Gangwon Land Raises Awareness of Illegal Gambling Prevention from a Youth Perspective

Awards Ceremony Held for the 2nd 'Help the Youth – Youth Gambling Prevention Content Contest'

Gangwon Land (Acting CEO Nam Han-kyu) announced on May 14 that it has finalized the winning entries for the 2nd 'Help the Youth – Youth Gambling Prevention Content Contest' and held an awards ceremony at Ttukseom Hangang Park in Seoul on May 14.

Gangwon Land Youth Gambling Prevention Content Contest Award Ceremony. Kim Wonguk, Acting Head of Casino Division at Gangwon Land (left), and Jung Eerim, student from Shinbong High School. Provided by Gangwon Land

Co-hosted with the Korea Center on Gambling Problems, this contest was designed to raise awareness of the dangers of youth gambling and to discover creative prevention messages from the perspective of young people.

Over the course of about a month until April 19, a total of 605 entries were received, including 253 short-form videos, 293 posters, and 59 webtoons. This year, participation in the short-form video category, which is popular among youth, was especially notable.

Gangwon Land comprehensively evaluated suitability, originality, and the effectiveness of message delivery, ultimately selecting 3 Grand Prizes, 3 Excellence Awards, and 6 Merit Awards, for a total of 12 winning works.

In the short-form video category, Jeongirim Shinbongo from Shinbong High School (for "Gambling, an Endless Vicious Cycle") received the Grand Prize. In the webtoon category, Yang Dayeon from Yongho High School (for "Rock, Paper, Scissors You Can't Win") was awarded the Grand Prize. In the poster category, Choi Kahyun from Gyeongju Design High School (for "A Single Gamble, a Vanishing Future") was honored with the Grand Prize.

The awards ceremony was held as part of the 'Youth Prevention Week Commemorative Event,' hosted by the Integrated Supervisory Commission for the Gambling Industry and organized by the Korea Center on Gambling Problems, and was attended by the Grand Prize winners from each category.

All winners received a total of 12.1 million won in prize money and certificates. In addition, Shinbong High School, which produced the overall highest-scoring entry, was awarded 5 million won in funding for youth gambling prevention activities.

Alongside the awards ceremony, Gangwon Land also operated an exhibition booth and conducted a gambling prevention campaign tailored to students attending the 'Youth Prevention Week Commemorative Event.' Going forward, the winning works will be used as resources for a variety of campaigns aimed at improving youth awareness.

Won-guk Kim, Acting Head of Casino Division at Gangwon Land, said, "This contest is especially meaningful because young people themselves recognized the dangers of gambling and took the lead in prevention. We will continue to do our utmost to eradicate the problem of youth gambling, which casts a shadow over our society, and to help young people move toward a brighter future."

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