More On Italian Online Gambling Regulation
Published: Friday, September 29, 2006 Online-Casinos.com
MORE DETAIL ON ITALIAN ONLINE GAMBLING REGULATION (Update)
Open invitation to online gambling operators to apply for Italian government license
Further details have now emerged on the remarkable about-face regarding the regulation rather than prohibition of online gambling in Italy (see earlier Online-Casinos.com/InfoPowa reports)
Media reports indicate that the Italian government has invited tenders from private online gaming operators who wish to be considered for a betting licence giving them open access to the Italian market from 1 January 2007.
The Amministrazione Autonoma dei Monopoli di Stato (AAMS) will regulate all the companies operating "horseraces/sports-based public games through the activation of a distribution network", the documents advised. Licences will relate to sports betting and "remote skill games and such further public games either horseraces-based or of other nature."
Legal experts told the media that the AAMS has published a list of areas which will be opened up to private operators. It has been called a "mini-liberalisation" of some significance because traditionally Italy has been conservative in its approach to gambling regulations.
Deadline for tender applications is 6:00PM ECT on 20 October 2006. Although the Italian legislation relates mainly to sports betting at the moment, a regulatory framework for online poker and casino operations could be introduced, too.
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