Compliance Updates

Italian Court Rules in Favour of Operators in License Extension Dispute

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5 years ago

November 26, 2020

Niji Narayan

Italian Court Rules in Favour of Operators in License Extension Dispute

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Recently, several operators have headed to the Italian court to launch appeals concerning extensions for their expiring licenses. Now, the Lazio TAR Administrative Court has returned its verdict in favour of operators.

This rules against the ADM Customs and Monopolies Agency, Italy’s gambling regulator and the ones who initially declined to grant extensions to the licenses.

Betway, Nexigames, Snaitech and Sportpesa filed separate appeals against the end of their licenses. These licenses were due to expire at the end of October.

The court ruled that the ADM should give a one-year extension to each operator which would become effective immediately. They also ruled that the government would not be able to deny license extension requests regardless of the potential upcoming reforms.

With a new Budget Law being signed at the end of December, the TAR also advised that the government should include some clear conditions for online gambling concessions.

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Niji Narayan

Niji Narayan has been in the writing industry for well over a decade or so. He prides himself as one of the few survivors left in the world who have actually mastered the impossible art of copy editing. Niji graduated in Physics and obtained his Master’s degree in Communication and Journalism. He has always interested in sports writing and travel writing. He has written for numerous websites and his in-depth analytical articles top sports magazines like Cricket Today and Sports Today. He reports gaming industry headlines from all around the globe.