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Emilia-Romagna court upholds Riccione 500-metre AWP restriction but grants extensions

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The Emilia-Romagna Regional Administrative Court partly upheld a Riccione gaming-hall operator’s challenge to the municipality’s AWP restriction. It confirmed the ban on machines within 500 metres of sensitive sites but ruled that the operator must receive regional-law extensions for cessation and possible relocation.

The ruling preserves the 500-metre restriction while requiring time for a potentially affected venue to relocate.

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