Free movement of services: EU Commission could enquire into possible gambling commercial communications ban in Italy

According to the bill recently introduced before the Italian Senate to take up again the long-awaited Government gambling reorganization, the future of any form of commercial communications to promote, directly or indirectly, the gambling services of a gambling operator in Italy is heavily compromised. For more details on the provisions, please refer to previous blog … Read more

L’avvio della standardizzazione europea per il gioco a distanza

Come si concilia l’avvio, da parte della Commissione europea, di una normazione europea del gioco a distanza in mancanza di un’armonizzazione legislativa del settore in cui la stessa Commissione non ha ritenuto di proporre, almeno ad oggi, l’adozione di atti vincolanti da parte dell’Unione? L’articolo è pubblicato sulla rivista giuridica Lexandgaming.it: http://www.lexandgaming.eu/it/?doctrine=lavvio-della-standardizzazione-europea-per-il-gioco-distanza

HORSE BETTING PRODUCTS BOOSTED BY BUDGET LAW PROVISIONS

Budget Law provisions for 2015 expressly empower the Ministry of Finance following the proposal of the Italian gambling authority ADM, to adopt by decree any possible measure to sustain the offer of specific gambling products that suffered a loss – both in terms of collection and tax return – of not less than 15% per … Read more

L’inibizione del sito internet affiliato ad un operatore sprovvisto delle autorizzazioni necessarie per operare la raccolta di giochi in Italia (Nota a Tribunale Amministrativo, Sez. II, 5 maggio 2014, n. 4636)

L’inibizione del sito internet affiliato ad un operatore sprovvisto delle autorizzazioni necessarie per operare la raccolta di giochi in Italia (Nota a Tribunale Amministrativo, Sez. II, 5 maggio 2014, n. 4636)

EGLA AT THE LEXANDGAMING CONFERENCE TO DEBATE ON ONLINE GAMBLING STANDARDISATION

The legal gambling review LEXANDGAMING has organised a conference on Italian Gambling Sector Sustainability last 25th November 2014 in Rome . The most relevant gambling segments in Italy – such as AWP/VLT business, betting data transmission centers issue and online gambling – have been tackled in the presence of the Italian gambling regulator (ADM) representatives, Public prosecutors, … Read more

Different tax arrangements for casino winnings in Italy or abroad found uncompliant with EU Treaty

In 2013, the European Court of Justice was questioned by the Tax Court of Rome with a reference for a preliminary ruling in the national dispute opposing the Italian tax Authority to Mr. Cristiano Blanco and Mr. Pier Paolo Fabretti, accused of failing to declare various winnings obtained in casinos abroad. The question was about … Read more