{"id":727262,"date":"2026-06-10T10:20:34","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T10:20:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/727262\/"},"modified":"2026-06-10T10:20:34","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T10:20:34","slug":"police-urge-youths-to-steer-clear-of-illegal-world-cup-betting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/727262\/","title":{"rendered":"Police urge youths to steer clear of illegal World Cup betting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Judiciary Police have waged a community-wide campaign ahead of the forthcoming World Cup to urge residents, particularly young people, to refrain from taking part in illegal football betting.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The community outreach effort was conducted alongside young volunteers, targeting bars, leisure areas, and public spaces.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to a government press release on Tuesday, this campaign took place between 2 and 8 June, with youth-oriented prevention highlighted as a focus.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2018Criminals frequently use match result predictions and promises of quick profits as tactics to lure young people into illicit gambling through social media or instant messaging apps,\u2019 the statement read.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2018Once involved, one may not only suffer financial losses but also face corresponding criminal liability.\u2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The authorities said they had also strengthened school engagement, distributing materials to the underage near educational premises and areas where young people gathered.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The campaign also extended online to social media platforms, with the objective of spreading anti-gambling messages among friends.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The FIFA World Cup 2026 is scheduled to take place between 11 June and 19 July, with Canada, Mexico, and the United States as its host countries.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In late October 2024, Macau enforced a new law against unauthorised gambling, superseding a legal precedent that had been in place since 1996.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Judiciary Police have waged a community-wide campaign ahead of the forthcoming World Cup to urge residents, particularly&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":727263,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[49,48,874,84,66009,393,394,165111],"class_list":["post-727262","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mental-health","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-gaming","tag-health","tag-macau","tag-mental-health","tag-mentalhealth","tag-mna"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/727262","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=727262"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/727262\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/727263"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=727262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=727262"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=727262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}