TAR Veneto rejects bid to halt 30-day gaming hall licence suspension
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TAR Veneto rejected an urgent request to suspend a 30-day gaming hall licence suspension ordered by the Padua Questore in Boara Pisani. The court cited video terminals left on during prohibited hours and set a further hearing for 2 December 2026.
TAR Veneto has rejected an urgent request to halt a 30-day suspension of a gaming hall licence ordered by Padua’s police chief. The licence was issued under article 88 of Italy’s public security law for gaming terminals at premises in Boara Pisani, in Padua province. The police chief adopted the suspension on 4 November 2026 and notified it on 6 November, after which it was challenged before the court.
In a decree dated 10 November, the president of the court’s first section found that a breach of article 8 of Veneto regional law 38/2019 was sufficient on its own to support the suspension’s legality. The judge cited the not inconsiderable number of terminals left on during mandatory shutdown hours, contrary to regional government resolution no. 2006 of 30 December 2019. The decree said the provisions were immediately binding and operative throughout the region. Taking those considerations and the balance between the opposing interests into account, the president rejected the request for urgent suspension.
A panel hearing on the dispute is scheduled for 2 December 2026.