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Liberalization and deregulation of the Italian betting market

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The Law Decree enacted by the Italian Council of Ministers on June 30 introduces provisions aimed at liberalizing and somehow deregulating the offer of gaming and betting services.

Article 38 of the Law Decree, entitled “Measures to tackle illegal gaming”, delegates the gaming regulator AAMS to implement the legislation by no later than December 31 concerning, among others, the following services: interactive peer-to-peer remote betting on fixed odds, real-money remote skill gaming, offer of betting services other than horse racing by operators based in any EU and EFTA countries and even in other countries provided they comply with the reliability requirements to be set by AAMS, opening of a total of no less than 7000 new land-based betting shops and kiosks throughout the territory, possibility to offer remote gaming services subject to payment to AAMS of a fee of no less than EUR 200,000.