The Questore ordered a three-day closure of a VLT and betting venue in Comacchio after police found four under-18s inside. The Carabinieri reported the breach, and the Questura’s administrative police team began the suspension process; the venue’s authorisation required it to prevent minors from entering or remaining in gaming areas.
The suspension enforces the venue’s duty to exclude minors from gambling areas.
| Date | Company | Amount | Story | Appeal status |
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| Not named | Not stated | Carabinieri seize illegal betting premises in Gioia Tauro | Not stated | |
| Not named | Not stated | ADM blocks 55 new unauthorised gambling websites in Italy | Not stated | |
| Polymarket | Not stated | ADM blocks 55 online gambling sites and restores access to Polymarket | Not stated | |
| Not named | Not stated | Turin prosecutors close illegal betting investigation involving 16 people | Not stated | |
| Not named | Not stated | Italy’s Supreme Court upholds reduced penalty over unprotected gaming machines | Not stated |
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The Padua questore suspended a gaming hall's licence for 30 days after police found violations of gambling and other rules during an inspection. Officers reported 42 gaming terminals still switched on during Veneto's required 13:00 to 15:00 suspension period, with five customers using them, as well as a payment terminal and further licensing and smoking-room breaches. The source does not name the hall.
Padua's police chief has suspended a gaming hall's licence for 30 days after officers found repeated breaches of gambling rules. The suspension took effect when the notice was served on 6 November.
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Novara State Police suspended for five days the licence of a gaming hall in Cureggio, in the province of Novara. The measure followed findings that customers could obtain cash inside the venue, a practice authorities said breached banking law and circumvented Piedmont rules restricting gaming halls near cash machines.
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