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The Ohio Lottery said video lottery terminal revenue for September reached $119.5 million. According to the lottery, video lottery terminal revenue for September rose 6 per cent year-on-year.
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Valérie Peano, founding partner of EGLA, criticised Italy’s gambling advertising ban during a panel at SiGMA World 2026. She said the Decree of Dignity was under review by the Court of Justice of the European Union over procedural issues and argued that the ban lacked scientific assessment and an ex-post review. Peano also called for balance in the ongoing consultation.
Valérie Peano, founding partner of EGLA (European Gambling Lawyers and Advisors), spoke on the first day of SiGMA World 2026 at a panel on the ban on gambling advertising.
AGCOM official Davide Gallino discussed the authority’s review of guidance on gambling advertising at the SiGMA Central Europe Summit in Rome on 3 November 2026. He said the review would clarify which activities fall outside the advertising ban, including infotainment and sports sponsorships, and distinguish independent editorial work from commercial promotion. Gallino also described possible legal consequences of a court ruling on the Dignity Decree as hypothetical.
Davide Gallino of AGCOM said the authority's review of its gambling advertising guidelines is meant to redefine the limits of the exclusions from the Dignity Decree ban, not to remove operators' communication options. Gallino is a manager in the discipline, supervision and sanctions office of AGCOM's media services directorate, and he spoke at the SiGMA Central Europe Summit in Rome. The article is dated 3 November 2026.
Campaigner James Noyes questioned whether the Arts and Humanities Research Council is the right body to commission gambling research under the UK statutory levy. The article says 20% of the levy was allocated to research, amounting to nearly £24m in its first year, while the first funding wave commissioned £18m in grants through UKRI. Noyes warned that funding decisions could attract projects without the necessary policy or specialist expertise.
Noyes doubted that the AHRC is the right body to commission gambling research. UKRI responded to a right of reply email.
Microgame chief executive Marco Castaldo said at SiGMA World 2026 in Italy that retail and online gambling channels are likely to converge, but are not yet omnichannel. He said technical rules due to take effect on 15 February will bring further effects from Italy’s reform, while compliance investment is adding costs for suppliers.
Marco Castaldo, who is CEO of Microgame, took part in two panels. The panels were held on the opening day of SiGMA World 2026.
Nexus said its 2025 Valle d’Aosta bulletin recorded 690 people receiving services for substance, alcohol or gambling disorders. It reported 39 cases of gambling disorder, 5.7% of the total, in data from the region’s sole local health authority.
The Nexus Observatory on Addictions has reached Valle d’Aosta with the fourth regional publication of "L’Italia delle Dipendenze 2025". In 2025 the Valle d’Aosta local health authority recorded 690 cases taken into care in total, covering substance, alcohol and gambling disorder dependencies.