Police in Crotone said investigations found that two betting centres had lent money to customers to fund further wagers. The authorities are checking for possible threats, pressure or usurious interest; one centre’s licence was revoked and the other was temporarily suspended.
The licence actions and investigation affect the operating status of two betting centres in Italy.
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The La Spezia police chief withdrew the revocation of a venue’s betting and VLT authorisations during court proceedings. The Liguria Regional Administrative Court then closed the case without ruling on its merits; a related administrative notice remains in a pending procedure, and the court ordered each side to bear its own costs.
Brindisi police began proceedings to suspend a betting shop’s licence after checks in Ostuni, according to the report. Officers also fined the venue €1,000; the wider operation checked more than 230 people, 153 vehicles and five businesses.
Crotone police revoked the licences of one establishment offering betting and VLT gambling after repeated breaches of authorisation conditions. Police also reported a separate arcade owner for failing to display the price of a billiards game.
Italy's Polizia di Stato revoked the licences of an establishment authorised to take bets and to offer gambling through Videolottery (VLT) machines in the province of Crotone, the Questura notified. The measure followed numerous breaches of the conditions in the authorisation titles, identified over the last five years, the Questura said. The irregularities led to the withdrawal of the authorisations required to carry out the gambling activity. No further details were provided on the nature of the individual breaches contested.
Police in Crotone reported administrative action against a gaming venue after inspections found that it had not displayed billiards prices and had occupied public space without authorisation. The venue received sanctions of €173 for the occupation and €1,032 for an external-surveillance violation; its operator was referred to the judicial authority over the missing price display.
The Questore of Crotone revoked a betting shop’s licences for betting and VLT operations, according to a police statement. The decision followed repeated breaches of licence conditions, including numerous violations recorded against the holder over the previous five years. Police said targeted administrative checks would continue.