A court in Aceh ordered five strokes of the cane for a man convicted of online betting, according to the report. The court had initially imposed 10 strokes but reduced the sentence after he had served 124 days in jail.
The caning sentence illustrates the penalties a court in Aceh imposed for online betting.
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The Emilia-Romagna regional administrative court rejected an appeal against penalties issued by the Municipality of Reggio Emilia for installing five AWP machines in a venue less than 500 metres from sensitive locations. The Parma-section ruling concerned five breaches of article 6 of regional law 5/2013, with reports issued on 2 January 2024 setting a €9,000 fine per machine plus sealing of the devices. The court found the machines were new and distinct from those previously installed, so the regional ban on new installations applied.
The regional administrative court for Emilia-Romagna has rejected an appeal against penalties imposed by the Municipality of Reggio Emilia over the new installation of five AWP machines in a venue less than 500 metres from sensitive locations. The ruling was issued by the court's Parma section.
A Macau court remanded an alleged ringleader in custody after mainland authorities arrested him and transferred him to Macau, the Public Prosecutions Office said on 5 September. The case involves alleged protection payments and offences at an unnamed Cotai resort; prosecutors said five suspects are now held pending trial and the investigation continues.
South Africa’s court ruled that the decision to award the Fourth National Lottery Licence to Sizekhaya Holdings was invalid. Judge Norman Davis gave the minister six months to reconsider the award, while Sizekhaya can continue operating for 12 months during the review.
Rome’s Seventeenth Civil Section ordered a gaming concessionaire to repay an AWP operator €74,840.37, plus legal interest, in a judgment deposited on 26 October 2026. The court found the excess payment was not justified by the 2015 extraordinary levy rules, according to the report.
Rome's Seventeenth Civil Section ordered a gaming concessionaire to repay an AWP machine operator in liquidation €74,840.37, plus legal interest from the date the judgment was deposited until settlement, according to a judgment deposited on 26 October 2026. The court found the sum had been received without justification as the operator's share of the extraordinary levy introduced by the 2015 Stability Law.
Rome’s 17th Civil Section ordered Global Starnet Limited to repay Fedelgiochi €74,840.37, plus legal interest, in a judgment deposited on 26 October 2026, according to a media report. The court found that the additional amount collected from the gaming-machine operator was not justified by the 2015 levy rules or by a late instalment payment.