An Italian court annulled an ADM administrative order fining a machine-owning company and its legal representative €20,000 over altered AWP machines. The court found that ownership alone did not establish responsibility, and that ADM had to prove the sanctioned parties were connected to the breach.
The ruling means ADM must establish evidence linking machine owners to alleged tampering before imposing this sanction.
| Date | Company | Amount | Story | Appeal status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not named | EUR 300,000 | Rome financial police report 87 gambling violations and €23m in evaded tax | Not stated | |
| Not named | Not stated | Italian police fine Catania betting centre over drinks service | Not stated | |
| Not named | Not stated | Catania police fine betting shop owner over serving drinks | Not stated | |
| Not named | Not stated | ADM reports more than 150 gambling checks in Catania since January | Not stated | |
| Not named | EUR 22,000 | ADM Veneto seizes seven unauthorised gaming machines in Padua province | Not stated |
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Sicily’s second-instance tax court accepted an appeal and annulled an Italian Customs and Monopolies Agency assessment for single betting tax against a company operating in Alcamo. The assessment was for several hundred thousand euros, and the ruling reversed the first-instance judgment. The dispute followed a final criminal acquittal of the claimant on an allegation of unauthorised betting collection.
Sicily's second-instance tax court has upheld an appeal brought by Palermo lawyer Valentina Castellucci. The court fully annulled an Italian Customs and Monopolies Agency assessment for single betting tax, issued against a company operating in Alcamo and worth several hundred thousand euros. The decision reverses the first-instance judgment.
The Emilia-Romagna Regional Administrative Court annulled Bologna police authorisations for a VLT venue and sports and horse-racing betting, following a condominium’s challenge. The court found that the police had not rechecked distances after a healthcare facility was added to the sensitive-sites map; a November 2023 measurement put the venue 385.26 metres away, below the regional 500-metre minimum.
The Emilia-Romagna Regional Administrative Court (TAR) has annulled the authorisations issued by the Bologna police headquarters (Questura) for the operation of a VLT venue and for the collection of sports and horse-racing bets. The court upheld an appeal brought by a condominium. The ruling was published on 30 October 2026.
A court has annulled a €24,000 fine that ADM issued against a company managing eight AWP gaming machines in a licensed venue. The court found the company was not automatically liable for unauthorised online betting activity started later by the venue operator using nine computers supplied by a third party. The ruling also addressed the effects of Constitutional Court judgment 104/2025 on the online gambling provision cited in the case.
A court has annulled a €24,000 fine that the Amministrazione delle Dogane e dei Monopoli (ADM) issued against a company managing eight AWP gaming machines in a licensed venue. The court found that the company was not automatically liable for unauthorised online betting activity started later by the venue operator using nine computers supplied by a third party, according to the ruling.
The Regional Administrative Court of Calabria annulled Reggio Calabria police headquarters’ refusal to renew a betting and gaming business’s public-security licence. The court said the application concerned restarting the same activity under judicial control, and that the police had not shown specific new circumstances supporting the refusal.
An Italian appeals court ruled that computers in a retail venue may fall under gambling sanctions when their setup and use show they are intended to enable online play. The case involved five seized PCs at a licensed Punto Vendita Ricariche outlet, a €55,000 administrative penalty, confiscation of the equipment and a 30-day closure; the court’s city is not identified in the text.