Teaching the risks of gambling will be on the curriculum of a new program approved by the government of the Netherlands entitled “money matters, debt, and understanding risks,” SBC News reported June 9.
The program, which will cost €8 million ($8,684,456.78), was the idea of Deputy Prime Minister Carola Schouten, who is also minister for poverty policy, participation and pensions, said the program’s goal is to protect Dutch youth from accruing crippling debt and to teach how to handle money.
She added that the classes would also ”emphasize understanding the risks of online gambling and cryptocurrency investments.” Schouten’s goal is to introduce the program into all primary and secondary schools beginning in 2024.
The Dutch government banned “untargeted gambling advertising,” effective July 1. Gambling advertisements will need to demonstrate that 95 percent of those exposed are aged 24 or older.
