The long-awaited Italian Ministry of Economy and Finance’s decree, enhancing the fixed-odds betting regulation to international standards, has finally been published in the Official Journal and will now enter into force on October 28, 2022. The new Ministerial decree regulates fixed-odds betting on sporting and non-sporting events — excluding, however, horse racing — providing for … Read more
By Valérie Peano As an early execution of the overall gambling-sector reorganization announced by the sub-secretary for the Italian Ministry of Finance in charge of gambling, the duration of all gaming machines and land-based betting concessions has been extended to 2023 and 2024, respectively, while the relevant tenders’ publication has been delayed. These tenders should … Read more
By Valérie Peano To help recover from the heavy impact of the pandemic on the gambling sector in Italy, the Italian Ministry of Finance’s sub-secretary in charge of gambling has announced significant gambling reforms to be undertaken in the next 12-18 months. Indeed, the lockdown measures resulting from the pandemic had a dramatic impact on … Read more
The United Nations – Office on Drugs and Crime has published on its website the first Global Report on Corruption in Sport in order to reveal the staggering scale, manifestation, and complexity of corruption and criminal networks in sport at international and national levels. Specifically, Section 9 of the Global Report evaluates illegal betting in … Read more
These are definitely hard times for Italy’s Customs and Monopolies Agency (ADM), the gambling regulator. In recent past, the Administrative Court of Lazio has published a number of rulings, all in favour of the remote gambling licensees’ appeals, challenging the ADM’s position. The first legal battle worth mentioning is the one that confirmed an extension … Read more
On April 14, 2021, the Administrative Court of Rome accepted the appeal of Betfair (Betfair Italia s.r.l.), thus voiding the part of the challenged Italian gambling Regulator’s notice that refers to betting exchange additional taxation, in order for the latter to issue a new notice that clarifies the grounds and preliminary information for the tax … Read more
During the first COVID-19 emergency period in Italy early in 2020, the Italian government introduced an additional 0.5% tax on sports and horse betting collection, as well as virtual betting and betting exchange, in order for the state to finance a fund dedicated to sports (notably: sports actors, sports amateur clubs and sports-competition organisers) – … Read more
Il Piano Italia Cashless è stato promosso dal Governo italiano allo scopo di incentivare un maggiore utilizzo di moneta elettronica nel nostro Paese. Esso si sostanzia in due iniziative degne di nota. La prima riguarda il c.d. Cashback nel quale l’utente aderente – debitamente registrato sulla relativa applicazione – può ottenere un “rimborso in denaro” … Read more
En Italie, les mesures de contraste à l’offre de jeux d’argent et de hasard illégaux s’intensifient. La récente décision de sanctionner Google Ireland Ltd (ci-après, « Google ») pour promotion de jeux d’argent illégaux que l’Autorité administrative italienne compétente en matière de communications (ci-après,« AGCOM ») a rendue le 22 octobre 2020 a retenu notre … Read more
Pochi giorni fa l’AGCOM ha comminato alla Google Ireland Limited una sanzione di centomila euro, per la violazione delle disposizioni contenute nell’art. 9 del Decreto Dignità, che ha introdotto il divieto di pubblicità e di sponsorizzazione per giochi e scommesse con vincite di denaro nonché per il gioco d’azzardo. L’iniziativa AGCOM è estremamente significativa ed … Read more