The Rome Tribunal acquitted an internet betting-shop owner on 25 July 2025 over alleged unlawful intermediation for a Malta-based operator. The court found that investigators had not established intermediation and that customers could use unrestricted computers to access the operator’s site themselves.
The ruling addresses when a betting shop’s internet access equipment can support an unlawful-intermediation conviction.
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A Naples court acquitted a betting agency owner who began taking bets at a second premises before receiving its police licence. The court accepted the defence that the licence was temporarily absent and had already been issued by the Questura; lawyer Marco Ripamonti later criticised complexities in gambling law.
An Italian appeals court acquitted three defendants in the ordinary-procedure appeal in the Gambling investigation, overturning their 30 June 2025 trial-court judgment. The court ruled they had not committed the offences, excluded the alleged mafia association and related aggravating factor, and revoked confiscation of seized assets and civil awards; its reasons are due within 90 days.
An Italian appeal court acquitted three defendants in the Gambling investigation, overturning a trial court judgment from 30 June 2025. The court ruled that they had not committed the offences.
Reportedly, the Tribunal of Rimini acquitted four defendants with the full formula "the fact does not exist" in a case arising from anomalous betting on a Greek Serie B football match, ordering the release of €313,000 in seized winnings. The match between Apollon Larissa and Aiginiakos on 17 February 2019 ended 3-2 at odds of 27 to 1, prompting four betting shops to block payouts and alert authorities.
The Tribunal of Rimini has acquitted four defendants in a case arising from anomalous betting on a Greek Serie B football match. The court ruled that "il fatto non sussiste" and ordered the return of €313,000 in seized winnings.
The Cagliari court acquitted all 27 defendants in a case concerning alleged unauthorised betting collection for unlicensed foreign bookmakers, according to the report. The court found that the alleged offence did not exist; the acquittals were also consistent with the prosecutor’s final request.
A Reggio Calabria criminal court acquitted Betsolution Ltd and its directors of all charges in Italy’s Operazione Gambling case. The court found the prosecution had not proved organised crime involvement or use of a mafia method in the company’s operations.