Here are some interesting articles on Italian and international gaming law related issues, including eSports, from either Giulio Coraggio or the other authors of GamingTechLaw.
The Cyber Resilience Act reaches the gambling sector more widely than most operators assume. Downloadable casino and sportsbook clients, mobile applications, gaming cabinets, self-service betting terminals, kiosks and the software supplied with them all qualify as products with digital elements, and the guidance approved by the European Commission on 27 July 2026 removes much of the uncertainty as to where the perimeter runs.
The EU AI Act for gambling operators, suppliers and affiliates has entered its enforcement phase. Since 2 August 2026 the transparency rules of Article 50 apply, the ban on manipulative AI has been biting for well over a year, and the high risk obligations have moved to 2027 and 2028. Each of these changes lands differently on operators, on suppliers and on affiliates, and the analysis below explains how.
After years of operating in a regulatory grey zone, online casino gambling is now subject to a formal licensing regime in New Zealand. The Online Casino Gambling Act 2026 (the Act) is now in force, and the Department of Internal Affairs (DIA) has opened the first stage of a competitive process to award a strictly limited number of licences.
Prediction markets in Italy are back at the top of the gaming law agenda, after the Agenzia delle Dogane e dei Monopoli (ADM) ordered a fresh wave of blackouts against unlicensed online gambling and put Polymarket.com back on the list. For a vertical that generated record trading volumes worldwide only a few months ago, the message from the Italian regulator could hardly be clearer: without an Italian remote gaming license (i.e. a so-called concession), the door stays shut.
The Spanish Government has announced the opening of a public consultation on a Preliminary Draft amending Spanish Gambling Law 13/2011 (Ley 13/2011, de 27 de mayo, de Regulación del Juego) which is meant to introduce a major reform.
