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| The Consumption Councilor of the Cieza City Council informs that the Ministry will prepare a pioneering report in Spain to detect possible addictions to gambling in professional sports | In a press release, the Cieza City Council Consumption Councilor, Francisco Saorín, celebrated that the minister of the sector, Alberto Garzón, has hardened the tone against the bookmakers, warning football clubs of "recklessness" which in his opinion means signing new sponsorship contracts with gaming companies despite the fact that a decree will prohibit them.Likewise, the councilor has described as "great progress" the forthcoming approval of a comprehensive plan to combat fraud in betting that foresees, among other measures, a pioneering report in Spain to detect possible addictions to gambling in professional sports.This is a "prevalence study on mental disorders due to gambling addictions among athletes" that should be available in 2021 and that, according to consumer sources, will be prepared by the General Directorate for the Regulation of Gambling (DGOJ) with its own resources.According to Saorín, the report will be based on the analysis of the results of a questionnaire that will be distributed to the different sports federations that, in turn, will distribute it to the athletes.
According to the DGOJ, "in order to better understand the level of risk of corruptibility that athletes may present in the field of sports competitions, it is necessary to analyze the degree of linkage of this group with the betting segment sports and, more specifically, the prevalence rates of mental disorders due to gambling addictions among athletes ".The councilor has warned that since there is no specific study in Spain that analyzes the relationship of athletes with gambling, it is convenient to carry out an in-depth analysis of the issue to see if conclusions similar to those detected in others can be drawn environments or, on the contrary, there are specific features that distinguish the situation in Spain ".The study is one of the 21 measures of the new National Plan 2020-2021 of the National Commission to combat the manipulation of sports competitions and fraud in betting (CONFAD), which brings together Consumption and representatives of the Higher Council of Sports, Police National, Civil Guard, Royal Spanish Football Federation, Royal Spanish Tennis Federation, LaLiga, Association of Spanish Footballers, and the gaming companies Bet365, Sportium, Codere and GVC Holdings.The Councilor for Health and Public Health of the City Council of Cieza has concluded by warning that "when a person of reference, an idol of young people wears a brand from a betting house on his shirt, he is inciting a type of consumption that can be compulsive and that can lead to serious problems that can even lead to gambling ".
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cieza
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