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Italy’s gambling regulator ADM (Agenzia delle Dogane e dei Monopoli) has revised the launch timetable for the new remote gaming system. The single deadline of 13 November 2026 now operates as the first of four stages, and the new system goes into production on 15 February 2027. According to market sources cited by Agipronews, ADM accepted requests from operators concerned about the complexity of the certifications.
The revised transition calendar
- 13 November 2026: upload of compliance-check results for service-provider concessionaires (CFS, licensees that supply their gaming systems to other licensees) and certification of the “library” components.
- 13 January 2027: upload of compliance-check results for licensees that use systems supplied by CFS.
- 12 February 2027: end of technical and functional testing.
- 15 February 2027: new system goes into production.
The stages are sequential, and according to Italian Gaming News, each block has to be completed before the next one can begin. If a CFS misses the 13 November stage, checks for licensees using its systems cannot start. The overhaul covers platforms, protocols, gaming accounts, games, certifications, testing bodies and software houses, according to Agimeg. Italian Gaming News has also reported a risk that the legal offer could shrink and some players could move to unlicensed sites if some certifications or authorisations are incomplete at switch-over.
Official communications so far do not explain what will happen to individual gaming accounts, and account management has only come up at technical tables, so players currently have no procedure to follow. Emails or messages asking them to “migrate” an account or send documents for the new system outside the operator’s official site should be treated as suspicious. The safer route is to type the licensed site’s address into the browser and ignore links in such messages.
The ADM logo on a homepage proves nothing by itself. The concession number at the bottom of the page should match an entry in ADM’s official list of remote gaming concessionaires, and licensed operators must offer deposit, spending and session limits plus self-exclusion. ADM’s blacklist of blocked unlicensed domains reached 13,079 after the 14 October 2026 update.
Italian responsible-gambling portal GiocoResponsabile argues that moving the date was preferable to a 13 November switch-over with some operators still uncertified, because a smaller legal offer would lead some players to sites without deposit limits or self-exclusion. The portal also wants ADM to publish clear guidance for account holders ahead of the 15 February 2027 launch.
- B.E. Delmer, Gambling911.com
