A court ordered the Government of La Rioja to pay a Logroño gaming venue €76,000 after it refused the venue’s opening licence, according to the report. The ruling found that the required 200-metre distance from a school should have been measured from the building’s façade, not its boundary fence.
The ruling establishes the measurement basis that affected the venue’s licence decision and compensation.
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Calabria’s regional administrative court rejected a business owner’s request to suspend the Reggio Calabria police chief’s July 2026 refusal of a licence for a betting venue and VLT machines in Rosarno. The court found no grounds for interim relief, citing the applicant’s repeated night-time contact with people with criminal records and considering the claimed financial harm recoverable.
The Calabria regional administrative court (TAR), in its Reggio Calabria section, has upheld a police refusal of a licence for a betting venue and the installation of VLT machines in Rosarno. The judges rejected the request for interim suspension filed by the owner of the business.
The Campania Regional Administrative Court upheld Naples police headquarters’ refusal of a licence for a betting shop in Bacoli, according to the report. The court accepted municipal police measurements showing walking distances of 200 to 237 metres from a school, below the regional 250-metre minimum; the applicant’s appeal was rejected.
The Campania Regional Administrative Court (TAR Campania) has upheld the refusal of a betting-shop licence for premises on Viale Olimpico in Bacoli, Italy, confirming the decision taken by the Naples police headquarters (Questura di Napoli). The court rejected the company's appeal, so the betting collection activity at the site cannot begin, according to the ruling.
TAR Campania upheld the refusal of a betting licence for G.M. 365 S.r.l.’s premises in Torre Annunziata. The court said the earlier licence had been revoked before the company sought a new authorisation, so the premises did not retain an exemption from the regional 250-metre distance rule; they are about 100 metres from a church.
The TAR Campania has upheld the refusal of a betting licence sought by G.M. 365 S.r.l. for premises at corso Vittorio Emanuele III 395 in Torre Annunziata, according to the court's ruling. The court found that the earlier public-security licence had been revoked before the company applied for a new authorisation, so the premises did not keep an exemption from the regional 250-metre distance rule. The premises are about 100 metres from a church.
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.
The TAR Puglia rejected an applicant’s request to suspend the Questura’s refusal of a public-security licence for a betting business in Taranto province, in an order filed on 23 July 2026. The court said the purchase contract’s three-month licensing condition had already expired and found the applicant’s arguments about reliability and possible loss of a concessionaire relationship insufficient at this interim stage.