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Tuscany court overturns 15-day suspension of Lucca VLT betting venue

Regulation

The Regional Administrative Court of Tuscany overturned Lucca police’s 15-day suspension of a betting venue with VLT machines. The court found that examining photographed identity documents could satisfy age-check requirements where signs of alteration were not readily apparent, and said the venue had corrected the cited smoking-rule breaches before the suspension decision.

The ruling clarifies the court’s view of acceptable age checks and when authorities may suspend a betting venue’s licence.

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