Carabinieri and officials from Italy’s Customs and Monopolies Agency inspected a betting venue in Catania’s Ognina-Picanello district. They found gaming areas were not adequately separated from areas selling other goods and ordered the 63-year-old owner to make changes within a set deadline.
The order requires the venue to change its layout to comply with Italy’s gaming rules.
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Carabinieri inspections in Castellammare di Stabia resulted in administrative penalties of about €60,000 for a betting-shop administrator, according to the report. Officers cited three undeclared workers, unauthorised surveillance equipment and vending machines, and a tampered slot machine without ADM seals; the administrator was also reported to prosecutors.
Carabinieri in Naples Bagnoli temporarily closed a betting shop during checks in the city’s western outskirts. The operation also recorded 67 people identified, 48 vehicles checked and two people reported for legal violations; the source does not specify the grounds for the shop closure.
The Court of Appeal of Catania acquitted a betting-shop owner on 23 June 2026, overturning a first-instance conviction over alleged unauthorised betting intermediation. The court said computers, betting slips and schedules alone did not establish that the defendant collected stakes, paid winnings or transmitted bets.
Sicily’s regional administrative court has set a 19 November 2026 hearing on a challenge to the Questura of Catania’s order closing a sports betting collection business. The court did not rule on the request to suspend the order, saying the parties’ interests could be addressed through a prompt hearing on the merits.
Italy’s State Police said the Catania police chief ordered two businesses to close for seven days: a kiosk-bar in Cibali and a bar-betting shop in Antico Corso. Police said repeated checks found people with criminal records at both venues, which authorities considered a risk to public order and safety.
Italy's State Police ordered the temporary suspension of two businesses in Catania: a kiosk-bar in the Cibali district and a betting centre in the Antico Corso area. The closure orders last seven days and were issued by the Catania police chief.