Update: No Appeal to Lazio Court Ruling

AAMS has open way to further liberalization of Italian market A new development in the Italian online gambling market succeeded Thursday's ruling of a Lazio administrative court to reject Microgame's objection to new Italian regulations allowing online poker cash and casino games, as the network stated that it will not file an appeal to the court's decision, which actually leaves an open way to proclaim further liberalization of the market by Italian regulator AAMS. It is expected that the date it will enter into force will be in the first quarter of 2011. The CEO of Microgame, Fabrizio D'Aloia, commented: “For Microgame the matter is closed. Now we are looking with trust to the work being done by AAMS, and we are confident that the requests and needs of major gaming operators, which have already been expressed on the occasion of the first decree, will be taken into consideration.” “Microgame intends doing business and being at the forefront of the market from the very beginning. We are hopeful that the certification process and start-up is being rationalised in order to make it shorter and less onerous for all parties," he added.