Italy's Health Ministry forecast lists €54.9m in gambling-harm fund residuals
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The Health Ministry's spending forecast in Italy's 2027 budget bill records €54,891,184 in residuals for the pathological gambling fund, but shows no quantified cash or appropriation figures for 2027–2029. It sets a 100% target in each year for programming prevention, treatment and rehabilitation activities; a separate fund for pathological dependencies has a €94m annual forecast, with no gambling-specific share stated.
Italy's gambling-harm fund has €54,891,184 in residuals, according to the Health Ministry spending forecast published with the 2027 budget bill. Cash and appropriation figures for 2027, 2028 and 2029 are not quantified, and the residuals do not represent new annual funding for that period.
A separate fund for pathological addictions has a forecast of €94m a year for 2027 to 2029, with no share specified for gambling.
The forecast sets a 100% target in each of those years for an indicator measuring the planning of gambling-harm prevention, treatment and rehabilitation activities. The indicator measures the proportion of regional technical and scientific reports submitted that have been assessed. Its sources include regional decisions approving plans and the ministry's document platform.
A separate indicator for implementing prevention, treatment and rehabilitation for pathological addictions generally has a 100% target for each year from 2027 to 2029. It measures the proportion of regional technical and scientific reports submitted that have been verified.