Sambaldi proposes permanent observatory on illegal online gambling
Regulation2 min read
Chiara Sambaldi proposed developing the Nexus Observatory into a permanent structure for analysing illegal online gambling at a 13 November 2026 event in Rome. She said the project would establish a clearer scientific and institutional identity, working with Italian public universities and an interdisciplinary technical committee.
A new project seeks to consolidate the Nexus Observatory on Illegal Online Gambling as a lasting centre for study and analysis. Chiara Sambaldi presented its development at Palazzo Wedekind during an event arranged by As.Tro – Confindustria SIT with CGIA Mestre.
Sambaldi said illegal online gambling was changing faster than traditional tools could often analyse and counter it, and called for the observatory’s work to be strengthened without changing its original approach. Sambaldi said the development process aimed to build on the work done so far, giving it a scientific and institutional identity.
Collaboration has begun with Italian public universities, including the University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli’s law department and its international and criminal law areas, and the University of Naples Parthenope’s electrical engineering and information technology department. Sambaldi said public universities would provide independent knowledge oriented towards the general interest. CGIA Mestre, which has helped shape the observatory’s working method since its inception, will continue to contribute.
An interdisciplinary technical and scientific committee is being formed with academic, technical and sociological professionals to identify research topics and establish analytical methods and tools. Sambaldi said legal market operators held information and experience that would be difficult to reconstruct through external research. The observatory intends to connect operators, technology specialists, universities and institutions on a permanent basis to bring market experience together with scientific analysis.
Sambaldi said independence needed to be ensured through organisational rules, working practices, research methods and transparent criteria for communicating results. She said the observatory should distinguish between what data supports and what requires further verification.