Tuscany’s administrative court granted the operators’ interim appeal and suspended the Arezzo police chief’s 15-day closure order for a betting and VLT venue. The court said the cited grounds appeared uncertain at this preliminary stage and scheduled a hearing on the merits for 16 December 2026.
The suspension allows the venue to avoid the closure while its appeal awaits a merits hearing.
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Agrigento police chief Tommaso Palumbo ordered an eight-day closure of a gaming and betting venue under Italy’s public security law. Police checks found a regular presence of people known to law enforcement, which authorities considered a risk to public order and safety.
Tuscany’s Regional Administrative Court overturned the Florence police chief’s 10-day suspension of a gaming hall’s public security licences, according to a report on the ruling. The court agreed that the ADM had already sanctioned the underage-entry incident and that the presence of a company partner did not establish unauthorised representation.
A company running a gaming hall in Florence won its appeal before the Tuscany regional administrative court, whose Second Section annulled the police chief's order suspending its public security licences for ten days. The judges reached the decision in their chambers session of 29 September 2026.
Tuscany’s regional administrative court rejected a company’s appeal and upheld the revocation of its public-security authorisations for betting and VLT operations in Prato. The revocations followed an anti-mafia prohibition issued by the Prato Prefecture in March 2022; the court said the evidence indicated a current risk of organised-crime influence over the company.
Tuscany's regional administrative court (Tar Toscana) has confirmed the revocation of licences for betting and video lottery (VLT) gaming at a business linked to a company subject to an anti-mafia prohibition issued by the Prato Prefecture. The court rejected the appeal against the Questura's measures on the merits and found the revocation of the public-security authorisations lawful.
The Tuscany Regional Administrative Court rejected an appeal against revoking a VLT venue’s licence in Prato, ruling that the entrance change should have been expressly reported to the Questura and assessed in advance. The court found that the submitted plan did not clearly communicate the change; it declared a separate appeal over refusal to transfer the licence inadmissible as moot.
The TAR for Lombardy, Brescia branch, has suspended the revocation of a VLT installation licence at a Trescore Balneario gaming venue. In a decree of 17 October 2026, the section president halted the contested measures, allowing gaming and food and beverage service to resume. The Bergamo police headquarters had revoked the licence under article 88 of the TULPS after inspections on 19 June and 14 July 2026.
The TAR for Lombardy, Brescia branch, second section, has suspended the revocation of a licence to install VLT machines at a gaming venue in Trescore Balneario, in the province of Bergamo. In a decree of 17 October 2026, the president of the second section ordered the suspension of the contested measures, allowing both gaming and the food and beverage service connected to the venue to resume.