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Valencian legal council backs draft decree on gambling-sector development

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The Consell Jurídic Consultiu de la Comunitat Valenciana found the proposed decree on regional gambling-sector development consistent with the law, while recommending technical amendments. The proposal aims to balance protection of vulnerable groups, public access to gambling and business freedom, and now proceeds towards final approval.

The draft advances toward approval, but recommended technical amendments may affect gambling-sector planning and regulation.

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Bicchielli backs gambling sponsorship tax restrictions in Italian fuel decree debate

Bicchielli of Forza Italia backed restrictions on gambling concessionaires’ tax deductions during the Chamber debate on the fuel decree. He cited treating certain investments as representation expenses and denying deductions for spending on prohibited sponsorships.

Pino Bicchielli, a Forza Italia deputy, said during a Chamber of Deputies debate that certain investments by public gambling concessionaires should be classed as representation expenses and that spending on prohibited sponsorships should not be deductible. He was speaking in the examination of the bill converting, with amendments, Decree-Law 27 July 2026, no. 133, which sets urgent provisions on oil prices linked to the further crisis in international markets and provisions on ILVA S.p.A. in extraordinary administration (C. 3045-A).

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