Italy’s Carabinieri inspected 83 public venues offering betting and gaming in Cosenza province, issuing seven administrative sanctions totalling €46,800. More than 170 officers took part, and two people were referred to judicial authorities over alleged gaming-related offences.
The inspections and sanctions signal enforcement activity affecting gaming and betting venues in Cosenza.
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The Murcia Regional Tax Agency and the regional public administration training school trained 115 local police officers from 33 municipalities in Spain to inspect gambling venues, reportedly in October 2026. The sessions covered current rules, inspection records and errors that can hinder case processing.
ADM Calabria 2 cancelled two tax assessments against a restaurant-bar owner and the operator of three gaming totems in Isola di Capo Rizzuto. The authority cited failure to consider the taxpayers’ submissions; one 2021 assessment sought €176,040 in tax, plus €31,966.93 in interest and a €251,737 penalty, according to their appeal.
ADM Calabria 2 has cancelled two tax assessments issued on 4 September 2026 for the single tax (imposta unica) against the owner of a restaurant-pizzeria lounge bar in Isola di Capo Rizzuto and against the operator of three gaming totems found at the premises, according to the taxpayers' lawyer Bernardo Procopio of the Crotone bar. The office gave as its reason the failure to apply article 6 bis of law 212/2000, the provision of the taxpayers' rights statute on prior adversarial procedure. The assessments followed checks by the Crotone police headquarters on 8 and 10 February 2022, when officers found three devices connected to the electricity and internet networks but not to the state gaming collection network. According to the reports cited by ADM, the totems reproduced new slot-type games, allowed free internet browsing and gave access to gaming platforms run by parties without any concession or authorisation. The assessments stated that the parties had not submitted observations on the draft act, but their defence submissions had in fact been received on 11 December 2025 and the office had not responded to them as the rule requires.
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.