Italy Adds 190 Gambling Domains to Its Block List

Italian internet providers have been told to block another 190 gambling websites. The latest ADM order must be implemented by August 20.

Italy’s Customs and Monopolies Agency issued the new blocking order on August 5. It adds 190 domains to the regulator’s existing list of gambling sites that cannot legally serve the Italian market.

The previous update was published on July 10. All earlier restrictions remain in place.

ISPs Have Until August 20

The new order is directed at internet connectivity providers across Italy. They have until August 20 to prevent access to the listed websites.

Blocked traffic must be redirected to a page operated by ADM. Visitors will see a notice explaining that the gambling service they tried to access is not authorized in Italy.

ADM published the measure as Order No. 00540333. The full list of affected domains is available through the regulator’s website and can be used by providers when applying the restrictions.

Some recognizable gambling names appear among the newly targeted addresses. Several domains are linked to Fonbet, including fonbet.com and fonbet-italy.com. The regulator did not single out Fonbet in the order. Its document deals with the authorization status of the listed websites rather than recent publicity surrounding individual operators or their ambassadors.

Italy Keeps Adding New Domains

The legal basis for the action comes from Article 102 of Decree-Law 104/2020. It allows ADM to order restrictions on websites offering or advertising products and services outside the rules set by Italian law.

Website blocking has become a routine part of enforcement in the country. Instead of issuing a new framework each time, ADM adds newly identified domains to the existing list and gives providers a deadline to act.

That is also why the number of blocked addresses continues to grow. An operator may move activity to another domain after an earlier one becomes inaccessible. New addresses can then appear in later ADM updates.

The August order covers 190 sites in a single batch, making it a sizable addition to the list.

Authorization Is the Issue

The latest action is based on whether a website has permission to offer gambling in Italy. Holding a license elsewhere does not replace Italian authorization.

For offshore operators, domain changes can keep a site reachable for a period, but they also create a repeated enforcement cycle. ADM can add the replacement address in a later order and require Italian ISPs to block it again.

That leaves the regulator with a fairly simple tool, even if it does not remove an operator from the internet. The August batch shows how the system works in practice: identify new domains, add them to the list and set a date for access to be cut.