A CGIA study found that Italy’s state received about 64% of the margin from AWP and VLT in 2025, leaving 36% to the supply chain. The study said the supply chain’s margin fell 42.6% from 2015 to €2.793bn, while tax revenue rose 11.8% to €5.013bn.
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Responsible gambling communication does not yet leave a mark on people's memories, citing Ipsos Doxa research for Fondazione FAIR's observatory on responsible gambling. The study examines how the sector is perceived and how effective its communication is.
Italy’s Istituto Superiore di Sanità (ISS) reported that more than one in six students aged 11 to 17 showed at least one risk behaviour involving social media, gaming or gambling. Its survey, conducted from October to December 2025 across 198 schools and involving more than 18,000 students, found gaming-related risk profiles were more common among those aged 11 to 13 than among 14-to-17-year-olds.
Research commissioned by the NSW Responsible Gambling Fund found a small, statistically significant association between rising poker machine numbers and family and domestic violence incidents in New South Wales from 2017 to 2023. Advocacy groups have cited the study in calls for reform, while federal online gambling advertising proposals proceed separately from state-regulated poker machine policy.
A study presented in Naples found that 51% of the young people surveyed said they could not tell a legal gambling venue from an illegal one, according to research coordinator Laura D’Angeli. The research examined factors influencing gambling among minors and also reported a gap between parents’ and children’s views of their relationships.
A study of underage gambling in Naples found that 51% of respondents could not distinguish legal from illegal gambling outlets, project coordinator Laura D’Angeli said. The research examined young people's understanding of gambling and proposed possible interventions for the physical gambling network, she said.