Italy Blocks More Online Gambling Sites

Published: Saturday, June 03, 2006 Online-Casinos.com

ITALY BLOCKS MORE ONLINE GAMBLING SITES

Despite threats of legal action, the ban stays

The Italian gambling authority AAMS appears to be sticking to its guns on the question of requiring national ISPs to ban specific online gambling sites from Italian access.

The latest 35 entry ban list issued to ISPs by the body reportedly includes many of the big names in British and international internet gambling together with two Italian (.it) sites Expekt.it and Delicato.it, allegedly because these were not complying with local rules.

The total number of websites to which players in Italy are now denied access is around 586.

The new list comes at a time when the EU Commission has just extended by three months the deadline given to Finland to justify its state gaming monopoly following a protest from the Ladbrokes group.