(Amendment No. 5)*

International GameTechnology PLC

(Name of Issuer)

Ordinary shares,nominal value $0.10 per share

(Title of Class of Securities)

G4863A 108

(CUSIP Number)

(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person
Authorized to Receive Notices of Communication)

May 25, 2023

(Date of Event Which Requires Filing of this Statement)

If the filing person has previously filed a statement on Schedule 13G toreport the acquisition that is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is filing this schedule because of §§ 240.13d-1(e), 240.13d-1(f)or 240.13d-1(g), check the following box. o

Note. Schedules filed in paper format shall include a signed originaland five copies of the schedule, including all exhibits. See § 240.13d-7 for other parties to whom copies are to be sent.  

*The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting person'sinitial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities, and for any subsequent amendment containing information whichwould alter disclosures provided in a prior cover page.

The information required on the remainder of this cover page shall notbe deemed to be “filed” for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Act”)or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, seethe Notes).

(1)        Effective January 1, 2018, DeA Partecipazioni S.p.A., a wholly owned subsidiary of De Agostini S.p.A.(“De Agostini”), merged into De Agostini, resulting in the transfer of ownership of 10,073,006 ordinary shares fromDeA Partecipazioni S.p.A. to De Agostini. Prior to January 1, 2018, De Agostini held 93,349,318 ordinary shares in International GameTechnology PLC (“IGT PLC”). De Agostini is therefore now the sole Reporting Person under this Statement.

(2)         Pursuantto a loyalty plan implemented by IGT PLC, from and after April 7, 2018, any shareholder who held (or may in the future hold)ordinary shares continuously for a three-year period became (or will become) entitled to participate in the loyalty plan and, uponelection, became (or will become) entitled to direct the voting rights with respect to one special voting share of $0.000001 (each a“Special Voting Share”) per ordinary share held for such period. Each Special Voting Share carries 0.9995 votes.De Agostini elected, effective as of May 25, 2018, to exercise its rights to participate in the loyalty plan with respect to all ofits owned ordinary shares. De Agostini does not have the right to participate in the loyalty plan with respect to the ordinaryshares pledged under the Forward Transaction. As of May 25, 2023, De Agostini has the right to direct the voting with respect to85,422,324  Special Voting Shares. De Agostini has been advised that, as of such date, no other shareholders have elected toparticipate in the loyalty plan resulting in the right to direct the voting with respect to Special Voting Shares. As of March20, 2023, there were 199,683,935 outstanding ordinary shares and, as of May 25, 2023, there are 85,422,324 Special VotingShares with respect to which shareholders have the right to direct the voting. Therefore, De Agostini’s effective votinginterest, as of May 25, 2023, is approximately 61.5% of the total voting power.

This Amendment No. 5 (this “Amendment No. 5”) to Schedule13D amends and supplements the statement on Schedule 13D relating to the ordinary shares, nominal value $0.10 (the “ordinaryshares”), of International Game Technology PLC (“IGT PLC” or the “Issuer”) filed by DeAgostini S.p.A. (“De Agostini”) and DeA Partecipazioni S.p.A. (“DeA Partecipazioni” and, togetherwith De Agostini, the “Reporting Entities”) on April 15, 2015 (the “Initial Schedule 13D”), as amendedby Amendment No. 1, Amendment No. 2, Amendment No. 3 and Amendment No. 4 (as so amended, the “Prior Schedule 13D”, and asamended by this Amendment No. 5, this “Schedule 13D”). Except as amended hereby, the Prior Schedule 13D remains infull force and effect and shall be read together with this Amendment No. 5. Capitalized terms used in this Amendment No. 5 but not otherwisedefined herein have the meanings ascribed to them in the Prior Schedule 13D. This Amendment No. 5 amends Items 4, 5 and 6 as set forthbelow.

Item 4.                         Purpose of Transaction.

Item No. 4 of the Prior Schedule 13D is amended by adding the followingafter the last paragraph thereof:

De Agostini completed settlement of the third trancheof the Forward Transaction as of May 25, 2023.

Item 5.                         Interest in Securities of the Issuer.

Item No. 5 of the Initial Schedule 13D is amended and restated as follows:

(a)-(b) Item3 of this Schedule 13D and Items 7 through 11 and 13 of the cover page of this Amendment No. 5 and the footnotes thereto are incorporatedherein by reference.  Furthermore, the following persons listed in Items 2(a)-(c) above beneficially own, directly or throughinvestment vehicles, ordinary shares for their personal accounts:

·                 Mr. Renzo (also known as Lorenzo) Pellicioli beneficially owns 102,435 ordinary shares;

·                 Mr. Marco Drago beneficially owns 32,649 ordinary shares; and

·                 Mr. Marco Sala beneficially owns 1,055,830 ordinary shares.

The persons named above have the sole voting powerand sole dispositive power in respect of the entirety of the number of the ordinary shares indicated in this Item 5 (above). 

The description of the Forward Transaction in Items4 and 6 of this Schedule 13D is incorporated herein by reference. In connection with its pledge of ordinary shares to the Dealer underthe Forward Transaction (as discussed below), De Agostini will not have the right to direct the voting with respect to the Special VotingShares corresponding to such pledged shares. The Dealer will also have, in the event of a De Agostini default or similar enforcement eventpursuant to the Forward Transaction, the right to vote or direct the vote and dispose of or direct the disposition of ordinary sharespledged by De Agostini.

There are no other persons known to have the rightsto vote or direct the vote or to dispose of or direct the disposition of ordinary shares.

(c)                                 De Agostini elected, effective as of May 25, 2018, to exercise its rights to participate in the loyaltyplan with respect to all of its owned ordinary shares. De Agostini does not have the right to participate in the loyalty plan with respectto the ordinary shares pledged under the Forward Transaction. As a result, as of May 25, 2023, following settlement of the second trancheof the Forward Transaction, De Agostini has the right to direct the voting with respect to 89,922,324 ordinary shares and 85,422,324 SpecialVoting Shares, giving De Agostini an effective voting interest of approximately 61.5 % of the total voting power.

The description of the Forward Transaction in Items4 and 6 of this Schedule 13D is incorporated herein by reference.

Neither De Agostini nor any person listed in Items2(a)-(c) above has effected any other transactions with respect to the ordinary shares during the past 60 days.

(d)                                Underthe Forward Transaction, De Agostini is obligated to pay or distribute to the Dealer an amount equivalent to any dividends paid duringthe term of the Forward Transaction on a number of ordinary shares based on a theoretical hedging position by the Dealer. In the eventof a default by De Agostini or certain other enforcement events under the Forward Transaction, the Dealer may have the right to receiveor direct proceeds from the sale of, or dividends from, ordinary shares pledged by De Agostini in connection with the Forward Transaction,if any. Except as set forth herein, no other person is known to have the right to receive, or the power to direct the receipt of, dividendsfrom, or proceeds from the sale of, the ordinary shares.

(e)                                 Not applicable.

Item 6.                         Contracts, Arrangements, Understandings or Relationships with Respect to Securities of the Issuer.

Item No. 6 of the Prior Schedule 13D is supplemented by adding the followingafter the last paragraph of the description of the Forward Transaction:

Settlement of the third tranche of the Forward Transaction through physicaldelivery was completed as of May 25, 2023.

SIGNATURE

After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledgeand belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.