Politics | Administrative/Autonomy
input2025-09-15 09:03:46
Prevention education has increased four times, but gambling increases about 10 times. Policy effectiveness
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[스포츠서울 | 이상배 전문기자] Although youth gambling crimes are exploding, it is pointed out that the national prevention education infrastructure is still in place.
In addition, according to data submitted by the Democratic Party’s Min Hyung -bae (Culture, Sports and Tourism Committee), the number of gambling crimes arrested in 2021 to 72 in 2024, 24 times in three years. During the same period, criminal boys (14-18 years old) also increased about 9 times from 63 to 559, and last year, the prosecution was sent to the prosecution and was arrested.
The problem is that even though preventive education has expanded significantly, gambling crimes have not been suppressed at all. According to the Korea Gambling Problem Prevention Amusement Data, the number of 10 prevention education users increased nearly four times in 2021 to more than 2 million in 2024. However, the prevention promotion project budget decreased by about 10% compared to three years ago. The number of institutional workforce has increased to 103 in 2022 and then decreased to 97 in 2024. It is criticized that only formal prevention education has increased and the actual response has not been supported.
“The youth gambling problem is a serious social crisis that can no longer be neglected,” said Min. sangbae0302@sportsseoul.com
