The Lombardy Regional Administrative Court has set a hearing for 26 May 2026 in a company’s challenge to Monza’s rules on gaming-room and machine operating hours. The court said the dispute requires fuller examination and deferred its decision on legal costs until the hearing.
The case will determine whether Monza’s operating-hour rules remain in force for the claimant’s gaming premises and machines.
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Lombardy’s regional administrative court annulled Baranzate’s refusal of a company’s application to operate a sports betting corner inside its existing bar. The court said regional distance rules cover specified gaming machines, not betting collection, and rejected the municipality’s planning-use argument.
The Lombardy second-instance tax court issued rulings supporting use of the margin criterion for Stanleybet in disputes over Italy’s single betting tax, the available text said. It also reported that the court ordered the tax administration to pay costs; lawyer Agnello said he hoped for cooperation with ADM.
The Lombardy Regional Administrative Court annulled ADM’s revocation of a lottery retailer’s concession and the resulting loss of her ordinary retail licence in Valsolda, Italy. The court found that consecutive late payments made before the first notice could not be counted separately to establish habitual violations; it also annulled the related retail decision.
Sicily’s regional administrative court has set a 19 November 2026 hearing on a challenge to the Questura of Catania’s order closing a sports betting collection business. The court did not rule on the request to suspend the order, saying the parties’ interests could be addressed through a prompt hearing on the merits.
The EU Court of Justice ruled on 16 July that hosting video services fall within the relevant directive, including when videos carry gambling advertising. It said hosting providers cannot rely on limited liability where a video platform shares advertising revenue under a commercial partnership and examines or controls the channel or its content; the ruling was added to a procedure list sent to Italy’s Senate.
The EU Court of Justice ruled on 16 July that video hosting services are covered by the relevant EU directive even when videos contain advertising for gambling involving a monetary stake. The court said limited liability protections for hosting providers do not apply to a video platform operator with a commercial partnership that shares advertising revenue and involves examination and control of the channel, its main themes, metadata or most-viewed videos.