The features of online gambling. From international literature to Italian data

Journal title SICUREZZA E SCIENZE SOCIALI
Author/s Danilo Boriati, Daniela Grignoli
Publishing Year 2022 Issue 2022/1
Language Italian Pages 13 P. 30-42 File size 247 KB
DOI 10.3280/SISS2022-001004
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The essay, through an analysis of the international literature on online gambling, leads to discover how Internet and social platforms have facilitated and ex-tended the opportunities for gambling and, in parallel, increased the problems re-lated to gambling, especially during the pandemic period; it proposes an innovative response of care services, through a work of "network in the Network".

Keywords: Network; play; online gambling; Covid-19; online communities; prevention.

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Danilo Boriati, Daniela Grignoli, Le peculiarità del gioco d’azzardo online. Dalla letteratura internazionale ai dati italiani in "SICUREZZA E SCIENZE SOCIALI" 1/2022, pp 30-42, DOI: 10.3280/SISS2022-001004