Colombia’s Council of State has provisionally suspended marketing restrictions affecting gambling operators, according to a report dated 19 June 2026. Lawyer Juan Camilo Carrasco said the ruling raises questions about the gambling regulator’s authority; the report does not specify the restrictions or the ruling’s terms.
The provisional suspension may affect the marketing rules gambling operators must follow in Colombia.
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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.
Italy's Council of State rejected a bingo concessionaire's compliance action against ADM. In judgment 7525/2026, published on 14 October 2026, the court found the agency's 81-band fee system for technical extensions did not evade an earlier ruling against uniform fees. It also said the earlier judgment set no deadline for new bingo tenders.
Italy's Council of State has rejected a compliance action brought by a bingo concessionaire against the Agenzia delle Dogane e dei Monopoli (ADM) over the recalculation of fees payable during the technical extension regime. In judgment 7525/2026, published on 14 October 2026, the Sixth Section held that the 81-band system introduced by ADM with its determination of 31 July 2026 neither breaches nor circumvents the earlier ruling that required flat fees applying equally to all concessionaires to be replaced. The court dismissed the action and ordered the parties' legal costs to be offset.
Italy’s Council of State rejected challenges by online gambling concessionaires to the main provisions of the PVR framework, while ruling that the new rules cannot apply early to concessionaires under technical extensions. The court upheld the €100 weekly limit on cash, untraceable account recharges and confirmed prohibitions on withdrawals and winnings payments at PVR outlets.
Italy’s Council of State suspended enforcement of a lower court ruling that upheld the revocation of a VLT gaming licence, granting interim relief sought by two gaming companies. The court cited potential grounds concerning venue supervision and the proportionality of revocation, and scheduled a merits hearing for 18 March 2027.
Italy’s Council of State upheld the €100 weekly limit on cash and non-traceable account top-ups at PVR outlets. The court also maintained the prohibition on withdrawals at these shops but overturned a blanket restriction on internet-connected devices.