{"id":83826,"date":"2021-01-28T17:34:39","date_gmt":"2021-01-28T20:34:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/?p=83826"},"modified":"2021-01-29T08:24:27","modified_gmt":"2021-01-29T11:24:27","slug":"italian-gaming-operators-lose-appeal-against-covid-19-restrictions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/italian-gaming-operators-lose-appeal-against-covid-19-restrictions","title":{"rendered":"Italian gaming operators lose appeal against Covid-19 restrictions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Casinos, betting shops and gaming halls must remain closed until March 5<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Italy.- All <strong>casinos, betting shops, gaming arcades and bingo halls must remain closed until March 5<\/strong> as operators lost their appeal against restrictions adopted to combat the Covid-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The decision was made by the administrative court in Lazio despite <strong>appeals from gaming businesses all over Italy<\/strong> against the measures adopted by the Council of Ministers, and the Customs and Monopoly Agency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Italy\u2019s current Covid-19 prevention decree is <strong>due to expire on March 5<\/strong>, but some gaming operators fear they may be forced to remain closed even longer. Many complain that the gaming sector is being singled out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>See also: <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/italian-tax-decision-goes-against-betfair\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Italian tax decision goes against Betfair<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Iari Fondi, the owner of a gaming business in Altopascio in the province of Lucca wrote to the Corriere Fiorentino newspaper: &#8220;Behind the prolonged closure of gaming companies there is a precise political will, hidden by the health emergency, that is <strong>using the devastating effects of Covid-19 to bring the legal and public gaming industry to its knees<\/strong>.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He went on to write: \u201cMy venue is 300 square meters and <strong>complies with all the requirements<\/strong>, <strong>where is the risk of contagion compared to a supermarket?<\/strong> . . .\u00a0 We have equipped ourselves as requested: machines reduced for distancing, sanitation, plexiglass barriers and alternating staff.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He added: &#8220;If on March 5 we don&#8217;t start again, I don&#8217;t know what will happen.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The court will hear a petition from operators on February 10.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>See also: <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/italian-court-orders-igaming-licence-extensions\" target=\"_blank\">Italian court orders igaming licence extensions<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Gambling addiction targeted in new bill<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile in Italy, <strong>senator<\/strong> <strong>Ruggiero Quarto has submitted a bill<\/strong> on the prevention, treatment and rehabilitation of addictions including gambling addiction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The legislation would provide for <strong>treatment protocols<\/strong> to follow socio-rehabilitation programmes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The senator said: &#8220;There are many services set up to protect the person affected by psychological and psychiatric diseases in our system. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Nonetheless, this bill introduces an operational protocol that makes it easier and more timely for people to access the therapeutic and socio-rehabilitative programs prepared by the National Health Service and by private individuals.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Casinos, betting shops and gaming halls must remain closed until March 5<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":166,"featured_media":83828,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,9,20],"tags":[39810,71],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83826"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/166"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=83826"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83826\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":83875,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83826\/revisions\/83875"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/83828"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83826"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83826"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83826"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}