Gambling & Betting

In the so-called gambling – betting sector, Paolo Mazzoli and Studio Mazzoli have for over 25 years provided legal advice, in both judicial and out-of-court contexts, to Italian concession holders and to operators licensed in EU Member States on operating in the Italian and/or non-European market in the field of gaming and betting, offering strategic, corporate and business advisory services tailored to companies at every stage of this business activity.

In particular, in the national and international gambling sector, both online and offline, Studio Mazzoli has provided its advisory services to leading gaming and betting companies (operating in Italy and abroad) on the analysis of public-law rules (calls for tender and/or authorisation procedures), civil-law matters (start-up, development and operation), financial and tax matters (also with the support of other professionals in the field) and the complex liability regime applicable to the sector (criminal, administrative and financial), including in connection with the principles of so-called responsible gaming, as well as on the flows and trends of gambling in B2B, B2C, C2B and B2G (B2A) relationships.

The areas of professional activity of Studio Mazzoli include: (i) online betting; (ii) online casinos; (iii) online poker; (iv) online bingo, games of skill, skill games, virtual games; (v) management of the marketing of gaming collection, betting shops; (vi) land-based casinos; (vii) land-based bingo halls; (viii) slot machines, VLTs, online VLTs; (ix) betting terminals; (x) lotteries; (xi) B2B/B2C supply, agreements with software houses; (xii) intra-group commercial policies.

Between 2020 and 2026, Studio Mazzoli also worked, on behalf of its clients, on the preparation of operational road maps (market analysis, institutional and commercial contacts) to expand bookmaker operations in the markets of north-eastern Europe (Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia), Central Asia (Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan), the Middle East (United Arab Emirates) and Europe/the Far East (Russian Federation), as well as on legal assistance to IT and e-commerce companies for the introduction of innovative business models.