{"id":777016399,"date":"2024-06-13T09:40:17","date_gmt":"2024-06-13T12:40:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777016399"},"modified":"2026-04-22T09:13:03","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T12:13:03","slug":"hong-kong-stop-gambling-campaign-to-launch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/hong-kong-stop-gambling-campaign-to-launch","title":{"rendered":"Hong Kong &#8220;Stop Gambling&#8221; campaign to launch"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This campaign aims to promote messages to the public during the UEFA European Football Championship 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Hong Kong.- In anticipation of the UEFA European Football Championship 2024, <strong>the Home and Youth Affairs Bureau (HYAB)<\/strong> and <strong>the Ping Wo Fund<\/strong> have announced a campaign with the slogan &#8220;Stop Gambling. Be the Wise Man of the Match!&#8221; Extending to mid-July, the campaign will feature a series of district-level and territory-wide events including an anti-gambling fun day and football skills workshops. Thematic exhibitions will be hosted at various locations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>See also: <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/hong-kong-12-arrested-over-match-fixing-allegations\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hong Kong: 12 arrested over match-fixing allegations<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This campaign aims to promote messages to the public during the UEFA European Football Championship 2024.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":19804,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"The Home and Youth Affairs Bureau (HYAB) and the Ping Wo Fund in Hong Kong have launched an anti-gambling campaign, 'Stop Gambling. Be the Wise Man of the Match!', coinciding with UEFA Euro 2024. This initiative, featuring public events and thematic exhibitions, aims to promote responsible gambling awareness. The campaign's timing is notable given recent match-fixing allegations in the jurisdiction, underscoring a heightened focus on gaming integrity and public protection.","focusai_entities":"Home and Youth Affairs Bureau (HYAB), Ping Wo Fund, UEFA European Football Championship 2024","focusai_location":"Hong Kong","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.8), affiliate_publisher (0.7), marketing_crm (0.8), payments_fraud_aml (0.7), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (1.0)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Regulatory Impact Assessment","query":"What specific regulatory or licensing framework adjustments might follow this anti-gambling campaign and the recent match-fixing arrests in Hong Kong, particularly concerning B2C operator obligations or advertising restrictions?"},{"label":"Market Integrity Implications","query":"How might the heightened focus on anti-gambling and match-fixing during UEFA Euro 2024 influence the long-term integrity and operational landscape for both licensed and grey market iGaming activities in the APAC region?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16338,23876],"tags":[233],"class_list":["post-777016399","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-east-asia-news","category-social-news","tag-sports-betting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777016399","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/176"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777016399"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777016399\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777016410,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777016399\/revisions\/777016410"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19804"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777016399"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777016399"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777016399"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}