Italy’s Chamber of Deputies’ gender-policy dossier reported 1,793 female-owned businesses in betting, lotteries and gambling in 2025, out of 8,325 registered companies. The total rose by 21 from 2024, while female-owned businesses fell by four; their share remained about 21.5%, according to the report.
The figures give operators and regulators a measure of women’s participation in Italy’s gambling-business sector.
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The Chamber of Deputies assigned Gian Antonio Girelli’s bill on minors’ digital health to its Social Affairs Committee on 3 November 2026, according to the report. The proposal covers prevention of problematic or compulsive video game use and would establish a three-year national plan; it is at first reading.
The Chamber of Deputies has assigned bill A.C. 3079, brought by Partito Democratico deputy Gian Antonio Girelli, to its Social Affairs Committee (XII) as the lead committee. The assignment, which starts parliamentary examination of the bill, took place on 3 November 2026.
Italian Democratic Party deputy Gian Antonio Girelli’s bill A.C. 3079 was published in the Chamber of Deputies, according to the report. Presented on 5 August 2026, it would include online video games in its definition of digital technologies and propose school education, a national plan and public information campaigns on minors’ digital health.
A bill on minors' digital health has been published in Italy's Chamber of Deputies, the report says, and it was put forward by Gian Antonio Girelli, a deputy of the Partito Democratico. The measure is numbered A.C. 3079 and carries the title "Disposizioni per la promozione della salute digitale dei minori e la prevenzione della dipendenza da strumenti e piattaforme digitali". It was presented on 5 August 2026, and part of its content addresses preventing problematic or compulsive use of video games by minors. Online video games fall within the bill's definition of "tecnologie digitali", which also lists tools, devices, services, applications, digital platforms and electronic social networks.
App store providers would have to build systems preventing minors from accessing content prohibited for them, including gambling, under the proposed EU Kids Act, according to a parliamentary dossier presented at Italy's Chamber of Deputies. The European Commission proposed the new regulatory framework in September to harmonise protection of minors in online content across the EU.
Brazilian federal deputy Jorge Goetten introduced Bill 5.587/2026, which would let bettors seek reimbursement for net losses on unauthorised fixed-odds platforms, as reported by Congress in Focus. The proposal would keep primary liability with the betting company but could extend it to financial institutions that failed to prevent the transactions; it awaits referral to committees in the Chamber of Deputies.
Reportedly, Filippo Scerra of the Movimento 5 Stelle tabled motion 1-00608 in Italy's Chamber of Deputies on 19 October 2026. It proposes banning digital devices and video games for children under three and allowing use between three and 12 only under adult supervision, alongside tighter social media age limits.
Filippo Scerra of the Movimento 5 Stelle tabled motion 1-00608 in Italy's Chamber of Deputies on 19 October 2026, according to the motion. The motion proposes banning digital devices and video games for children under three and allowing their use between the ages of three and 12 only under adult supervision. It commits the government to act within a regulatory framework coordinated at European level.