Argentina: Rio Negro launches student wellness contest

The Universidad Nacional de Río Negro (UNRN) and Río Negro Lottery have announced the second edition of the "Elegir(te) es Ganar" (Choosing You is a Win) wellness contest, an initiative open to undergraduate students across all UNRN campuses that aims to encourage creativity, reflection and the development of healthy environments.

Organized by UNRN’s Secretariat of Teaching and Student Life, the initiative is open to undergraduate students from all university campuses and encourages participants to create original content focused on issues affecting youth wellbeing and university life.

Topics include gambling and youth, healthy lifestyles and physical activity, problematic consumption, and environmental social responsibility. Students may submit entries in four formats: photography, illustration, short-form video and AI-generated image or video content.

Submissions will be evaluated in two stages, beginning with a technical review by a panel made up of faculty members, university staff and specialists from Lotería de Río Negro, followed by a public vote conducted through social media channels.

The addition of an AI-generated content category marks a new feature in this year’s edition, reflecting the increasing use of generative tools in student creative work.

The initiative forms part of broader responsible gambling and youth awareness efforts promoted by the provincial lottery operator in partnership with educational institutions.

Similar initiatives were launched in Argentina recently. In Misiones, for example, IPLyC held the student contest “Apuestas online: tu salud ya está en juego,” (“Online Betting: Your Health is Already at Stake”), encouraging secondary school students to create comics about the risks of underage gambling, while LOTBA has expanded prevention workshops and awareness activities focused on youth and online betting in Buenos Aires schools and community spaces.