Le limitazioni all’esercizio delle sale giochi nella recente giurisprudenza del giudice amministrativo

The regulation of legal gambling activities at national level is a complex task because of its fast changing and, at times, uncomplete legislation. Controversial issues concern, on the one hand, the authority holding the legislative power to define the limits of legal gambling in order to guarantee the protection of public health, on the other hand the legitimacy of the administrative measures adopted by the local institutions. In this highly fragmented context, the rulings by the Council of State implementing the principles developed by the Constitutional Court and the Court of Justice of the European Union play a key role