Mapping of local gambling initiatives in Italy

The dataset provides the data on gambling policies accessible in online and online resources. The regulations are those implemented by Italian Municipalities between 2003 and 2021. The data set comprise the information collected by the documentation mapped and retrieved from the “2021 Dataset on local gambling regulations in Italy” (Bassoli and Baratin 2022), the personal archive of Dr Paolo Jarre (accessed in march 2021) and of Prof Marco Pedroni (accessed in 2021) The following variables are available: Municipality ISTAT Code (ID), Municipality Name (Name) Province, Region, Major’s party, Majority coalition, Title of the measure, and a series of variables identifying the type of rulings adopted (“regolamento”, “ordinanza” and “delibera”), the topics covered, the year of approval. Additional variables describe the restrains placed upon zoning and timing for arcades or electronic gambling machines (EGM). Overall, the dataset comprises 2098 specific regulations, 193 tax regulations, and 38 building regulations.