Yesterday was a happy day for entities interested in obtaining an Italian online gaming license.
Indeed we had reported that the claim brought by Stanleybet for an interim suspension of the proceeding for the issue of new Italian online gaming licenses had led the Italian Gaming Authority (AAMS) to precautionary suspend the…

One of the main topics of discussion at the EiG in Milan last week was the clearance from the European Commission to the Danish law liberalizing the market that was previously subject to a State monopoly.
The data relating to the turnover generated by Italian cash poker games during the month of August have been made public and they have been surprising also for the experts of the sector.
Indeed, notoriously August is a holiday month for Italians and cities are almost completely empty. However despite of that the turnover of…
The court of Bologne (Italy) issued an interesting decision on the liability of managers of Forums. The decision was issued as part of an interim proceeding started by a company challenging the liability of Yahoo! for defamatory messages published by some users on Yahoo! Answers. In particular, the claimant required the removal of the…
From the 19th to the 22th of September 2011, Milan will become the capital of the gaming world with the EiG iGaming Conference & Expo . I am not from Milan (fortunately) and I do not support any of Milan football teams (fortunately again!), but (unfortunately) I live there and therefore m yself, Giulio Coraggio…
The long awaited call for tenders for the award of new Italian licenses on videolotteries and AWPs has finally been launched. Entities applying for a license shall submit their application by the 10th of October 2011.
The requirements and obligations prescribed by the call for tenders are quite stringent. Applying entities shall:
be gaming…
The topic of this summer in the Italian gaming market relates to the Stanleybet claims brought against the decrees regulating the issue of new Italian remote gaming licenses (the so called "Comunitaria decree"). No official statements have been issued but apparently Stanleybet brought two claims against the decree regulating the award of the new…
After a delay of more than 2 years Italian online casino and cash poker games have been finally launched today! These new games are expected to lead to an hystorical change in a country where only 4 casinos are active and criminal laws prohibit the opening of new casinos. New entrants now applying for an…

The Italian Court of Appeal overturned the recent decision of the Court of Rome reported in a previous post against Yahoo! on the Internet liability regime appliable to search engines relating to the alleged breach by Yahoo! of intellectual property rights through links to websites allowing the streaming view, the downloading or P2P transfer of the movie "About Elly".
Following the completion of the highly debated consultation concerning Italian regulations governing the liability of Internet Service Providers for copyright breaches, the Italian Communications Authority (AGCOM) has issued a draft of the new regulations. Important changes have been implemented compared to the previous draft subject of the consultation including: the provisions allowing the…