Is online gambling legal in Italy?

You set deposit, spend and time limits before your account opens, and one request to ADM's self-exclusion register covers every licensed site. Winnings on licensed sites carry no separate tax, except two 20% charges on the part of certain prizes above EUR 200 or EUR 500.

1. 1D.Lgs. 41/2024 art. 6 (remote games and the concession system)
2. 2ADM, Regole tecniche (tender CIG B4DF5D6BCF)

Using a VPN to reach gambling sites from Italy: Grey area.

Gambling with crypto: Not named: licensed sites must use traceable payment instruments in the account holder's name, and ADM's account protocol lists no crypto-asset instrument. The law states no ban or permission.

You must be 18 to gamble online in Italy, for online casino, sports betting and lottery alike.

Winnings from betting and casino games on ADM-licensed sites are not taxed again: the tax the operator pays covers them. Two 20% charges apply to the part of a prize above a threshold on the games the 2020 budget law names: above EUR 500 since 1 March 2020 on numerical games and lotteries such as SuperEnalotto, SuperStar and instant lotteries (which a licensed site may sell with ADM's authorisation), and above EUR 200 since 15 January 2020 on VLTs, which are land-based machines. Other gambling winnings count as income in full when received, with no deduction for stakes or losses, and the law has no exclusion for winnings from sites without an Italian concession.

46 companies holding 52 concessions (ADM register, read 19 Oct 2026) in Italy, as of 26 Oct 2026.

Always verify a casino holds a valid Agenzia delle Dogane e dei Monopoli (ADM) licence before depositing. Check the official register before signing up.

The official register of licensed sitesAgenzia delle Dogane e dei Monopoli (ADM)'s website

Prominent operators in Italy

If a site isn't on the regulator's licensee register, ask the regulator before you play: an unlisted site is usually not licensed here (a register can lag behind a new licence). An unlicensed site is outside the regulator's supervision, so you cannot complain to the regulator about it.

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  Check for the ADM Logo and License Number

  Every licensed site and app must show, visibly, its concession number and ADM's institutional mark, plus the operator's own logo. The new concessions are numbered 16000 to 16051.

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  Verify the Operator on the ADM's Official List

  ADM's register lists every concession with its holder and its one website, and can be searched by name, website or concession code.

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  Ensure the Website Domain is .it

  Each concession carries one website on a national .it domain, owned by the operator; ADM's register lists 52 websites, one per concession.

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  Confirm Mandatory Deposit Limit Prompts

  A licensed site makes you set deposit, spend and time limits before your account is activated, with caps on the first values (lower if you are 18 to 24). A site that lets you play without setting limits is not following Italian rules.

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  Look for the RUA Self-Exclusion Option

  The player account section on any licensed site must provide a clear option to self-exclude via the national RUA (Registro Unico delle Autoesclusioni), for 7 to 270 days or indefinitely, across all licensed sites.

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  Pay only with traceable methods in your name

  Licensed sites accept payment instruments that identify you, such as cards, transfers and e-wallets, and pay withdrawals only to methods you have registered. Cash is accepted only at a recharge point, up to EUR 100 a week. ADM's payment list includes no cryptocurrency.

Official changes that affect players, newest first, each with the document it comes from. A change marked not yet in our report is confirmed in the official text but not yet worked into our research report and the answers on this page.

Our daily watch reads the official publishers we follow for Italy. A change is listed once it has been checked against the official document, by a person or, where marked, by our automated check. Dates are the official dates, not the day we found the change.

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   1. Complain to the operator through ADM's portal

   Since 10 September 2026 you lodge a complaint with the licensed operator through ADM's Portale delle segnalazioni, logging in with SPID or CIE. The operator must answer within 72 hours, counted in working days.

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   2. Ask ADM to step in

   If the answer is missing or unsatisfactory, ask ADM to intervene; for the first months, and until ADM says otherwise, by e-mail with your ID, the complaint number and a short explanation. ADM can give the operator directions, but the gaming instruments give it no express power to order a repayment.

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   3. Go to court

   There is no ombudsman or arbitration for gambling disputes: the account contract excludes arbitration and gives the court where you live in Italy exclusive competence.

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  All gambling winnings are taxed in Italy.
  Reality

  This is mostly false. Winnings from betting and casino games on ADM-licensed sites carry no separate tax, because the tax the operator pays covers them. A 20% charge applies to the part of a lottery or numerical-game prize above EUR 500, and one to land-based VLT wins above EUR 200.

• Myth

  It's safe to play on any site that accepts Italian players.
  Reality

  This is dangerous. Only sites licensed by ADM are legal: each runs on its own .it address and shows its concession number. ADM's list of blocked sites held 13,079 entries on 13 October 2026, and playing on an unlicensed site is itself an offence.

• Myth

  I can raise my limits whenever I like.
  Reality

  A stricter limit applies at once, but a looser one only from the seventh day after you change it; the limits set when the account first opens can be changed from the next day.