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The calculator Alberto Coto will give a talk to young people from Lorca through which he will make them see that mathematics is not for games of chance, warning that "in the game there are no tricks or shortcuts, the bank always wins and the player loses.
It is not about demonizing the game, but it is about letting the player know what they are up against ".
The Mayor of Lorca, Diego Jos� Mateos, presented, this morning, together with the Councilor for Health and Youth, Jos� �ngel Ponce, the campaign that will be launched by the Lorca City Council, through ½s of the social networks of the Youth Council, to warn about the dangers of gambling and online gambling.
The mayor of Lorca has indicated that "under the motto" If you stop, you win.
For responsible gambling ", it is intended to publish a series of warnings and recommendations aimed especially at families with adolescents and young people, concerned about the damage that gambling and online gambling can cause".
Diego Jos� Mateos, explained that "for this, the Council has developed a computer billboard with a QR code, which will lead directly to the resources for prevention and information ½n against this type of addiction ".
Mateos has insisted that "it is an information and awareness campaign very focused on schools to inform young people of the reality and of all the dangers that lie behind the bets and online gambling ".
For his part, the Councilor for Youth and Health has detailed that "in this first phase, from the social networks of the Youth Council itself and, through a resource that will be offered to the different HEIs of the municipality for its dissemination Among the young people of Lorca, a talk will be broadcast by the mathematical expert Alberto Coto.In addition, the campaign will continue with the development of a web page in which it will be offered ½ Lorca youth and their families information and resources against pathological gambling ".
Jos� �ngel Ponce highlighted that "Alberto Coto, seven-time world champion and two-time Olympic calculation champion, in addition to fourteen-time Guinness record, is the protagonist of a talk that can be seen through a video on YouTube, with a very fresh, young and striking image, since two young people have developed the interview with Coto.
In it, the expert offers a fundamental lesson based on probabilities math that you have when you make sports bets, roulette games, slot machines, lotteries, poker or blackjack ".
Ponce D�az has assured that "the influence that games of chance have on youth is worrying.
And by spreading the benefits of Mathematics among students, especially among those in Secondary and Baccalaureate, we make sure that ï Do they know what they are up against and have the necessary knowledge to prevent them from getting hooked on the game in a pathological way ".
In addition, in these times of pandemic and in which there may be a situation of isolation, it can lead to an increase, especially in online gambling, since there are many possibilities and tools available to bet easily.
and fast.
For this reason, with this awareness campaign, the councilor reiterated, "it is intended to reflect that in gambling" everything is not a matter of luck, conveying a very clear message to young people "." When you get into the game world, in addition to losing money, you also lose your time, your family, your friends, in short, your life ".
In this sense, the mayor of Youth recalled that "currently rehabilitated associations of lud�paths throughout the country are receiving many cases of young people between 18 and 25 years old, students or Unemployed without family responsibilities It is also relevant the increase in inquiries about minors in relation to gambling and gambling, who despite the prohibitions and barriers manage to play, gamble and in many cases suffer the disorders typical of the gambling ".
Professional associations warn that the profile of the lud�pata in Spain is changing rapidly.
This is how he warns, by assuring that if a few years ago the gambling addict was mostly a married man over 35 years of age, today these associations are reaching more and more young people.
As well as the increase in inquiries from families with underage children in relation to gambling and gambling that, despite the fact that they cannot legally gamble until they are 18 years old, manage to gamble and, in many cases cases, become prey to gambling disorders.
Therefore, they insist that pathological players are getting younger and younger and that, unlike what happened a decade ago, 75% of cases were addicted to mine.
Slot machines and the rest to other face-to-face modalities such as scratch cards, pools ..., today the youngest are seduced by sports bets and poker in the online mode, because young people they are very familiar with the use of digital technologies, which exposes them massively to these gaming services.
Numerous studies have already indicated that the prevalence of problem gambling behavior among adolescents is at least twice that of adults.
Finding Spain with the highest rate in Europe of lud�paths between 14 and 21 years.
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Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca
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