Italy's Guardia di Finanza inspected three slot halls in Rome's VI and X municipalities and found machines running outside permitted hours, according to a media report. The authorities imposed administrative fines totalling €15,000 on the three businesses, the report said.
Slot-hall operators in Rome face financial penalties for breaching municipal operating-hour rules.
| Date | Company | Amount | Story | Appeal status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not named | EUR 148,800,000 | ADM reports €148.8m recovered from Italian gaming tax evasion in 2025 | Not stated | |
| Not named | EUR 3,600 | Italy's Guardia di Finanza fines operators €3,600 over out-of-hours machines in Rome | Not stated | |
| Not named | EUR 28,000 | Turin police issue more than €28,000 in fines after checks on gaming machines | Not stated | |
| Not named | EUR 9,500 | Guardia di Finanza fines Bracciano bar over gaming and betting rules | Not stated | |
| Not named | EUR 20,000 | Italian appeal court upholds €20,000 penalty over unauthorised lottery bets | Not stated |
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Carabinieri found two gaming halls operating beyond permitted hours during checks in the Bassa Bergamasca area between the evening of 4 July and the early hours of 5 July 2026. The operators will face sanctions under municipal regulations, according to the report.
Italy’s Guardia di Finanza found eight slot machines operating outside permitted hours during checks in Rome’s Testaccio and Ostiense districts on 1 October 2026, reportedly imposing a combined administrative fine of €3,600. The machines breached local rules on operating hours.
Grosseto’s municipal council approved a motion on 27 October 2026 calling on the administration to restrict slot-machine operating hours and introduce incentives for businesses that give up the machines. The motion also proposes a “No Slot” label and local awareness initiatives, and asks the mayor to press national institutions for tighter gambling rules.
Grosseto's municipal council has passed a motion focused on preventing pathological gambling, the body announced on 27 October 2026. Under the measure, the administration is committed to acting on slot machine operating hours, offering incentives to businesses that give up the devices and promoting awareness initiatives aimed at residents. Councillors Gabbrielli, Pettrone, Cucchi, Pieraccini and Cerboni put the document forward and backed it, representing Gruppo Misto, UDC, Popolari Noi Moderati and Azione.
A court has annulled a €24,000 fine that ADM issued against a company managing eight AWP gaming machines in a licensed venue. The court found the company was not automatically liable for unauthorised online betting activity started later by the venue operator using nine computers supplied by a third party. The ruling also addressed the effects of Constitutional Court judgment 104/2025 on the online gambling provision cited in the case.
A court has annulled a €24,000 fine that the Amministrazione delle Dogane e dei Monopoli (ADM) issued against a company managing eight AWP gaming machines in a licensed venue. The court found that the company was not automatically liable for unauthorised online betting activity started later by the venue operator using nine computers supplied by a third party, according to the ruling.
Rho's local police issued six €500 sanctions during July, August and the days before the report for breaches of the town's operating-hour restrictions at gaming venues. The restrictions require gaming activity to stop daily from 7.30 to 9.30, noon to 14.00 and 19.00 to 21.00, under a mayoral order dated 9 January 2024.