Italy Orders New Licensees To Declare Principal Domains
Italy's online betting licensees must declare their principal domain for industrial activities by 13 November 2025, as the Agenzia delle Dogane e dei Monopoli (ADM) implements a crucial procedure of the country's reorganised online gambling regime.
The direction, provided via a new circular by ADM's Remote Gaming and Betting Office, signed by Antonio Giuliani, mandates that all certified operators can just run under a single authorities website to guarantee higher openness and control of remote gaming activities.
Under the order, all successful concessionaires must formally communicate the URL of their official website to the ADM by 31 October 2025, even if it is already active. From mid-November, any other domain, mirror sites or "skins" linked to a licensee's main website must be shut down and removed from DNS records, in partnership with Internet Service Providers (ISPs).
The ADM specified that the directive intends to end the expansion of several domains utilized by certified operators and enhance the traceability of player activity, a core concept of Italy's freshly reorganized online regime.
Temporary redirects will be allowed only till 31 December 2025, and specifically for operators forming part of momentary organization consortiums (RTI) to ensure connection for existing gamer accounts throughout the shift stage.
ADM alerted that failure to comply with the new will result in suspension of operations, while duplicated offenses might result in the cancellation of a concession.
Last month, ADM validated that, as it stands, the firm has provided licences to 46 operators (both foreign and domestic), covering a total of 52 individual concessions. The figure reflects the first wave of approvals under the brand-new regime, ahead of Italy's full market activation in 2026.
Among the primary objectives behind the reorganisation of Italy's online gambling sector has actually been to minimize the variety of active brand names in the market and to eliminate "skin sites" that previously allowed operators to promote a singular item or vertical to customers.
Under the brand-new rules, operators are restricted from operating secondary websites to market or promote product or services individually. Instead, each licence holder must market all gambling activities under a single authorised domain, for example Betfair.it, bet365.it, or Stake.it.