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Mendoza lawmaker proposes youth debt education programme addressing online betting

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Mendoza provincial deputy Germán Gómez introduced a bill in Argentina to establish a digital-credit education and youth over-indebtedness prevention programme for state and private secondary schools. The proposal cites figures on young people’s debt and betting, including a survey finding that 16% of respondents aged 13 to 18 had gambled, and that one in eight of those had incurred debt.

If adopted, the programme would address digital credit and betting-related debt among secondary-school students in Mendoza.

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