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Gambling: the industry’s fight against the illegal market

The regulated gambling industry plays a key role not only from an economic perspective but also for its social and regulatory implications, as it represents a significant component of the national economy: in 2024, net expenditure reached €21 billion, while tax revenues exceeded €11 billion.

IGE. Maggi (Agic): “Gaming sector reform is long overdue, stop extensions.”

“The reform of the sector is one of the most eagerly awaited developments for all of us. Expired licenses, distance regulations from sensitive locations, and repeated extensions are critical issues that need to be addressed. We are ready to work alongside institutions to build a more stable and responsible system.”
— Giovanni Emilio Maggi, IGE 2025

Betting, growing confusion between legal and illegal

15% of players are unaware they are using unlicensed operators: another sign of the ineffectiveness of the Dignity Decree. by Elisabetta Esposito – Rome Time passes, but confusion in the betting market remains. This is the key finding of the study conducted by Luiss Business School, presented yesterday in Rome at the event “Legal Market […]

AGIC: The Public Gaming Industry Between New Regulations and the Market

Rome, January 15, 2025 – The reorganization of the legal gaming sector, provided for by Legislative Decree 41/2024, represents a crucial opportunity to define a stable and modern regulatory framework. It is essential that these measures be accompanied by dialogue between institutions and concessionaires to build a more sustainable future, where legality, security, and competitiveness can coexist for the best development of the legal gaming sector.

With this objective in mind, the event “The Gaming Industry Between New Regulations and the Market” was held this morning at the MoMeC (Montecitorio Meeting Centre), promoted by AGIC – the Concession-Based Entertainment Gaming Association – a member of Confindustria’s confederal system, which associates the four main legal gaming concessionaires: Brightstar Lottery (formerly IGT), Lottomatica, Sisal Italia, Snaitech. AGIC represents a total of about 6,000 employees, a market share of legal gaming of nearly 70%, and an overall network of about 60,000 points of sale across the country.

In addition to the companies associated with AGIC, the event was attended by the Director General of Confindustria, Dr. Maurizio Tarquini; the Director of Gaming of the Customs and Monopolies Agency, Mario Lollobrigida; Prof. Giuseppe Melis, Professor of Tax Law at LUISS; Prof. Gennaro Terracciano, Professor of Administrative and Public Law at Foro Italico University in Rome; and institutional representatives such as Hon. Mauro Del Barba, Secretary of the Finance Committee of the Chamber of Deputies; Hon. Saverio Congedo, Member of the Finance Committee of the Chamber of Deputies; Sen. Antonio Misiani, Vice-President of the Senate Budget Committee; and Hon. Maurizio Casasco, Member of the Productive Activities Committee of the Chamber of Deputies and Head of the Forza Italia Economic Department.