ADM and law enforcement investigated a betting venue in Porto Empedocle, Italy, and referred its legal representative to prosecutors on suspicion of operating without authorisation. The venue did not produce the required police licence during an inspection, according to the report.
The case concerns enforcement against a betting venue that could not show the required licence.
| Date | Company | Amount | Story | Appeal status |
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| Not named | Not stated | ADM closes Bastia Umbra betting venue for 15 days after finding minors | Not stated | |
| Not named | Not stated | Council of State upholds ADM’s withdrawal of Fiumicino bingo concession | Not stated | |
| Not named | Not stated | Agrigento police chief closes unauthorised betting shop in Ribera | Not stated | |
| Not named | Not stated | Sicily court rejects urgent challenge to 30-day bingo hall suspension | Not stated | |
| Not named | Not stated | Italian police revoke VLT hall licence in Asti province | Not stated |
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Carabinieri and Italy’s ADM found six tablets linked to unauthorised online gambling platforms in a separate room at a bar in Isola di Capo Rizzuto. The authorities imposed a €60,000 administrative fine and seized the tablets and related hardware; the checks also found missing gambling-risk information and a prohibited-games notice.
Carabinieri from the Isola di Capo Rizzuto command, joined by staff of the Customs and Monopolies Agency (A.D.M.) for Calabria, ran a series of targeted inspections at public businesses, clubs and gaming rooms in the area. Following the irregularities found, an administrative penalty of 60.000,00 euro in total was imposed. According to the headline, the fine of "60mila euro" fell on the owner of a bar.
Carabinieri, ADM staff and municipal police inspected businesses in Catania, Italy, and found licensing discrepancies at a gaming room, according to the report. The operator received an order to restore the premises within 30 days, and authorities reported a worker without the required gaming-machine qualifications to the Questura.
Carabinieri from the Piazza Dante Company carried out checks in Catania, Italy, assisted by staff of the Agenzia delle Dogane e dei Monopoli (ADM) and the Municipal Police. The inspections were concentrated in several locations in the city centre.
ADM’s Trapani office, supported by the Anti-Fraud Office of the Sicily regional directorate, inspected businesses in fuel, public gaming and retail sectors in the province in recent days. The checks found a chewing-gum vending machine unlawfully adapted for gambling, which ADM placed under administrative seizure.
ADM placed a chewing-gum dispenser under administrative seizure after checks in Trapani province found it had been unlawfully adapted for gambling.
Carabinieri in Catania, working with the Customs and Monopolies Agency and municipal police, found irregularities during an inspection of a gaming venue, reportedly. They ordered the venue to correct differences from its licence within 30 days and referred an employee who was not authorised to manage slot machines to the police headquarters.
Carabinieri in Catania, working with the Customs and Monopolies Agency and municipal police, reportedly carried out a targeted check at a gaming venue and found irregularities.
ADM’s Sicily 4 office in Messina inspected 20 gaming and tobacco businesses across the Aeolian Islands during the previous week, the agency said. It found administrative and tax violations at 12 premises, began procedures to contest them and recover taxes, and seized a gaming machine lacking required authorisations.
ADM's Sicily 4 office in Messina reportedly carried out a targeted round of checks on gaming and tobacco businesses in all the municipalities of the Aeolian Islands. The inspections, carried out over the previous week, covered 20 businesses, including tobacconists, bars, betting agencies, game rooms and venues with entertainment machines.