Police in Cuneo fined a gaming venue in Villafalletto €17,000 after finding visibility problems and a failure to transfer municipal licences. Officers also issued a separate penalty to the operator of another nearby gaming business.
The penalties show that venue visibility and municipal licence transfers can trigger enforcement against gaming businesses.
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Afragola municipal police found a sports betting venue operating behind a stationery shop in Afragola, Italy, according to reports. The business was cited for breaching Campania regional rules on minimum distances from sensitive locations and received a €5,000 administrative fine.
Carabinieri in Bassano del Grappa, working with Vicenza’s labour inspectorate unit, reported irregularities at two gambling businesses during inspections. One operator received a €1,549 fine over audiovisual equipment and control systems; another was fined €7,403.96 over required workplace safety training.
Authorities in Brescia province seized tobacco being sold without authorisation at a gaming hall and imposed administrative sanctions on its manager, reportedly. The manager was also cited for lacking mandatory training on preventing gambling addiction.
Italian law enforcement referred and fined the managing partner of a gaming, betting and slots business in Campiglia Marittima €2,200 after inspections. Authorities found surveillance equipment used to monitor employees and a failure to provide required worker training.
A court in Florence annulled a €20,000 administrative fine and the confiscation of ten computers from a gambling venue in Prato. The ruling followed the Constitutional Court’s declaration that the provisions underlying the sanction were unconstitutional and had ceased to have legal effect retroactively from publication of its judgment.