Last weekend there was a real media earthquake due to the closure of three LAN Rooms at the disposal of the Excise, Customs and Monopoly Agency (ADM), which welcomed a complaint from a company that in its premises offers coin-operated machines that allow for cash winnings.
According to the author of the complaint, the LAN Rooms, the Esports Rooms and the Simulation Centers they would use non-approved computers, consoles and peripherals, unlike the machines that are used in traditional slot rooms, which require controls and onerous costs in order to be used. ADM explained that the intervention – which involved four years, three of which were closed – was implemented for “verify compliance with taxation on gambling and with regard to the correct application of the legislation aimed at the protection and health of minors”.
The facts have predictably All the other LAN room holders were also alarmed around the boot, which in response formed a common front to seek a confrontation with the institutions and ask “adaptable rules and regulations capable of covering an innovative and complex sector such as that which includes the organization of eSports tournaments, teams, players and everything else revolves around a market that currently lives, in fact, in an area gray legislation “.
The question is very complex, so we tried to understand something with the help of two competent figures on the subject, that is the jurists Andrea Aguggia and Carlo Giuliano. Hosted by our Alessandro Bruni on Aroged Twitch channel, took stock of the situation in a one-hour broadcast. If you missed it and the topic interests you, then you can watch the full replay at the top of this news.
