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Italy’s Constitutional Court rules on provincial access ban provisions

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Italy’s Constitutional Court ruled that a provision governing a provincial ban on access to public venues was unconstitutional because it did not apply compatible safeguards from the law on clandestine gambling and sports betting. The court also rejected a separate constitutional challenge to another part of the provision, and sent the ruling to parliamentary commissions.

The ruling changes which legal safeguards apply to a provincial access ban affecting public venues.

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Italy’s Constitutional Court hears challenge to €50,000 gambling-advertising penalty floor

Italy’s Constitutional Court held a public hearing on a Lazio Regional Administrative Court referral challenging the €50,000 minimum penalty for gambling-advertising violations. The case arose from an Agcom order imposing a total €157,000 penalty on a content creator over promotional material shared through three online channels. The state’s legal office argued that the penalty framework is not fixed because it also calculates sanctions at 20% of advertising value.

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