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National case-law

The cosmic void

The definition of emptiness applies to many cases, maintaining the common characteristic of generating a sense of anguish in those who enter it.
The most disturbing perhaps that of quantum physics, which defines the void as the main element of the Universe, which hides within itself infinite surprises: to the point of saying that "a bit 'of emptiness contains energy that can destroy the whole planet Earth".
What does this have to do with the game and in particular with the public game? We explain it.

The sentence of the Constitutional Court n. 27 of 2018

The constitutional court with the sentence no. 27/2018, published on 14.02.2018, spoke on three issues raised in 2015 by the Provincial Tax Commission of Rieti, relating to the constitutional legitimacy of the Single Tax on Bets and Predictions, governed by Legislative Decree no. 504/1998, as amended by the art. 1, paragraph 66, lett. b) of Law 220/2010 (2011 Stability Law).

The network

Last week the news of yet another round against criminal associations. There is talk of over 30 arrests and - of course (sic) - of the involvement of some of those arrested with the gaming industry. This seems to be the aspect that most interests in the media. However, regardless of all the guarantees of the law and the benefit of the principle, shared or not, which says that until the final sentence is presumed innocence, there is an element that is never put in the obvious evidence by the press: if it's illegal gambling, there's a legal game that does not deserve public ridicule!

Unified Conference

Mysterious object but not too much

It continues to report the publication of regulations - in Sardinia that of Porto Torres is the last in chronological order - which drastically compress the collection of lawful gaming. Unfortunately, accompanied by a certain inertia of operators in the sector, who do not care enough about the "last mile": the exhibitors.

Venice Casino’s invitation to tender

Open procedure for choosing a Financial advisor for valuation services of CMV GIOCO, a business entirely subsidiary to and held by the company “Casinò Municipale di Venezia S.p.A” (“Cà Vendramin Calergi” and “Ca’ Noghera”).

The Betfair case

Art. 23, paragraph 3, of the concession contract related to the license on horse-racing and sports betting under article 38, paragraph 2 of the Law Decree n. 223 of July 4, 2006, amended and modified and converted into law n. 248 of August 4, 2006, rules that: “AAMS (…) withdraws the license upon immediate precautionary suspension of the effects if the licensee markets on its own or through companies anyhow associated to it, on the Italian territory or via the online system connected to sites across the domestic borders, games assimilable to public gambling or other games managed by AAMS, or games prohibited by the Italian legal system”, and also art. 17 of the concession contract states that: “furthermore AAMS, withdraws the license, upon immediate precautionary suspension of its effects, if the licensee markets, on its own or through companies anyhow associated to it, on the Italian territory or via the online system connected to sites across the domestic borders, games assimilable to fixed-odds betting or other games managed by AAMS, or games prohibited by the Italian legal system”.

Responsible remote Gambling measures

The Workshop Agreement "Responsible Remote Gambling Measures" is a set of 134 practical measures aimed at safeguarding a high level of consumer protection and ensuring that remote gambling operators behave responsibly in the European Union.