Italy sets April 10 to settle land-based gambling reform decree

Monday, March 30, 2026 8:19 PM
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  • Ted Menmuir, SBC News

Italy’s Council of Ministers expects to publish the final version of the legislative decree on the reorganisation of land-based gambling by early April.

At present, the Council anticipates publishing the full terms of the decree on 10 April, which will result in the launch of the second phase of the Meloni government’s overhaul on final concessions of the decree are currently under review by the Unified Conference (UC), the representative body of Italy’s 20 autonomous regions and 110 municipalities.

The mandate, which was first initiated in 2023, began with the overhaul of Italy’s online gambling framework and new licensing regime – which was enacted in November 2025.