ITALIAN GAMBLING AUTHORITY TORT LIABILITY TOWARDS REMOTE GAMBLING LICENSEES’ PLAYER

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With its recent judgment no. 4026/2018, the Italian Supreme Court has stated the liability of the Italian gambling authority Agenzia delle Dogane e dei Monopoli (‘ADM’) towards a player for ADM remote gambling licensees’ tort. The claimant player started an action in tort against the Ministry of Finance and ADM to be redressed of the … Read more

Dignity Decree measures on gambling: from advertising and sponsorship ban to scratch-cards warnings as tobacco products

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Among the Dignity Decree provisions aimed at improving job security, the Italian Parliament has voted a ban on all advertising and sponsorship for gambling with the alleged aim to strengthen consumer protection and to introduce more effective means to combat gambling addiction. Specifically, the Decree bans: with effect as of 14 July 2018, any direct … Read more

Italia modello di prevenzione e contrasto al match-fixing

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Lo scorso 27 e 28 settembre, l’ufficio sport della Presidenza del Consiglio dei Ministri ha presentato gli strumenti attuativi realizzati per la lotta ai fenomeni di corruzione elaborati nell’ambito del progetto “Anti Match-Fixing Formula”. Il progetto, cofinanziato dalla Commissione europea, ha come obiettivo lo sviluppo di un modello di cooperazione pubblico/privato integrato a livello europeo … Read more

Gibraltar and the UK are a single EU member State for gambling services provision

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Today’s EU Court of Justice ruling states that the provision of services by operators established in Gibraltar to persons established in the UK constitutes, as a matter of EU law, a situation confined in all respects within a single Member State. The case opposing the Gibraltar Betting and Gaming Association Limited v Commissioners for Her Majesty’s … Read more