Carabinieri inspectors suspended a betting centre in the province of Pescara after identifying workplace safety violations. The owner was referred to prosecutors; authorities imposed €3,000 in administrative penalties and about €5,600 in fines.
The suspension and penalties affect the centre’s ability to operate and highlight workplace safety enforcement in betting venues.
| Date | Company | Amount | Story | Appeal status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not named | EUR 46,800 | Carabinieri inspect 83 gaming and betting venues in Cosenza | Not stated | |
| Not named | Not stated | Lucca questor orders three-day betting-shop closure after minor found inside | Not stated |
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Carabinieri in Calatabiano, Sicily, reported that they found a betting centre operating without authorisation during an inspection. They said the owner had also breached a Catania Questura order and lacked the municipal filing required to operate; the owner was reported to prosecutors and the premises were seized pending legal proceedings.
Catania’s police commissioner ordered a betting centre to close for seven days after police checks found repeated attendance by people with criminal records, according to the Questura. The suspension applies to the centre’s authorisations and followed an administrative investigation into public-order concerns.
Catania's police chief suspended a betting centre's authorisations for seven days to protect public order, according to the report. Police said repeated checks found people with serious criminal records regularly at the venue, which they considered a risk to public safety.
Italy’s Council of State rejected the Interior Ministry’s request to suspend a ruling that annulled the refusal of a public-security licence for a betting centre in Rosarno. In order No. 4493/2026, published on 22 October, the court said the negative reliability assessment was not adequately justified by reference to events before the business entered judicial control.
Italy's Council of State has rejected a request by the Interior Ministry to suspend the effects of a ruling in which the TAR administrative court of Reggio Calabria annulled the refusal of a public-security licence for a betting centre in Rosarno, in the province of Reggio Calabria. In order No. 4493/2026, published on 22 October, the Third Section held at the interim stage that a negative reliability assessment must be adequately reasoned when the Questura denies authorisation to a business admitted to judicial control under the anti-mafia code.
Carabinieri placed a betting centre in Pimonte, near Naples, under preventive seizure in an investigation coordinated by the Torre Annunziata public prosecutor's office. The operation, supported by Agenzia delle Dogane e dei Monopoli personnel in Naples, concerns alleged unauthorised betting collection through gaming accounts registered in third parties' names.