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Italian Administrative Court rules against Italian licensing system

After several years of disputes, the Italian Supreme Administrative Court (the "Consiglio di Stato ") has issued a preliminary ruling in favour of Stanley International ordering the reopening of Stanley's betting outlets in Italy. Indeed, since 1994 Stanley International has been running in Italy betting outlets involved in the…

ByGiulio CoraggioSeptember 7, 20090Comments 1 minRead time

Gaming

Decrees on VLT and Cash Games under the review of the EC Commission

The Italian gaming authority has sent to the EC Commission the draft decrees regulating (i) videolotteries and (ii) cash games and fixed odd games of chance . The EC Commission will have now a 90 days period to raise any relevant comment or request of amendments. Prior to expire of such term…

ByGiulio CoraggioSeptember 3, 20090Comments 2 minRead time

Gaming

Clearer rules, higher sanctions and new opportunities

The rules governing the gaming sector so far were an incredible amount of different rules which were never enough clear making the legal boundaries of the gaming sector sometimes uncertain. The recent coming into force of the so called Community Law 2008 made the playfield much more attractive for gaming operators. Through this law, the…

ByGiulio CoraggioAugust 14, 20090Comments 1 minRead time

Gaming

Launch of online bingo

The Italian gaming authority (AAMS) has just issued the regulations governing the online bingo. The operators holding an offline bingo license will be merely required to go through an authorisation process which is subject to the fulfilment of some technical requirements and the provision of bank guarantees to obtain the right to offer online bingo…

ByGiulio CoraggioAugust 7, 20090Comments 1 minRead time

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Ladbrokes puts up on sale its Italian betting shops

The Times Online reports that Ladbrokes, the English bookmaker, has decided to put on sale its 170 Italian betting shops for an estimated £ 50 million. According to the Times Online, the main reason of this decision is that "the continued presence of illegal shops, increased competition and the withdrawal of the…

ByGiulio CoraggioAugust 7, 20090Comments 1 minRead time

Gaming

Videolottery: the finish line is closer!

The Italian Senate has just passed a new law that further regulates the always closer launch of the so called "Videolottery" (VLT) i.e. video terminals to be placed in gaming halls and that will randomly generate winning combinations. The new law prescribes that - up to the expire of the current network licenses concerning…

ByGiulio CoraggioAugust 4, 20090Comments 1 minRead time

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Corporate Liability of ISPs in Italy

As part of a project aimed at fostering the development and internationalisation of the companies, the Italian Parliament has recently passed a law prescribing, among others, the corporate liability for copyright related crimes. Indeed, Italian copyright law already prescribed criminal sanctions for the provision to the public on communications networks of copyright protected…

ByGiulio CoraggioAugust 3, 20090Comments 1 minRead time