Catania’s Court of Appeal overturned ADM payment orders against internet point operators, a headline reported on 1 December 2025. The available text says the case followed Constitutional Court ruling No. 104 of 2025 in July, but provides no further details of the appeal court’s reasoning or outcome.
The ruling affects ADM’s ability to pursue payment orders against internet point operators.
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The Court of Appeal of Catania accepted the operator’s arguments in two cross-appeals and ordered the release of terminals linked to Lireservice. The operator had also had gaming machines seized; the available text does not state the court’s decision on those machines.
The Isernia court of second instance accepted a gaming concessionaire’s appeal against an ADM penalty, according to the report. The case concerned an outlet whose operator changed its legal representative without notifying the concessionaire or updating its licence; the court ordered ADM to pay legal costs for both court stages.
Italy’s Council of State heard about 20 appeals on 24 September 2026 concerning rules for the register of retail recharge points for online gambling, according to a report. The operators challenge how the ADM rules apply under the new online concessions, which took effect on 13 November 2025; no ruling is reported.
Catania’s police chief ordered a betting shop in the Librino district to close for seven days, the report said. Police said inspections found people with criminal records who were considered responsible for serious offences regularly gathering at the premises.
Catania police issued 15 orders barring people from Camporotondo Etneo for three years after they took part in an illegal horse race on 4 January. Police said the investigation documented the race and identified people involved in organising it; some were reported to judicial authorities over the event and suspected illegal betting.