Palermo’s Court of Appeal overturned an ADM order concerning computers used to access online gambling platforms. The court held that unrestricted internet access alone does not make a computer a regulated gaming machine; additional structural or functional features are required, according to the report.
The ruling says internet access alone does not make a computer a regulated gaming machine under Italy’s rules.
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An Italian appeals court ruled that computers in a retail venue may fall under gambling sanctions when their setup and use show they are intended to enable online play. The case involved five seized PCs at a licensed Punto Vendita Ricariche outlet, a €55,000 administrative penalty, confiscation of the equipment and a 30-day closure; the court’s city is not identified in the text.
Tuscany’s Regional Administrative Court overturned the Florence police chief’s 10-day suspension of a gaming hall’s public security licences, according to a report on the ruling. The court agreed that the ADM had already sanctioned the underage-entry incident and that the presence of a company partner did not establish unauthorised representation.
A company running a gaming hall in Florence won its appeal before the Tuscany regional administrative court, whose Second Section annulled the police chief's order suspending its public security licences for ten days. The judges reached the decision in their chambers session of 29 September 2026.
Italy’s Constitutional Court ruled that the fixed €50,000 minimum sanction for breaches of the gambling advertising ban was illegitimate, according to lawyer Stefano Sbordoni’s account of the decision. Sbordoni said the minimum prevented sanctions from reflecting differences in the seriousness of violations; broader questions about the ban remain open.
The Constitutional Court ruling in judgment 172 of 2026 concerns the sanctions regime set by the Decreto Dignità for violations of the ban on gambling advertising, according to lawyer Stefano Sbordoni. Sbordoni said the fixed minimum sanction of 50.000 euro applied the same penalty to conduct of very different gravity, leaving no room to weigh the actual harmfulness, the specific circumstances or the economic conditions of the sanctioned party.
The Lombardy Regional Administrative Court’s Brescia section overturned Curno’s refusal to allow a betting service inside an existing VLT venue. The court said regional distance restrictions for gaming machines cannot automatically be applied to betting collection, which it treated as a distinct activity.
A ruling by the Brescia branch of the Lombardy Regional Administrative Court has upheld a challenge to Curno's denial of permission to start a betting collection service within an already operating VLT hall. The judges concluded that Lombardy's distance rules for sensitive locations, written for gaming machines, do not carry over automatically to betting collection.
The Lazio Regional Administrative Court partially upheld a gaming network concessionaire’s appeal and annulled ADM penalties totalling €289,443.13 for service-level failures in 2015 and 2016. The court said the contractual penalties were excessive and should be recalculated at the minimum levels set by the concession terms. ADM may take further action in line with the ruling.