Italian police reported the owner of a betting shop in Cirò Marina to judicial authorities after finding two notebooks recording loans to customers for subsequent bets. Police said the practice breached conditions attached to the public security licence, and seized the notebooks.
The case highlights enforcement of licence conditions that prohibit betting-shop operators from lending money to customers for wagers.
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