Pluto, the residential community that aims to defeat gambling addiction

Free and open all year round, this facility is located in Reggio Emilia to offer a way out to pathological gamblers who, through specific workshops linked to the theatre and various therapeutic groups, undertake a journey to free themselves from the chains of a slavery that affects more and more Italians.

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PLUTO REGGIO EMILIA

GAMBLING COMMUNITY

They chose to call it “Pluto“, like the mythological Greek god of money, with the belief that he can “convert” those who have decided to say enough to gameThis is the residential facility for pathological gamblers, recently inaugurated in Reggio Emilia, with the aim of helping these people regain the balance and clarity lost through gambling.

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PLUTO REGGIO EMILIA

Most of the people who decide to turn to this center have had problems related to slot machine, but there are also cases of players who have developed a pathological relationship with scratch cards and sports betting. "The path – he explained to Gazzetta di Reggio Matteo Iori, president of “Papa Giovanni XXIII”, one of the associations that allowed the birth of Pluto – develops mainly with therapeutic groups but there are also individual interviews and activities with the psychotherapist”. Thus, within the structure which has the unique characteristic in Italy of being free and active 365 days a year, specific laboratories related to , and various art forms that give patients the opportunity to express their discomfort, ultimately managing to control it.

DEFEATING GAMING ADDICTION

Pluto, the organizers explain, represents aabsolute novelty Because it's open year-round and free for citizens, thanks to the support of public services, the Emilia-Romagna Region, and the non-profit organization "Centro Sociale Papa Giovanni XXIII." These institutions have also decided to make this investment to combat one of the most widespread gambling-related problems: the shame. “Often, especially in Italy – Iori explained – gambling is seen as a vice, not as a diseaseThis involves a significant moral judgment, making it difficult to ask for help.”

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