(Jamma) – Dealers, manufacturers, managers and exhibitors. A complex system made up of difficult relationships and relations, in a delicate market such as that of public gaming. A state system, managed by the state through operators chosen for their excellence requirements which risks crashing due to an exaggerated bureaucracy intended to respond to the "fears" shouted by anti-gambling fundamentalists. Too often we forget that the supply chain offers employment and work, a wealth - in addition to the well-known and indisputable tax contribution that comes from the sector - that we risk losing if there is no rapid intervention. Even the simple application of that "administrative discretion" which allows "system" managers to adopt "proportional" measures while waiting for the Legislator to be able to issue provisions more appropriate to the real situation and, above all, free from preconceptions.
Desperate operators turn to the competent Authority before reaching definitive decisions, before closing their companies now devoid of opportunities.
The system is based on appointed third parties who represent the last link in the supply chain, the one in contact with the player who by now, extremely penalised, is no longer able to guarantee that quality which is the foundation and which requires the public management of the game.
After the story of the Parma tobacconist fined 50.000 euros for a removed sticker, a request for help from a Newslot owner followed, directed to the games manager at the Customs and Monopolies Agency.
Dear Dr. Fanelli, I am a manager of the entertainment games chain. I have been working in this sector for many years, even before the games were controlled by a network of operators so different from each other.
I remember the times when I was responsible for the correct and healthy distribution of games in public places when the game was really pure entertainment based on the player's skill.
Unfortunately today I find myself fighting with an excess of bureaucracy which has increased due to the fault of many operators born out of various needs but which is destroying those who operate in a healthy way.
I state that the regularization of the sector was well liked by these operators in particular in particular areas but today we are sorry it seems that we are all placed in the same basket and no longer takes into account the honest work carried out up to now.
Excuse me for the premise but I wanted to clarify that I have always operated legally and it seems absurd to me that for an action not attributable to my will I was sanctioned for an amount of Euro 10.000 just because one of my clients without my knowledge he was handing over his business to a colleague of his but worked calmly with all the necessary authorizations for the functioning of the paragraph 6a appliances and with regular registration in the AAMS register.
This behavior at the end of a regular check by AAMS officials determined that an anomaly between the data on the license and the opening for the same business of a new VAT number but lacking a new Municipal Authorization issued only after the 'check occurred. Unaware of all this, I continued to keep the equipment regularly active at the commercial establishment and only later, having become aware of the change, did I take action to notify the AAMS of the new name with the request for registration in the register.
But all this was not enough to block a levy by the SNAI concessionaire of the sum of 3.300 euros as a reduced penalty applied to the same concessionaire for failure to register in the register for the new operator and finally seen a fine of 10.000 euros delivered to me without notice, forcing me to contact a lawyer to be able to file an appeal or to block the requested payment.
I apologize again for the length of the text but I am truly sorry for what happened I am really thinking of closing my doors I am at the end of my strength I can no longer carry out my job with serenity I think the bureaucracy is no longer worth it leaves no way out not a day goes by that you don't have to come up against some problem, such as requesting municipal licenses, communications for moving devices, permits, checking AWP readings, periodic accounting, register registration, Finance Police checks, carabinieri, administrative police, traffic police, dealers , AAMS, preu, tax, Revenue Agency, Siae, labor inspectorate and if that were not enough equipment failures, cash withdrawals, bank obligations, payments, AWP delivery and collection, relations with assigned personnel, disposals, extraordinary maintenance, relations with customers and their problems, tax obligations, commercial relationships with suppliers, and more…
All of these are the obligations of the appointed third party, now there is also the obligation to ask your customer for the tax receipt when entering the business to see if in the meantime any changes of an administrative nature have been made or if any requests are in progress if has the updated license, if it has the table it is displayed, the various communications and warnings for the players are displayed and visible if there are minors inside the premises, all in order to avoid any criminal or administrative sanctions, hoping to always enjoy excellent health both physical and mental I therefore ask you for information on how to solve this last problem since this time it seems to me really excessive what is required in compliance with the law, how can I defend myself from BUREAUCRACY.
thanks
John Velotti
