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New Amendments for Italy

The Italian government has made huge strides in terms of coming into compliance with European Union free trade policies concerning the nation’s online casinos gambling and betting activities. And even as Italy actively works to draft new regulations for the internet gambling and betting industry, the European Commission and the European Gaming and Betting Association (EGBA) are critical of the newly proposed regulations that still have elements of policy that are inconsistent with EU free trade policies. This is a large area of concern for the Commission as nearly a dozen EU member-states are currently out of compliance with policy as a result of the online casinos gambling issue.

Italy’s newly drafted and released regulations are a step in the right direction according to many in the online casinos gambling and betting industry, but there are still some kinks that the Commission pointed out that should be fixed before the legislation actually fully passes through the Italian government. The Secretary General for the EGBA, Sigrid Ligné, commented on the Commission’s formal comments on the new online casinos gambling and betting regulations. He notes, “The Commission’s decision suggests that even if Italy has demonstrated a genuine improvement in bringing its legislation into line with EU law, the Italian remote gaming legislation still contains measures that don’t serve a clear legitimate public order interest.”

Some of the elements of the draft that are causing concern involve the extent and severity of the restrictions that would put in place on the types of online casinos betting and gambling games. The Commission and others made formally responses to the drafted regulations in the anticipation that the Italian government will make needed changes before the regulations are passed into law.