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The State council to rule on the legality of poker tournaments
'A decision will be taken only after a report yet to be issued by the interior ministry'
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s the game of poker to be allowed or not? Should the police deny the authorisation to hold a poker tournament, an appeal can be lodged with the
Regional Administrative Court (TAR); but should the Court reject the appeal, the only recourse left is to the State Council. This is what the president of
an amateur association called Poker One did when asking for the cancellation of the new Prohibited Games table issued by the Campobasso Police as it
included the game of poker among the games of chance forbidden. The Court rejected the appeal and on 9th July the Association turned to the State
Council. The ruling was issued yesterday by the 6th Section with an interim judgment dated 29th July. The panel of judges have decided to postpone a
decision to the 21st October for the following reasons:
“from the evidence in Court it appears that the Police in different Provinces have taken divergent stands with regard to the legality of the poker game
known as ‘Texas Hold’em’ :
some have forbidden it, others have authorised it with limitations; that in the light of such difference of views it is necessary to obtain a detailed report
from the Interior Ministry giving an account of the situation existing nationally, with a single preferred choice made at the centre;
to set a deadline of 60 days for such a task from the communication of, or, if before, from the issue of this Order”.
Newslot and PREU tax payments
The government accepts the 'Laboccetta' agenda
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s part of the approval process of the directives for economic 2003 (as converted by the Law dated 24 November, 2003, no. 326, and
development, the government has accepted the agenda signed by following modifications and inclusions);
Amedeo Laboccetta, member of Parliament, regarding the payment of the to clarify that the above-mentioned dealers, not being tax collectors and/or
Unified State Tax (PREU) charged to dealers for the operation of NewSlot collection agents, nor in any way comparable to them, are obliged to pay in
machines. As a condition, it has been requested to modify the amendment full the taxes for which they undertake the exclusive role as taxable entities,
by deleting the beginning of the second paragraph of the directive, after the and such tax remains exclusively chargeable to the same dealers as
words: “to clarify”, the words: “during the application” (in consequence what recipients of the taxes collected.
would be left is: “to clarify that the above-mentioned dealers”). The following
is the text of the agenda.
This House, whereas:
with the approval of the Decree Law under examination, bearing urgent
directives for the economic development, the simplification, the
competiveness, the stabilisation of public finances and the equalization of
taxes, the Government has taken steps to issue rules aimed at improving the
efficiency of the financial administration in order to guarantee its greater
efficiency for the proper fulfilment of its tax collection obligations; the
efficiency of the financial administration must be pursued also by ensuring
that the financial directives are clear in their application of the primary
regulations, aimed at maximising tax revenues; Art. 1, comma 81 and
following commas of the Law dated 27 December, 2006, no. 296, defined
the tax nature of the Unified State Tax (PREU) on the revenues from games
conducted via gaming machines as per Art. 110, comma 6, of the unified text
of the Public Order Laws, referred to in the Royal decree dated 18 June, 1931,
no. 773; it is necessary to continue the action taken to fight against illegal
gaming as well as to boost and ensure the tax revenues from the legal
gaming sector; commits the Government:
to ensure that the payment of the Unified State Tax (PREU) due for the
accounting periods and for the calendar year on the basis of data correctly
forwarded by dealers, as taxable entities obliged to pay this tax deemed to
be payable only as relating to the period from 1 January, 2007, is made
according to the terms required by Art. 39-bis of the Decree Law no. 269 of
Image of Amedeo Laboccetta included (left with members of the industry)
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