The Ministry of Education, Culture, Science and Technology of Salta reported that have blocked more than 6,000 illegal online gambling websites from computers issued to students of the Argentine province through the “Conectar Igualdad” program.
During the third workshop titled “Prevention and Awareness of Virtual Games of Chance and Online Betting”, The head of said portfolio, Cristina Fiore, recalled that the initiative was given at the request of Governor Gustavo Sáenzwhich asked for a timely response to the problem of online gambling among minors.
From this, he explained that each ministry launched different actions and, from the provincial educational portfolio with the collaboration of Modernization, Sites were blocked so that Conectar Igualdad beneficiaries cannot access virtual online betting spaces.
“The Modernization Secretariat created a program that provides tips so that parents can know if their children are victims of gambling addiction.. They can report places to be blocked by the Government. In public squares where there is free internet, access to these pages was blocked,” he added.
During the event, the results of the federal study “Betting is not a Game” were also presented. In this framework, Fiore and the Minister of Government, Human Rights and Labor, Ricardo Villada, They highlighted the importance of having real data to make decisions more in line with the context.
