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Council of State upholds denial of Italian betting licence on reliability grounds

Regulation

Italy’s Council of State allowed the Interior Ministry’s appeal and reinstated the refusal of a public-security licence for a betting business. The court found that the applicant’s past associations and family context could together support an adverse reliability assessment; it said those grounds were sufficient without deciding the applicant’s financial resources.

The ruling confirms that licensing assessments may weigh an applicant’s associations and family context together.

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Tuscany administrative court upholds betting and VLT licence revocations in Prato

Tuscany’s regional administrative court rejected a company’s appeal and upheld the revocation of its public-security authorisations for betting and VLT operations in Prato. The revocations followed an anti-mafia prohibition issued by the Prato Prefecture in March 2022; the court said the evidence indicated a current risk of organised-crime influence over the company.

Tuscany's regional administrative court (Tar Toscana) has confirmed the revocation of licences for betting and video lottery (VLT) gaming at a business linked to a company subject to an anti-mafia prohibition issued by the Prato Prefecture. The court rejected the appeal against the Questura's measures on the merits and found the revocation of the public-security authorisations lawful.

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