Spillemyndigheden, the Danish Gambling Authority, has released a national initiative focused on younger humans below the age of 18 that specializes in the outcomes related to playing. One of the motives for that is the want for early intervention, no matter the truth that maximum varieties of playing are simplest allowed for adults over the age of 18.
The widespread majority of playing merchandise are simplest allowed for adults over the age of 18. However, a examine with the aid of using the Danish Gambling Authority indicates that 15% of younger humans among the a long time of 15-17 have gambled on-line withinside the beyond year. In addition, a clean fashion in questions to the Danish Gambling Authority’s helpline StopSpillet indicates that the widespread majority of humans with playing issues make their playing debut earlier than the age of 25.
“Young humans below the age of 18 in Denmark locate approaches to gamble, as an example via pals or own circle of relatives or via on-line playing webweb sites with out a Danish licence. We recognise that the more youthful you’re whilst you make your playing debut, the much more likely you’re to expand a gaming hassle later on. That’s why, for the primary time, we’re focused on below-18s directly, and we’re doing it in a brand new, innovative manner that turns everything on its head. This is vital if we’re to remind younger humans of the dangers of playing and, now no longer least, that the residence usually wins withinside the lengthy run; playing isn’t always a manner to brief and clean money,” Anders Dorph, director of the Danish Gambling Authority, stated.
The focal factor of the brand new attempt is a fictional person, “The One-Armed Bandit”, who serves as an analogy for playing dependancy. As a part of the attempt, observe the person via quick movies and posts on YouTube and Instagram and spot how he scams and cheats his manner into luring younger humans into playing. Although the difficulty count is serious, the content material is characterized with the aid of using humour and irony, which consistent with Anders Dorph is a strategic preference to get via to younger humans.
“The seriousness of playing dependancy ought to now no longer be downplayed. But that doesn’t suggest we must be pointing palms on the below-18s. We have selected a brand new technique on this attempt, wherein we attempt to open younger humans’s eyes via humor and irony on their terms, so we arouse their curiosity, get them engaged and relate to playing with out stigmatizing and developing fear,” Anders Dorph stated.
In reference to the improvement of the initiative, Anders Dorph stated it has come to be clean how playing has come to be a social hobby amongst younger humans. This contributes to many younger humans forgetting the capacity outcomes that playing can have.
“Danish younger humans are reflective and enlightened, and plenty of are aware about how playing can get out of hand and turn into playing dependancy, main to loneliness, debt or different private challenges. But we additionally recognise that playing these days is an awful lot extra of a social hobby amongst younger humans, who gamble in class, at some point of breaks or at domestic with pals. In the social space, it is able to speedy appear innocent to gamble, and that’s precisely why with ‘The One-Armed Bandit’ we need to remind younger humans of the capacity terrible outcomes,” Anders Dorph stated.
“The One-Armed Bandit” is performed with the aid of using David Minerba, who has a massive following on social media and is widely known withinside the goal audience. Comedian Martin Høgsted has been concerned withinside the manufacturing of the content material as director. “The One-Armed Bandit” has its personal profile on YouTube and Instagram, wherein it’s far viable to observe the person, watch the content material and engage with it. As a part of the bigger attempt, the Danish Gambling Authority may even spark off influencer collaborations to unfold the messages.
Recently, the Danish Gambling Authority released a brand new website, StyrPåSpillet, which gathers data approximately playing and compulsive playing in a single place, wherein dad and mom can locate data and recommendation on the way to have interaction in a talk with their youngsters approximately playing.