and Serafino Vaccino.

Let’s wake up before gambling is treated like tobacco

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Legal provisions adopted in Italy concerning gambling are quite worrying.

Currently, the Italian Senate is debating another increase of the fiscal levy rate for video lotteries (VLT) and amusement with prizes (AWP) machines (low stakes, low prizes). Under the current government, these gaming machines already had two tax increases: one in July 2018, with the ‘Dignity Decree’, in order to compensate for the loss of revenues expected because of the ban on gambling advertising and sponsorships; and a second one, in December, with the Budget Law for 2019….

Dignity Decree measures on gambling: from advertising and sponsorship ban to scratch-cards warnings as tobacco products

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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

Protocol of Gambling Accounts Registry PACG 2.0

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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

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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

Gli argomenti a supporto del divieto della pubblicità del gioco non reggono all’analisi dei fatti

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A inizio settembre il M5S presentò alla Camera il disegno di legge “Introduzione del divieto di pubblicità per i giochi con vincite in denaro” che ha come oggetto esclusivo il divieto totale e la sanzione della pubblicità del gioco. Un ddl con identico testo fu presentato dal M5S pochi giorni prima alla Camera. Un ddl … Read more