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Italy’s addiction conference report calls for gambling and gaming prevention measures

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A report on Italy’s seventh National Addiction Conference, held in Rome on 7 and 8 November 2025, sets out proposals covering gambling-related harm and gaming. The conference called for earlier engagement with young people, dedicated services and updated guidance and care pathways. It also reported that prevention activities reach 49% of Italian students, compared with a 72% European average.

The proposals could shape prevention services and guidance addressing gambling-related harm and gaming in Italy.

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Galicia's addiction prevention plan proposes tougher gambling penalties and advertising rules to protect minors

Galicia's 2026-2030 Plan for the Prevention of Addictive Behaviours, led by the regional health department, sets out lines of action on gambling and betting, both in-person and online. These include regional rules on advertising, promotion and sponsorship, more inspections to stop minors entering gaming halls, bingos and casinos, and monitoring of illegal advertising aimed at them. It also proposes higher administrative and financial penalties for companies and platforms breaching gambling and minor-protection rules, though these are plan proposals rather than approved or active obligations.

Galicia's 2026-2030 Plan for the Prevention of Addictive Behaviours, led by the Consellería de Sanidade, sets out lines of action on gambling and betting, both in-person and online, according to the plan document. The proposals cover regional regulation of advertising, promotion and sponsorship, tighter control of minors' access to gaming establishments and higher penalties. The document states that the measures are lines of action and are not, by themselves, regulatory obligations already approved or in force.

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