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Calabria administrative court annuls police rejection of betting licence

Regulation

The Regional Administrative Court of Calabria annulled Reggio Calabria police headquarters’ refusal to renew a betting and gaming business’s public-security licence. The court said the application concerned restarting the same activity under judicial control, and that the police had not shown specific new circumstances supporting the refusal.

The ruling sets out when police must justify refusing a betting business’s restart during judicial control.

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Tuscany administrative court upholds betting and VLT licence revocations in Prato

Tuscany’s regional administrative court rejected a company’s appeal and upheld the revocation of its public-security authorisations for betting and VLT operations in Prato. The revocations followed an anti-mafia prohibition issued by the Prato Prefecture in March 2022; the court said the evidence indicated a current risk of organised-crime influence over the company.

Tuscany's regional administrative court (Tar Toscana) has confirmed the revocation of licences for betting and video lottery (VLT) gaming at a business linked to a company subject to an anti-mafia prohibition issued by the Prato Prefecture. The court rejected the appeal against the Questura's measures on the merits and found the revocation of the public-security authorisations lawful.

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