The Emilia-Romagna Regional Administrative Court granted interim relief against a Riccione municipal measure restricting AWP use in a gaming hall. The court suspended the challenged measure until it decides the case; the available text gives no date for that decision.
The suspension temporarily affects enforcement of the municipal restriction on AWP use at the gaming hall.
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The Emilia-Romagna Regional Administrative Court rejected a betting shop operator’s appeal against Ravenna’s July 2025 closure order. The municipality had ordered the closure because the premises were less than 500 metres from a sensitive site, under regional rules and its own mapping. The court found no evidence that relocation was impossible across the municipality.
The Lazio Regional Administrative Court rejected challenges to the ADM decree allocating a €500m contribution among gambling concessions for AWP and VLT machines. In rulings published on 23 February 2026, it upheld allocation by machine numbers and said disputes over concessionaires’ charges to managers belonged in the ordinary courts.
The Emilia-Romagna Regional Administrative Court rejected an association’s request to suspend licences for betting and VLT operations at a Bologna venue. The court said the association’s premises were not listed as a sensitive site when the Questura issued the licences on 10 April 2026, and the ruling did not decide the case’s merits.
Massimo Masetti, institutional representative for ANCI Emilia-Romagna, called for a national gambling framework that preserves local authority to act on issues such as operating hours. He said gambling turnover in Italy had risen 600% in 20 years while tax revenue increased by less than 60%, and argued that local conditions require access to territorial data and differentiated measures.
Lega MP Andrea de Bertoldi criticised Emilia-Romagna’s gambling restrictions, saying distance limits and limits on supply had led to the closure of numerous gaming and slot venues. He claimed the measures cost hundreds or thousands of jobs and disproportionately affected small and medium-sized legal businesses.