{"id":628864,"date":"2026-09-18T19:58:13","date_gmt":"2026-09-18T19:58:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/628864\/"},"modified":"2026-09-18T19:58:13","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T19:58:13","slug":"cases-of-treatment-counseling-for-teen-gambling-jump-over-40-in-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/628864\/","title":{"rendered":"Cases of treatment, counseling for teen gambling jump over 40% in 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/74c27098-ca30-45b1-b13b-51cf6fb3949b.jpg\" style=\"height: auto; aspect-ratio: 1920 \/ 1280; width: 100%\" alt=\"gettyimagesbank\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/p>\n<p>gettyimagesbank<\/p>\n<p class=\"editor-p\">The number of teenagers who received treatment or counseling for gambling problems surged by more than 40 percent last year, data showed Friday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"editor-p\">A total of 5,838 individuals aged 19 and under received counseling or treatment for gambling issues in 2025, marking a 40.9 percent increase from a year earlier, according to the data provided by the National Gambling Control Commission to Rep. Lim Oh-kyeong of the ruling Democratic Party of Korea.<\/p>\n<p class=\"editor-p\">By category, those who had problems due to illegal online gambling accounted for the largest share at 57.7 percent, the data showed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"editor-p\">A total of 24,474 teenagers were classified as a high-risk group last year, but only 1,235 of them were referred to the Korea Problem Gambling Agency, a state agency that provides prevention, counseling and rehabilitation services for people with gambling problems, the lawmaker said, citing the data.<\/p>\n<p class=\"editor-p\">&#8220;We must comprehensively overhaul the performance management system of our prevention policies to ensure protection for teenagers,&#8221; said Lim.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"gettyimagesbank The number of teenagers who received treatment or counseling for gambling problems surged by more than 40&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":628865,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[103,61,60,410,411],"class_list":["post-628864","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mental-health","tag-health","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-mental-health","tag-mentalhealth"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/628864","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=628864"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/628864\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/628865"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=628864"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=628864"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=628864"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}