The Ravenna court overturned a €54,000 administrative sanction imposed by the Unione della Romagna Faentina on a Faenza public venue operator, in a decision published on 19 November 2025. The court accepted the operator’s challenge in full.
The ruling removes a €54,000 sanction concerning the replacement of gaming machines from the venue operator.
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Rome’s Seventeenth Civil Section ordered a gaming concessionaire to repay an AWP operator €74,840.37, plus legal interest, in a judgment deposited on 26 October 2026. The court found the excess payment was not justified by the 2015 extraordinary levy rules, according to the report.
Rome's Seventeenth Civil Section ordered a gaming concessionaire to repay an AWP machine operator in liquidation €74,840.37, plus legal interest from the date the judgment was deposited until settlement, according to a judgment deposited on 26 October 2026. The court found the sum had been received without justification as the operator's share of the extraordinary levy introduced by the 2015 Stability Law.
Italy’s Council of State granted an operator’s interim request on 26 October 2026, suspending the enforceability of a Lazio Regional Administrative Court ruling over minimum distances from sensitive sites for AWP machines at an existing business in Cave. The court cited a risk of serious, irreparable harm while the dispute proceeds; the underlying case concerns a refusal by the XI Comunità Montana to authorise the machines, and the final decision remains pending.
Italy's Council of State has granted an interim request from a business operator and suspended the enforceability of a ruling by the Lazio Regional Administrative Court on minimum distances from sensitive sites for AWP gaming machines installed at an existing commercial business. In an order published on 26 October 2026, the Fourth Section suspended the enforceability of Lazio Regional Administrative Court judgment 14898/2026, finding an imminent risk of serious and irreparable harm to the operator while the dispute awaits a final decision.
The Court of Appeal rejected a manager’s appeal against a concessionaire’s claim for a share of the levy introduced by Italy’s 2015 Stability Law. It upheld the calculation based on contractual remuneration and the number of machines, and found that the manager’s contract allowed recovery of the share attributed to the venue operator.
The Court of Appeal rejected a manager's appeal against a concessionaire's claim for payment of a share of the extraordinary levy introduced by Italy's 2015 Stability Law, upholding the first-instance decision in full. The court confirmed the concessionaire's right to obtain from the manager the portion of the levy attributable to the chain, setting out the calculation criteria and the role of the contractual agreements, according to the ruling as reported.
The Emilia-Romagna Regional Administrative Court partly upheld a Riccione gaming-hall operator’s challenge to the municipality’s AWP restriction. It confirmed the ban on machines within 500 metres of sensitive sites but ruled that the operator must receive regional-law extensions for cessation and possible relocation.
The Lazio Regional Administrative Court rejected challenges to the ADM decree allocating a €500m contribution among gambling concessions for AWP and VLT machines. In rulings published on 23 February 2026, it upheld allocation by machine numbers and said disputes over concessionaires’ charges to managers belonged in the ordinary courts.