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EU Court says Italy may require police authorisation for betting collection

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The Court of Justice of the European Union ruled in a case involving 23 PLAY Srls that EU law does not in principle prevent a member state from requiring police authorisation to collect bets. The court said the authorisation may be conditional on the operator first obtaining a state concession, citing the fight against organised crime as the stated basis.

The ruling clarifies how national concession and police-authorisation requirements may apply to cross-border betting operators.

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Bolzano administrative court rejects two requests to suspend betting authorisation expiry findings

Bolzano’s Regional Administrative Court rejected two requests for interim suspension brought by a gambling concessionaire against municipal findings that betting authorisations had expired. The cases concerned two premises, with the authorisations recorded as expiring on 31 December 2015 and 30 August 2023; the court found the appeals did not establish a basis for interim relief.

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