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.
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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
Peer Reviewed
Publication Year
2024
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Book Title
Il gioco d’azzardo: una prospettiva multidisciplinare
Book Subtitle
Atti del convegno tenutosi presso il Dipartimento di Giurisprudenza dell’Università degli Studi di Siena il 1° dicembre 2023
Editors
Mario Perini
Peer Reviewed
Number of Pages
246
Publication Year
2024
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© 2024 Author(s)
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Publisher Name
Firenze University Press, USiena Press
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-0444-6
ISBN Print
979-12-215-0443-9
eISBN (pdf)
979-12-215-0444-6
eISBN (epub)
979-12-215-0445-3
Series Title
Strumenti del Dipartimento di Giurisprudenza di Siena