Gambling participation in Great Britain has fallen to its lowest level in five years according to the latest data from the Gambling Commission.
Overall participation in any gambling activity in the last four weeks fell to 41.6 per cent of respondents in June 2021, compared to 45.1 per cent in June [...]
London-listed gaming technology provider Playtech has been awarded GamCare's new B2B safer gambling standard accreditation.
GamCare's independent quality standard assesses the measures put in place by businesses to protect customers from gambling related harm, with recipients of the accreditation recognised as companies that put customer protection at the forefront of their [...]
London-listed gaming technology provider Playtech has partnered with virtual mental health clinic Kindbridge to launch a new gambling research project in the United States.
The research partnership will see the newly formed Kindbridge Research Institute commission the Center for Gambling Studies at Rutgers University in New Jersey to establish an evidence-based [...]
Britain’s Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has banned a TV advertisement for Entain’s Ladbrokes brand which was found to have depicted gambling behaviour that was socially irresponsible.
A TV ad for Ladbrokes shown in the UK in April began with a voice-over that stated: “I’m a nodder: up to the football, down [...]
Britain's Betting and Gaming Council (BGC) has called on the UK Government to establish a Gambling Ombudsman to deal with customer concerns.
The BGC is proposing a legal requirement for all licensed betting and gaming operators to sign up to the new Gambling Ombudsman, as part of its reform of the [...]
New York-listed sports betting and fantasy sports operator DraftKings has entered into a strategic agreement to develop a new responsible gaming program with the Addiction Division at Cambridge Health Alliance in Massachusetts.
Working with DraftKings' responsible gaming team, the division will train employees across the business in responsible gaming initiatives.
“We [...]
Australia will launch a national self-exclusion register for gambling by mid-2022 after appointing Engine Australia, the developer of the UK’s GAMSTOP system, to deliver the project.
The register will cover all licensed online and telephone betting operators and will enable customers to stop gambling for a stated period of time, from [...]
Sydney-listed online betting and gaming operator PointsBet has appointed Teresa Fiore as responsible gambling and corporate social responsibility manager.
Fiore joins the operator from the Massachusetts Gaming Commission, where she oversaw GameSense, a $3m responsible gaming program that served over 300,000 patrons across three land-based casinos.
"I am delighted to have [...]
London-listed betting and gaming operator Entain is funding a new responsible gambling app being rolled out in the United States via its Entain Foundation.
Gamble Responsibly America is a new app which has been developed in partnership with EPIC Risk Management and RG24/7, featuring a series of educational resources and tools [...]
Stockholm-listed gaming operator Kindred Group has partnered the European Association for the Study of Gambling (EASG) to promote a new app that can help identify early signs of gambling addiction.
The Bettor Time app has been developed by Zafty Intelligence using proprietary machine learning software to identify unique changes in user [...]
London-listed gaming operator Rank Group has launched a new real-time safer gambling monitoring tool to detect changes in player behaviour.
Hawkeye is part of the company’s continued roll out of safer gambling measures and follows significant investment in Rank’s customer support hub to swiftly identify online customer behaviour that may require [...]
SAZKA Group's UK division Allwyn has brought in Dr Mark Griffiths as the latest appointment to its advisory board.
As part of the company’s bid for the next UK National Lottery licence, Dr Griffiths will work closely with Sir Keith Mills to advise on player protection safeguards, while developing close relationships [...]