Artem Metelev, chairman of the State Duma Committee on Youth Policy, announced the need to introduce an additional tax for betting companies, whose funds will go to the treatment and prevention of gambling addiction (gambling addiction). DEA News.
He noted that the law does not prohibit betting and online games, and no one in Russia mentions gambling addiction.
“Some people sell apartments, people start to disappear after work, but actually everything goes there and the apartment is mortgaged. There are many such stories. And of course we also need to look at the restrictions,” Metelev stressed.
The MP noted that with the introduction of an additional tax, gambling organizers can show responsibility towards their customers who have become problem players.
In early January, Sechenov, psychiatrist of the First Moscow State Medical University named after IM, candidate of medical sciences Dmitry Petelin reportedAbout 5-10% of young people under the age of 30 in Russia may become addicted to gambling.
In 2022, the World Health Organization (WHO) officially including Computer gambling on the list of dangerous diseases.