Covid-19: New Decree, extended closure of bingo halls, bingo and betting

Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte develops the new decree on Covid-19: extension of closure until April, the 18th, and he is thaking into account the further delay for arcades, betting and bingos.

April, the 3rd, is approaching but it now seems sure that the closure of the activities arranged until that date with the Decree of March, the 8th (including arcades, bingos and betting) and with that of March, the 22nd, (the so-called "Chiudi Italia") will be extended. Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte is in fact developping the details of the decree which will order further closure due to Covid-19 and the date that now seems sure is that of April, the 18th. Then, if as hopefully the infection starts to decrease, a gradual reopening will be possible: staggered according to the type of activity and starting from the food and pharmaceutical supply chain. The activities considered "meeting points" and where it is more complicated to respect the social distance are intended to a later reopening, according to the premier's assessments. This category includes bars, cinemas and gaming and betting rooms, which may therefore have to wait beyond April, the 18th. But of course these are measures that will be decided on the basis of the pandemic trend in Italy. And once R0, i.e. zero contagiousness, has been reached, further measures are expected, to confirm some restrictions and regulations in force today, for example, and this also applies to gaming premises, the respect of minimum distances, the presence of hand sanitizers, the sanitization of the environments. The emergency period, as specified by Conte in the latest law decree recently published in the Gazetta, is until July, the 31st: until that date, extensions of the closures will be possible on a national or territorial basis (also of gaming rooms).