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The government of Italy has settled on the new framework of licences for online gambling concessions. A new structure for Italian online gambling concessions was published yesterday by Parliament’s Gazette as an amendment carried forward by the government’s ongoing ‘Reorganisation of Gambling‘ decree. Recognised as a principal objective of the planned overhaul of Italian gambling laws, the government seeks to …

Ahead of its inaugural edition, the Italian Gaming Expo (IGE) is already seeing an influx of interested parties looking to participate in the conference, some of which consist of Italian regulator Agenzia Dogane e Monopoli (ADM), together with representatives from government and industry shareholders.  With over 35 panels scheduled for the event taking place in Rome on 18 and 19 …

Italy’s Ministry of the Economy and Finance (MEF) has begun discussions with regional executives on how the changes from the decrees to ‘Reorganise Gambling’ will be applied. Negotiations have begun in which the Ministry has been instructed to secure alignment for new federal laws on gambling to be implemented across Italy’s 20 autonomous regions and 100 municipalities. Changes primarily impacting …

Betsson.sport has named Francesco Totti as an ambassador as the group launches its new sports infotainment platform in Italy.  Stockholm-listed Betsson praised the Italian football legend for his ‘exceptional talent’ and ‘illustrious career’, whilst the partnership will focus on delivering exclusive content, interviews, news and highlights across various sporting disciplines. Ronni Hartvig, Chief Commercial Officer of Betsson Group, commented: “Italy …

AGCOM, the Media and Communications Authority of Italy, has summoned a €1.35m fine on X (formerly Twitter) for continuing to promote gambling advertisements and content to Italian audiences. According to the ruling, AGCOM has found nine separate instances of illegal advertisements that have come from different user accounts, all of them verified by the blue checkmark of the X platform.  …

Betsson has announced that it has officially launched in Italy with its sports betting offering. Described as a ‘strategic move’, the Swedish operator looks to further demonstrate its expansion into new markets which has accelerated across multiple different regions.  Ronni Hartvig, Chief Commercial Officer of Betsson Group, described how the country has grown significantly in importance for the Betsson AB-owned …

Lottomatica Group SPA states that it has achieved all corporate objectives of a transformative 2023, as its business prepares to become Italian gambling’s outright market leader by acquiring SKS365 Group.  Publishing its full-2023 accounts this morning, Lottomatica announced corporate revenues of €1.63bn, up 12% on FY2022 results of €1.49bn. Growth in headline revenues reflects Lottomatica generating consolidated bets (volume) of …

Niklas Lindahl has announced that he has ended his tenure as Global Chief Marketing Officer (Global CMO) of LeoVegas AB. The announcement was made via a LinkedIn post, in which Lindahl thanked LeoVegas colleagues for “the most amazing 5 years in my career. It has been a great ride. I will miss you all. LeoVegas is a one-of-a-kind company. Having …

The Presidents and Councillors of Italy’s 20 autonomous regions and 100 municipalities have been advised to support the government’s plans to reorganise gambling. The plea was cited by the Conferenza Unificata (CU), the body charged with fostering cooperation between the Italian state and the governments of autonomous regions and municipalities. The CU has reviewed the government’s reorganisation decrees for land-based …

With Bet Builder set to be the sports betting sector’s flagship product in 2024 and beyond, Olivier Kaplan, an expert in online sports betting with more than 20 years of experience with Française des Jeux and Betclic, analyses the evolution of betting products over the past 25 years. For nearly 10 years now, almost all sports betting operators have been …