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Italy’s Court of Cassation upholds conviction over unlicensed betting shop

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Italy’s Court of Cassation rejected an appeal and upheld the conviction of a manager of a betting shop in Brescia linked to a bookmaker without an Italian concession. The court said operating without authorisation and connection to the national totalisator was unlawful; it also ordered the appellant to pay court costs.

The ruling confirms that betting shops linked to unlicensed operators face criminal consequences in Italy.

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Italy’s Cassation Court upholds six-month sentence for Bari club operator

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.

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