Throwing further doubt on the compliance of Italy's sports betting laws with European law, Italy's Supreme Criminal Court has questioned the regulatory framework that protects companies which were awarded licences under the Bersani tender in 2006, and has referred the case to the European Court of Justice for clarification.
In its ruling, Italy's Supreme Criminal Court (Cassazione) took the view that serious uncertainties of interpretation still remained about the breadth of freedoms of establishment and provision [...]