The Arezzo provincial police chief suspended a licensed betting and VLT hall’s public-security licence for 15 days from 6 October, according to press reports. Police checks found the venue was a meeting place for people considered dangerous or with criminal records, the report said.
The suspension temporarily prevents the licensed venue from operating its betting and VLT business.
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The TAR Lombardia's Brescia section upheld a precautionary appeal by the operators of a gaming hall in Trescore Balneario, suspending the Bergamo police headquarters' revocation of their VLT installation licence. The court held that busier bar trade in the early morning did not show food and drink service had become secondary to gaming. The suspension allows gaming and catering to resume; the revocation, issued on 11 August 2026, followed local police inspections on 19 June and 14 July 2026.
The TAR Lombardia's Brescia section has upheld a precautionary application by the operators of a gaming hall in Trescore Balneario, near Bergamo, and suspended the Bergamo police headquarters' revocation of the licence for the installation of VLT machines. The court's single-judge precautionary decree suspends the contested measures and allows both gaming and food and drink service to resume. The ruling is not a final decision on the lawfulness of the revocation.
Rome's Questore ordered a 15-day suspension and closure of a private club on viale degli Ammiragli after a joint police check found an unlicensed gaming hall and food and drink served without authorisation. The club had received a similar measure in March. Officers identified 24 people, including four minors, and four adults were reported to judicial authorities over hashish possession.
Rome's Questore ordered a 15-day suspension of food and drink service and the closure of a private club on viale degli Ammiragli after a joint check by the Polizia di Stato and the Polizia Locale di Roma Capitale found an unlicensed gaming hall inside it. The measure was issued under article 100 of the TULPS, notified and carried out by officers of the Commissariato di Polizia Borgo, which handled the administrative case.
Catania police suspended a betting shop’s licence for seven days after an administrative inquiry and repeated inspections, according to a report on 5 October 2026. The Questura said people with criminal records for serious offences had been repeatedly present at the venue; the order was issued under Article 100 of the TULPS.
Bergamo’s police chief revoked a company’s licence to install and operate VLTs at a venue in Trescore Balneario on 10 August 2026, after authorities found the premises were mainly operating as a bar. Police said inspections had found customers using the venue for food and drink, and local officers confirmed its operation as a bar; further checks at other venues are continuing.
State Police carried out inspections in Como province around Halloween, working with the Como Finance Police group. They found minors in a gaming hall, alongside other reported administrative and tax irregularities in gaming halls, betting shops, bars and restaurants; the Questura said checks will continue in the coming months.
Italy's State Police carried out inspections of public premises, commercial businesses and entertainment venues across Como province, the Questura di Como said. The checks were intended to verify compliance with current rules and the validity of the administrative authorisations required to run the activities.