Italy’s Court of Cassation accepted a business owner’s appeal against a €20,000 penalty concerning three computer terminals used to access online gambling. The court issued its order on 3 December 2025.
The ruling affects how businesses may be penalised for providing access to online gambling through computer terminals.
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The Isernia court of second instance accepted a gaming concessionaire’s appeal against an ADM penalty, according to the report. The case concerned an outlet whose operator changed its legal representative without notifying the concessionaire or updating its licence; the court ordered ADM to pay legal costs for both court stages.
Italy’s Cassation Court rejected an appeal over the preventive seizure of betting premises, commercial properties and bank accounts linked to a betting company. The seizure remains in place, but the court’s 15 October 2026 decision concerns a precautionary measure and is not a conviction; the case involves alleged fraudulent transfer of assets and alleged mafia facilitation.
Italy’s Cassation Court ruled inadmissible an appeal against the preventive seizure of betting premises, commercial properties and bank accounts in a case involving alleged fraudulent transfer of assets aggravated by alleged mafia facilitation. The decision at a hearing on 15 October 2026 concerned a precautionary measure and was not a conviction.
Reportedly, Italy’s Court of Cassation rejected an appeal by a private club operator in Bari as inadmissible. The decision makes the operator’s six-month prison sentence for breaching gambling law final.
Italy's Court of Cassation has rejected an appeal by the operator of a private club in Bari, making a six-month prison sentence for gambling law breaches final, according to a ruling by the court's Seventh Criminal Section. The court declared the appeal against the judgment of the Bari Court of Appeal inadmissible.
Italy’s Court of Cassation declared an appeal inadmissible, leaving in place the confiscation of assets and business holdings connected to Calogero Jonn Luppino, according to the report. The confiscated property includes businesses linked to gaming and betting agencies, whose company names were not given. The court upheld the lower ruling that the assets were connected to support from the Cosa Nostra organisation.
Italy’s Court of Cassation largely upheld a Palermo appeal court ruling involving an organised illegal lottery operation reportedly linked to Cosa Nostra. The court confirmed the mafia-related aggravating factor for lottery offences and rejected most appeals; it ordered a new examination of one extortion issue.