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Minister Won Min-kyung of the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family has taken action to prevent gambling problems.
Amid growing social concerns over youth gambling issues, Won Min-gyeong (Minister) visited the Korea Institute for Prevention and Treatment of Gambling Problems (Prevention and Treatment Institute) and discussed cooperation plans among institutional investors to prevent youth gambling problems and support at-risk groups.
According to the Prevention and Treatment Institute, officials from the Integrated Supervisory Commission for Gambling Industries, the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family, and the Prevention and Treatment Institute attended Won (Minister)’s site visit and shared updates on key projects. They also discussed joint initiatives and promotional strategies effective in addressing youth gambling problems, including support for a voluntary self-reporting system for youth cyber-gambling, strengthening “Gambling Gatekeeper Training” for field counseling personnel, and simplifying procedures for the early detection of at-risk youth and their linkage to counseling and treatment services.
Support for the voluntary self-reporting system for youth cyber-gambling involves strengthening cooperative projects, such as the self-reporting system, among relevant institutional investors including the National Police Agency, the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family, and the Prevention and Treatment Institute.
A gambling gatekeeper refers to a person who is responsible for being the first to identify individuals at risk of gambling addiction and connecting them with professional counseling or treatment institutional investors (linkage).
Strengthening early detection and linkage for at-risk groups involves improving the inter-institutional investor linkage system and procedures so that youth identified as at-risk for gambling in media usage habit diagnostic surveys can be promptly connected to the specialized counseling and treatment services of the Prevention and Treatment Institute.
Lee Jin-sik, Director-General of the Office of the Integrated Supervisory Commission for Gambling Industries, which is under the Prime Minister’s office, stated, “To resolve youth gambling problems, status survey research, preventive education and counseling, legal assistance, and treatment services must be implemented more substantively at the regional level. Furthermore, priority is needed for improving legal systems to block illegal gambling sites accessible to youth and to monitor and freeze gambling-related funds in the financial sector.”
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