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Italian Democratic deputies say physical gambling reform may be delayed a year

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Democratic Party deputies Stefano Vaccari and Virginio Merola said Italy's planned national reorganisation of land-based gambling may be postponed by a year. They argued that approved differentiated-autonomy agreements with Veneto, Lombardy, Liguria and Piedmont, which include public gambling among the requested areas, could make national rules harder to establish.

The comments signal uncertainty over whether national rules will harmonise regional gambling requirements.

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