Brussels, 17/02/2012 (Agence Europe) - Italian betting and gaming legislation, which requires a minimum distance between betting outlets with the aim of protecting the market position of existing operators, contravenes European law, the Court of Justice of the EU ruled on 16 February in joined cases C-72/10 and C-77/10. The European judges followed the opinion of the advocate general (see EUROPE 10486), deciding that new Italian measures in place since 2006 are, like those that preceded them...