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Chile's Supreme Court upholds rejection of casino-machine appeal

Regulation

Chile's Supreme Court upheld the rejection of Comercial Cofan's action against the Superintendencia de Casinos de Juego over the classification of machines operated in Puerto Montt. The court's ruling, issued on 25 September, left in place the regulator's classification of the equipment as games of chance and the lower court's rejection of the company's challenge.

The ruling leaves the regulator's machine classification in place, affecting the company's effort to renew its commercial permits.

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Enforcement & compliance

Italian appeal court upholds €20,000 penalty over unauthorised lottery bets

An Italian appeal court upheld a €20,000 administrative penalty against the owner of a data transmission centre linked to an overseas bookmaker, according to the report. The case concerned a bet on a French number-draw lottery that was not included in an Italian-approved betting schedule. The court said the administrative rules applied separately from the operator’s acquittal in a criminal case.

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