(Jamma) The protest by the citizens of Puianello and the mayor of Quattro Castella against yet another arcade is the tip of the iceberg of a phenomenon defined as "devastating" by the 5 Star Movement. «The damages from widespread gambling are under the eyes of all» they write in a note announcing the proposal contained in a question by 61 M5S parliamentarians presented on 5 April 2013.
A common front in Parliament against the gambling lobby which also supports the Letta government, as Matteo Iori, one of the movement's communication managers, explains in a dramatic complaint on social networks. "The first act as a parliamentarian - writes Maria Edera Spadoni, M5S deputy from Reggio Emilia - which I presented as first signatory on April 5, 2013 together with 61 other M5S deputy colleagues between the Chamber and the Senate, including Maria Mussini, was a question" . Spadoni, «faced with such a high social cost and the ever increasing number of pathologies caused by gambling» asked the government if it weren't «appropriate to ban devices such as slot machines, video lottery online gambling". «An intention repeated a few days ago also by the group leader in the Senate of the M5S Vito Crimi in an interview. Gambling addiction is a huge social and economic emergency, as demonstrated by the data constantly disseminated by the Pope John XXIII association and Conagga. The government therefore works as soon as possible to put a stop to this by banning slot machines, online games. An intention repeated in the Senate also by her 5-star colleague Bertorotta during the vote on trust in Letta.
