(Jamma) Crackdown on amusement arcades and betting centers in the Lecce area, as well as bars and other businesses where stot machines are installed. In recent days, police officers have entered into action throughout the province of Lecce and, together with the Customs and Monopolies Agency, have checked premises on a random basis and in some cases have contested violations of an administrative nature.
In particular, a Vignacastrisi, a small fraction of the municipality of Otranto, the checks were carried out inside a commercial establishment with an adjoining games room. The agents fined the manager for failing to produce the receipt of payment of entertainment tax and all the documentation necessary for the conduct of the activity. The fine is equal to 5 thousand euros.
A Surat a bar was inspected for allegedly installing a non-compliant entertainment device. Also in this case, the receipt relating to the payment of the tax was not presented. The holder, who would not have paid Siae, was therefore invited to make it known within thirty days.
A Lecce a private club ended up in the crosshairs of the police inspections, whose manager was challenged for not displaying the table of prohibited games. A similar fine was contested in a second private club. Also in the capital, a games room was checked where the presence of an unauthorized space was detected and disputed.
Finally, a Nociglia the manager of a bar was challenged for failing to show the table of prohibited games and for failing to differentiate the game offer. A similar dispute, always in the same municipality, in an amusement arcade.
All the necessary investigations are underway in order to quantify the amounts of the administrative sanctions detected in the last few hours.
