Tag Archives: Matteo Salvini

AgiproNews Italian View – Can DP make sense of Italian gambling

SBC News AgiproNews Italian View – Can DP make sense of Italian gambling

“Action against problem gambling will be reinforced” – proclaims the new program of the ‘centrist left’ coalition cabinet led by Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte, formed by the 5Star Movement and Italy’s Democratic Party (DP). Following intense debate and opposition by former coalition incumbent Lega, Italy avoids thus far a further constitutional crisis, as Rome’s lower house approves the formation of yet another …

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AgiproNews Italian View: Salvini betrayal serves up another guessing game

SBC News AgiproNews Italian View: Salvini betrayal serves up another guessing game

Another year, another Italian political crisis, as Matteo ‘il Capitano’ Salvini (Deputy PM) chooses to abandon the Lega-5Star coalition ship, leaving Italy on course to an unknown destination. At the time of writing, Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte has declared his resignation, choosing to avoid a certain vote of no confidence served by Salvini and the far-right populist Lega party. …

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Italian betting & media baffled by coalition’s blanket ban

SBC News Italian betting & media baffled by coalition's blanket ban

Italian betting, sports and media stakeholders have been left perplexed, following the Council of Ministers approval of the directive to introduce a blanket ban on gambling/betting advertising. Reviewed on Monday, the Council of Ministers would approve Deputy PM Luigi Di Maio’s draft mandate, which introduces an outright ban on all forms of gambling (except the state’s national lottery) across all …

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AgiproNews Italian View – Coalition warned on the dangers of implementing ‘Luigi’s Blanket’

SBC News AgiproNews Italian View - Coalition warned on the dangers of implementing 'Luigi's Blanket'

The stark reality of governance by a populist Lega and Five Star coalition is dawning on all Italian industry stakeholders as a draft law circulates of a ‘total ban on betting advertising’. This week the Italian Cabinet will review the draft mandate personally penned by Five Star leader and Italian Deputy PM Luigi Di Maio. Di Maio and Lega leadership …

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AgiproNews Italian View: Industry faces anti-betting Lega – Five Star coalition

SBC News AgiproNews Italian View: Industry faces anti-betting Lega - Five Star coalition

The tables have turned yet again for all Italian betting stakeholders, as the coalition of Lega and Five Star Movement, have been sworn in as Italy’s new government. On Friday new Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte convinced Italy’s constitutional President Sergio Mattarella, to accept a Lega-5 Star government, having restructured the populist coalition’s executive cabinet and finance ministry. Conte will now lead …

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AgiproNews Italian View: Betting skips Coalition bullet, but political circus hurts all stakeholders

SBC News AgiproNews Italian View: Betting skips Coalition bullet, but political circus hurts all stakeholders

Last week’s failure by Giuseppe Conte Italy’s Prime Minister-designate to form a government has been met with relief by Italian betting industry stakeholders, yet angst remains as Italy faces yet another constitutional crisis. Leading the right-wing populist coalition of the Lega Nord and Five Star Movement, the only parties capable of forming a government, Conte was blocked by Italian President …

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