There Financial Police of the Provincial Command of Salernotogether with officials of the local Monopolies Office of Salerno, as part of a coordinated plan of interventions to combat illegal and irregular gaming, in recent days have imposed fines for a total of 60 thousand euros and placed under administrative seizure 3 amusement and entertainment devices and devices.
Specifically, the Financiers of the Company Vallo della Lucania and ADM staff carried out several checks inside betting centers and gaming halls in Cilento. In particular, in a bar, the presence of 3 machines (in jargon, called video Newslot or AWP) was found, made freely available to all customers without displaying, in a visible place, the required table of prohibited games. Furthermore, it was found that the games contained a card that was not installed according to the technical rules established with specific decrees in current legislation.
The rule in question establishes, in fact, that the connections between the game card container and the other devices that make up the gaming machine, prepared by the manufacturer or importer, must be isolated, together with the game card container, by means of a covering of metal material, suitable to prevent any modification to the connections themselves, in order to guarantee the fairness of the game and avoid deceiving customers. For this conduct, administrative sanctions were imposed against the owner of the business and the owner of the games, for a total of 60 thousand euros, proceeding with the seizure of the relevant cards present within the Newslots, the authorization titles, and the the amount found inside them (approximately 1,500 Euros). Finally, the owner of the commercial activity, for the failure to install the signs, was reported to the Public Prosecutor’s Office of Vallo della Lucania.
The interventions of the species testify to the constant commitment of Fiamme Gialle and the Customs and Monopolies Agencywhose cooperation was further increased thanks to the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding between the Institutions, to protect players from illegal, unsafe and without any guarantee gaming proposals, safeguarding the weakest groups, first and foremost minors.
