Italian MP Anna Laura Orrico of the Five Star Movement said during a parliamentary hearing that football gambling advertising should be prohibited. She argued that existing restrictions are circumvented and called for Serie A to promote social messages instead.
Orrico’s comments add a parliamentary call for stricter limits on gambling visibility in Italian football.
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It was reported that Senator Francesco Boccia introduced a football reform bill in the Senate. The proposal includes tighter gambling and betting advertising restrictions.
It was reported that a PD football reform bill submitted to the Senate includes stronger gambling advertising restrictions. The wider proposal addresses problems in the Italian football system.
The FIGC called on Italy’s government to introduce a levy on football betting and reconsider betting advertising restrictions in a report published this week. Outgoing president Gabriele Gravina proposed directing levy proceeds to youth programmes, stadium improvements and problem-gambling initiatives, and described the advertising ban as ineffective. The report was prepared for a parliamentary committee, but its planned hearing was cancelled.
Former FIGC president Gabriele Gravina published a report on Italian football after his planned parliamentary hearing was cancelled following his resignation. He proposed allocating betting revenue to football and ending the ban on betting operators’ advertising and sponsorships; he remains in caretaker office until 22 June, when an extraordinary election assembly is scheduled.
It was reported that Democratic Party representative Vaccari welcomed AGCOM’s additional guidance on communications about gambling disorders. He called on Giorgetti to act on gambling advertising.