In the last decade, the player profile changed overnight, graces to the pandemic and online games, an explosive combination. The average age of an “addict” has dropped to 20 years old and there are more and more of them.
The number is impressive: 2% of the Portuguese population has gambling problems, although not all of them are pathological cases. Online games facilitated the access to younger people who start playing at an increasingly younger age. Os experts heard this Wednesday no Pparliament don’t want the end of advertising, but they defend which should be more regulated.
Qtrue greater supervision of online platforms and make the self-exclusion mechanism widespread.
In the last decade, the player profile changed overnightgraces to the pandemic and online games, an explosive combination.
The average age of an “addict” has dropped to 20 years old and there are more and more of them. The experts interviewed this Wednesday in Parliament, at the request of the free.
They want more regulation and supervision of online platforms ahas why many are illegal and do not comply with minimums.
Dargue that the self-exclusion mechanism dmust be mandatory in all simultaneous e they don’t want the end of advertising, but they consider that there should be restrictions and be used to send the right message
Tthey also defend a special information campaign aimed at young people.
