Bocelli in gambling addiction day

(ANSA) - Lucca, January 28 - Tenor Andrea Bocelli and checkers champ Michele Borghetti participated in a day against gambling addiction at the Tuscan resort town of Forte dei Marmi on Thursday.
    The day included a checkers tournament at the local high school, in which Borghetti played 15 students at 15 different tables at the same time.
    The student with the most points ended up playing against Borghetti along with Bocelli.
    The initiative received messages of support from Education Minister Stefania Giannini and National Olympic Committee President Giovanni Malagò.
    Gambling addiction has soared in Italy in recent years.