ROME (Reuters) – Italy’s communications watchdog (AGCOM) said on Thursday it had fined Google for breaching national rules which ban advertising of games and betting.
The regulator did not disclose the amount of the fine it imposed on Google Ireland Ltd, which runs the Google Ads service. A source close to the matter said it was some 100,000 euros ($118,250.00).
AGCOM said in a statement that the search engine had allowed the paid advert of a betting website, sublime-casino.com, on its results page.
(Reporting by Elvira Pollina, editing by Giulia Segreti)
