First the closures, the sanctions and the discontent of the residents. Then, since July, the new controls and directives ignored, until the preventive seizure of the machines to play.
Dozens of virtual betting machines in casinò online stranieri seized, after a series of controls and the failure to comply with the decrees of the police headquarters. This is the result of the umpteenth audit in a well-known gaming room in Arcella, which led to the denunciation of the owners.
End of games
The visit of the administrative team to the premises at number 209 in via Buonarroti was only the last of a long series of controls, to put an end to an affair of irregularities that has been dragging on for months. On Thursday morning, some computers and 22 online betting machines were subjected to preventive seizure. Heavy accusations for the two managers: a 41 year old woman from Montegrotto, legal representative, and her brother were reported for illegal collection of bets and insolvency of the order of the police commissioner. For months, in fact, in the local continued to bet without authorization.
A turbulent past
Over the years the activity has had several headaches, with a closure for similar reasons at the end of 2014 and the neighbors on the warpath after many episodes with customers harassed, drunk and fights. The game room, formerly Bet1128, came back to the attention of the agents on July 5. On that occasion, the administrative team found 18 customers inside and numerous online betting machines. All things that should not have been there, because the place was without a license.
Suspension ignored
Having certified the violation of the ministerial decree on licenses for betting shops, the police commissioner imposed the cessation of this activity inside the building, notified on October 11. This indication was promptly ignored by the managers who, as part of the international company Aleabet, continued to collect bets, as demonstrated by the control of the day 15. Since the activity of online betting went on without the proper license, without the authorization and in defiance of the obligations laid down by the police commissioner, on the morning of December 13, the agents have notified the complaints to the two representatives and seized the material.
A hot topic
The operation took place on the same day in which Codacons has officially warned all the police headquarters in Veneto (including that of Padua) asking for more controls on the licensing of premises that host slot machines or betting halls, especially near the so-called "sensitive places".
