Italian authorities originally went down the prohibition path
with regard to online gambling. The laws made the organising of games of
chance or the collecting of bets from Italian residents in the absence of local
police authorisation illegal and rogue operators faced criminal penalties.
In March 2007 this law, as it applied to online gambling operators was deemed by
the European Court of Justice ("ECJ") to be a breach of EU law, in case brought
by sports betting giant Stanley Leisure plc.
The ECJ ruled that Italy cannot use criminal law to stop
gaming companies licensed in another EU member nation from taking bets from
Italians and that such restrictions are incompatible with European Community
principles. Italy, like a number of other EU members whose protectionist
laws have attracted ECJ or European Commission scrutiny, went back to the
drawing board to change their approach to online gambling.
At the time of writing, new online gambling laws had been
issued but associated regulations were not yet implemented (expected 2010).
While the new laws lift the formerly imposed prohibitions on foreign operators,
they still give Italy's
State Monopolies Authority (Amministrazione Autonoma
Monopoli di Stato) broad authority to define the basis upon which operators
can customize their offering.
All of the below live dealer casinos offer full EURO banking and play as well
as Italian language website and support capabilities.
Casinos |
Player access |
Banking |
Toll free support |
Local language |
Games |
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Visit
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No restrictions on sign -ups from
Italy |
No deposit restrictions.
Maintain account in € EURO |
Yes |
Full Italian language website and
support capability |
European based dealer room with Euro
centric games |
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Visit
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No restrictions on Italian player sign-ups |
No deposit restrictions.
Maintain account in € EURO |
Yes |
Full Italian language website and
support capability |
Asian based dealer studio
including blackjack, baccarat, roulette and baccarat variations. |
Read review I
Visit
|
No restrictions on sign -ups from
Italy |
No deposit restrictions.
Maintain account in € EURO |
No |
Full Italian language website and
support capability |
European based dealer room with Euro
centric games |
Read review I
Visit
|
No restrictions on sign -ups from
Italy |
No deposit restrictions.
Maintain account in € EURO |
No |
Full Italian language website and
support capability |
European based dealer room with Euro
centric games. |
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