Entain has joined an alliance of gaming and technology companies calling for higher standards and safeguards to better protect people who enjoy gaming.
Entain has joined with Meta, gaming groups 89Trillion, Habby, and U.S. sports betting group DraftKings to form the Global Gaming Alliance (GGA) - a new forum seeking to address [...]
Britain’s Gambling Commission has commissioned the National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR) to measure the cost of gambling harm.
The research will be funded by penalties imposed on operators by the Gambling Commission and aims to uncover the cost of gambling-related harms for individuals, communities and the wider society, [...]
Britain's Betting and Gaming Council (BGC) will trial a new system that aims to prevent problem gamblers hopping from one site to another.
The ‘Single Customer View’ system will be operated by the independent not-for-profit national self-exclusion organisation GAMStop, in partnership with the Gambling Commission and the Information Commissioner’s Office.
The trial [...]
Lawmakers in New York have revived efforts to establish a Problem Gambling Advisory Council amid the ongoing expansion of the state’s gambling market.
Similar legislation has been introduced each year since 2015 without success, with the Senate now reviving last year’s bill with a 7-0 vote in favour of the proposed [...]
New data from Spain’s gambling regulator has revealed a 13.6 per cent increase in the number of people self-excluding themselves from online gambling during 2021.
The Dirección General de Ordenación del Juego (DGOJ) said there were 7,640 new additions to Spain’s national self-exclusion register for iGaming during the year, bringing the [...]
Norwegian state monopoly operator Norsk Tipping is looking for a new CEO to replace Åsne Havnelid, who will step down from the role later this year.
Havnelid has led Norsk Tipping since October 2016 after replacing Torbjørn Almlid, but will step down as CEO later this year once a replacement has [...]
New York-listed sports betting operator DraftKings has made a multi-year financial commitment to assist state councils across the United States with their responsible gambling efforts.
The new initiative named The State Council Funding Program will see DraftKings offer each state council $15,000 per year for three years, totalling $1,575,000 over [...]
Canadian provincial gambling regulator Alberta Gaming, Liquor & Cannabis (AGLC) has introduced changes to simplify its self-exclusion programme.
Players who want to exclude themselves from the province's gambling offerings can now sign up to the AGLC's self-exclusion programme remotely, having previously had to visit a gaming venue or the AGLC office [...]
The Finnish Government has approved amendments to the country’s Lotteries Act to reduce the negative effects of gambling and strengthen the state monopoly more effectively, including the possibility to block payment transactions.
The stated aim of the reform is to prevent harm caused by gambling and to combat marketing by unlicensed [...]
Britain's Betting and Gaming Council has formed a cross-industry Ad Tech Forum to look at how the latest technology can be used to further protect children and vulnerable people online.
This cross-industry effort includes BGC members such as Flutter Entertainment, bet365 and William Hill, Advertising Association members and the Lotteries Council.
Leading tech [...]
Kindred Group will provide player responsibility and safer gambling training to one thousand active professional football players and coaches in Sweden as part of its partnership with Swedish Elite Football (SEF).
As the main partner to SEF, Unibet will work with the organisation and the 32 male elite football clubs that [...]
Entain ratchets up the pressure on UK government to strike balance between freedom and protection at first Sustain conference
Among all the environmental, social and governance measures announced at the Entain Sustain conference this week, there was a noticeable change in tone towards the UK government, which is mulling re-regulation of [...]