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(Jamma) The Observatory on the risks of gambling addiction, set up in April at the Customs and Monopolies Agency in implementation of the Balduzzi Law, has become fully operational. After the first two Observatory meetings held in April and June, the Support Advisory Committee made up of representatives of the social partners met for the first time on 25 July.
One of the seats at the large table was occupied by the National President of STS, Giovanni Baglivo. Our Syndicate, - reads the total of the Syndicate of Sports Totoricevitori -, following his express request, has been formally included in the composition of the Advisory Committee which, from now on, will support the difficult work of the Observatory in the search for solutions more suitable for preventing the risks associated with gambling addiction.
We strongly wanted to be present in this important institutional body, in order to bring within it the voice of our associates, the tobacconists who carry out the physical collection of public games.
In this particular historical moment, in which gambling is portrayed as one of the major causes of ruin for Italian families, we have decided to make our contribution to the sacrosanct protection of health, without however forgetting the reasons for our category.
In claiming belonging to the healthy part of the game, in fact, we believe that we can guarantee the good of the community by selectively targeting dangerous gaming methods and places (VLT halls and the internet) by preserving the betting offices where, as always, the game has its natural function of pure entertainment and innocent and safe recreation
