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Il gioco d’azzardo in una prospettiva di interesse pubblico

  • Sara Rolando

Combining theoretical reflections and data from the international and national literature, the paper frames the issue of gambling from a public interest perspective, attentive to social inequalities and how contextual factors and supply and demand conditions impact people's behaviour and the prevalence of problem gambling. It then analyses the representations and narratives prevalent in the social debate, particularly the justifications used by the legislature in the liberalization process, and discusses them in light of scientific evidence, highlighting their limitations and arguing for the need to reframe the issue of gambling as an outcome of political rather than individual choices and responsibilities.

  • Keywords:
  • Gambling,
  • public health,
  • total consumption theory,
  • social burden,
  • social debate,
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Sara Rolando

Eclectica+Research and Training, Italy - ORCID: 0000-0003-1002-2599

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Chapter Information

Chapter Title

Il gioco d’azzardo in una prospettiva di interesse pubblico

Authors

Sara Rolando

Language

Italian

DOI

10.36253/979-12-215-0444-6.09

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2024

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Il gioco d’azzardo: una prospettiva multidisciplinare

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Atti del convegno tenutosi presso il Dipartimento di Giurisprudenza dell’Università degli Studi di Siena il 1° dicembre 2023

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Mario Perini

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246

Publication Year

2024

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Firenze University Press, USiena Press

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