Compliance Updates

Poland Relaunches Education Scheme to Combat Underage Gambling

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September 8, 2021

Niji Narayan

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Poland’s Ministry of Finance Krajowa Administracja Skarbowa (KAS) has relaunched an awareness campaign, which aims to educate young people about gambling addiction and illegal gambling.

The “Gambling? Don’t Get Involved!” campaign focuses on the negative effects of the industry, such as addiction, financial problems and social isolation.

It is targeted at those under the legal gambling age of 18, namely children in grade seven (aged between 12 and 13) and eight (those between 13 and 14), as well as parents and teachers.

During the previous two phases of the campaign, close to 110,000 parents and students participated in the programme.

“Educating young people is a very important task, and illegal gambling is a problem not only for us, who are fighting it,” Magdalena Rzeczkowska, head of KAS, said.

“It affects addicts, plus their family and friends. With our programme, we want to show the dangers of participating in gambling and warn against them.”

The relaunch has been supported by Poland’s Minister of Education and Science.

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Niji Narayan

Niji Narayan has been in the writing industry for well over a decade or so. He prides himself as one of the few survivors left in the world who have actually mastered the impossible art of copy editing. Niji graduated in Physics and obtained his Master’s degree in Communication and Journalism. He has always interested in sports writing and travel writing. He has written for numerous websites and his in-depth analytical articles top sports magazines like Cricket Today and Sports Today. He reports gaming industry headlines from all around the globe.