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Spain’s PP seeks government data on gambling-harm support services

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Spain’s People’s Party (PP) submitted questions to the government in Congress seeking updated information on public support for people with gambling-related disorders. It asked about estimated numbers affected, access to specialist care, service locations and waiting times, coordination with health and social services, budgets for 2025 and 2026, and plans to improve coverage.

The answers could inform assessments of the reach, funding and coordination of gambling-harm support services in Spain.

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Calabria reports 14 gambling-harm support centres and €1.3m annual funding

Calabria welfare councillor Pasqualina Straface said the region has 14 centres supporting people affected by gambling disorders and their families. She said the region allocates about €1.3m annually to provincial health authorities for prevention projects and specialist services.

Pasqualina Straface, the welfare councillor of the Calabria region, commented on a recent analysis of gambling that had been published online. The regional president, Occhiuto, has given her a delegation covering pathological addictions. Straface stated that Calabria has 14 centres to take in people with gambling disorders, as well as their relatives. She added that Calabria allocates about 1.300.000,00 every year to the provincial health authorities for projects against gambling addiction.

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