Minenna (Adm): “Games sector tormented by inertia and stratification of disciplines”

“The sector is tormented by inertia and by the stratification of disciplines, and unfortunately the difficulty of finding the right place creates spaces for infiltration of crime”. Thus Marcello Minenna, general director of the Customs and Monopoly Agency, speaking at the presentation event in Rome of the research conducted by Bva Doxa entitled ‘The contrast to the risks deriving from gambling disorders’. “From the point of view of evolution – he continued -, the sector would have great room for maneuvering and building value. We should start from the acknowledgment that what has been done in the last five years is little. in the logic of postponing the problem It is a sector that must be managed with solutions typical of the control of financial flows, financial intermediation, it must be modernized with a view to creating anti-money laundering schemes in order to expel those who do not behave adequately. To do this, we need regulatory supervision that pushes in this direction. We have repeatedly expressed the need for a single text on games, there are work in progress on the reform, but in the very short term there are regulatory solutions that the Adm has also illustrated to the Parliament “. “On the subject of player control and gambling addiction, it is necessary to overcome the clichés, the current methods of controlling the health card. Technology can meet and prevent critical issues. Essentially, we need to create a controlled, monitored and verified gaming structure. Currently the system is governed by the Agency from the point of view of the data structure, but other technical solutions could be developed that, for example, help to understand if the player is possibly entering some dangerous circuit “, added Minenna, in the opinion of which first of all there is the need “to put order in a situation that is still confused in various areas”.