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22 May

Posted at 22:18h in aams, betting exchange, gambling, gaming, Italy by

The Italian betting exchange decree finally obtained the approval from the European Commission. As previously reported the approval of the decree had been postponed to the 18th of May because of the detailed opinion filed by Spain. However, it seems that the green light from the EC has now arrived. However, it is still unclear the future that this game will have in Italy since at the moment only two operators (Betfair and Microgame through Betdaq) seem to be interested in the offering...

03 May

Posted at 08:46h in gambling, gaming, live poker, sportsbetting by

Lowering of taxation for sportsbetting games, licenses for betting shops, dedicated bank account and further delays on the launch of live poker in the law of ratification of the so called Fiscal Decree. A law just published on the Italian Official Gazette provides the following: Sportsbetting Taxes: it has been removed the additional taxation for sportsbetting games if the payout is lower than 80% of the amount collected from players. Indeed, the previous regulations prescribed that under such scenario an additional tax...

15 Apr

Posted at 21:55h in aams, gambling, gaming, sportsbetting by

The main issue of Italian sportsbetting regulations currently is that operators are allowed to offer only events and types of bets included in the official list issued by AAMS (the so called "palinsesto"), but this is going to change shortly as a consequence of a draft decree now notified to the European Commission.The draft decree allows operators to offer both events different from those included in the palinsesto and types of bet relating to events included in the palinsesto but...

30 Mar

Posted at 08:33h in aams, advertising, gambling, gaming by

We had reported of a law proposal aimed at introducing a complete ban on gambling advertising in Italy. However the latest good news are that more likely Italy will adopt an approach similar to the UK.According to the latest news, the Italian Government is going to submit to the Parliament an law proposal within the next 30 days which rather than providing a complete ban on gambling advertising will prescribe:   time slots when gambling ads can be broadcastthe obligation to...