Italy’s Council of State suspended enforcement of a lower court ruling that upheld the revocation of a VLT gaming licence, granting interim relief sought by two gaming companies. The court cited potential grounds concerning venue supervision and the proportionality of revocation, and scheduled a merits hearing for 18 March 2027.
The suspension leaves the licence revocation unenforced while the appeal proceeds.
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Bolzano’s Regional Administrative Court temporarily suspended the expiry of a sports and horse-racing betting licence after the concessionaire sought urgent protection from the municipality’s decision. The court’s 10 June decree allows operations to continue until a panel hearing on 7 July; it noted the outlet employs seven workers. The interim order does not decide the dispute’s merits.
The TAR Calabria will hear on 21 October 2026 a company’s challenge to the Questura of Cosenza’s refusal of a betting licence. The court did not rule on the request to suspend the refusal, deciding instead that the case should proceed quickly to a full hearing.
The Tuscany Regional Administrative Court rejected an appeal against revoking a VLT venue’s licence in Prato, ruling that the entrance change should have been expressly reported to the Questura and assessed in advance. The court found that the submitted plan did not clearly communicate the change; it declared a separate appeal over refusal to transfer the licence inadmissible as moot.
The Tuscany Regional Administrative Court upheld the revocation of a public-security licence for a VLT venue in Prato, ruling on 17 August 2026 that changing its entrance without specific notice affected the venue’s supervisability. The court rejected the operators’ arguments that the change was shown in a submitted plan and that suspension would have been sufficient.
Italy’s Council of State granted an interim request on 27 August 2026 in a dispute over a licence to install VLT machines in Padua. It suspended the refusal while the court considers whether the application concerns a new venue, subject to regional distance limits, or continuation of an existing business; the appeal hearing is set for 3 December 2026.