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Italian parliamentary report notes gaps in evidence on gambling advertising ban

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A report on Italy’s gambling advertising ban says a parliamentary inquiry’s 2022 findings identified weaknesses in the licensing system and a lack of robust post-implementation studies on the ban’s effects. The report also cites an Italian Institute of Health survey in which 19.3% of adults said advertising had influenced their gambling, while 80.7% said it had not.

The cited evidence bears on debate over whether Italy should change its gambling advertising restrictions.

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Codici says court upholds Decreto Dignità advertising ban

Italy's Constitutional Court upheld the Decreto Dignità ban on gambling advertising in ruling 172/2026, filed on 20 October, according to a Codici statement. The court kept the €50,000 minimum penalty but allowed AGCOM to impose less where the fine is manifestly disproportionate. The case arose from a €157,000 sanction on a 28-year-old who earned about €1,000 from promotional videos.

Italy's Constitutional Court has upheld the Decreto Dignità ban on gambling advertising in ruling 172/2026, filed on 20 October, according to a statement by the association Codici. The court confirmed the general prohibition on direct and indirect promotion of gambling, Codici said.

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