The additional gaming fee on video lottery and AWP licensees in Italy has now come into force and has been also allocated among licensees with surprises among operators.
Giulio Coraggio
Privacy breaches and potential liabilities might increase as a consequence of the usage of drones that represent a massive resource in a number of different sectors, but might also trigger some "new" unexpected legal risks.
TripAdvisor has been sanctioned by the Italian competition authority (AGCM) for the misleading advertising claims relating to the truthfulness of the reviews published by their users on the site that according to the AGCM cannot be guaranteed. This case might trigger considerable risks also for other social media and fashion blogs.
The possibility for betting shops run under a foreign gambling license (the CTDs) to be authorised to operate in Italy through a procedure set out by a recent law might open a new page in the sports betting sector. But the number of shops that will decide to adhere to such procedure is still a question mark.
2014 is just over and it is time to wish happy New Year and thank all the readers of GamingTechLaw for following with such interest the GamingTechLAW blog! But it is also time to check which have been the best articles of 2014.
€ 500 million of additional gaming taxes, an approval procedure for CTDs and a new license application process for lotto games have been approved in Italy as part of the budget law.
Internet of Things has been the centre of the attention of the global market during 2014 and everyone is curious to see what will happen in 2015.
End of .COM, innovation, M&A consolidation, CTDs and casino games in my personal predictions for the gaming sector in 2015.
Internet of Things regulators might have learnt an interesting lesson from Google's decision to shut down Google News in Spain as a consequence of the coming into force of new publishing law.
Prize promotions might have an easier life in Italy due to clarifications just issued by the Ministry that however do not sort all the issues especially for international and social media promotions.