Entain has announced that its non-profit Entain Foundation will fund research into consumer practices, preferences and behaviours in Ontario, as regulators prepare to legalize iGaming and sports betting for the first time in the Canadian province.
The research will be conducted by Toronto-based Responsible Gambling Council (RGC), a leading advisor on [...]
London-listed betting and gaming operator Entain has appointed former Gibraltar Governor Ed Davis CBE as independent chair of the Entain Foundation, with German Olympian Franziska van Almsick named as an ambassador.
Having launched its global foundation in November 2019 to support its initiatives and donations around the world, Entain is now [...]
Online gaming operator Kindred Group is offering customers in the United States the ability to block access to gambling sites using the Gamban software.
Kindred has used the Gamban solution since 2017 in Australia and Europe and is now making it available to Unibet players in the US, allowing them to [...]
FanDuel Group has become the first sportsbook operator to join the American Gaming Association’s responsible sports betting initiative.
Signing on to the AGA’s national campaign to promote the fundamentals of responsible sports betting, FanDuel is making a multi-million-dollar commitment of its media inventory, as well as league and team assets, and [...]
US non-profit responsible gambling proponent Conscious Gaming has launched Bettor Safe, a national campaign to educate consumers about the risks of betting on illegal websites.
The campaign leverages a multi-channel approach that will reach consumers through advertisements, videos, an informational website and state-specific resources, which include Bettor Safe New Jersey and [...]
DCMS minister John Whittingdale has assumed responsibility for gambling and will now lead the UK Government’s gambling review launched last December, taking over from Nigel Huddleston MP.
Whittingdale has previously served as Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, as well as Chair of the Culture, Media and Sport Select [...]
Efforts by Britain’s Gambling Commission to reduce gambling related harm appear to be bearing fruit, with the latest data from its quarterly telephone survey showing a decline in the overall problem gambling rate to 0.3 per cent, compared to 0.6 per cent in 2019.
The data for the year to December [...]
Ireland’s Labour Party has published draft legislation to “end the link between entertainment and betting” by banning all gambling advertising.
The proposed legislation is in response to anecdotal evidence from the College of Psychiatrists of Ireland, which indicates a rise in gambling disorder referrals since lockdowns were imposed in response to [...]
London-listed gaming operator Entain has completed the initial stage of its pioneering preventative approach to customer protection through the use of analytics and data science to minimise gambling problems before they arise.
The company said that its ARC (Advanced Protection and Care) programme has significantly extended behavioral indicators used to identify [...]
The PGA Tour has become the latest professional sports league to promote the American Gaming Association’s responsible sports betting campaign.
The Tour will develop content that encourages fans to “Know When to Lay Up” and bet responsibly, with the co-branded responsible gaming content to appear on digital platforms along with public [...]
Spain’s national self-exclusion register for online gambling grew by 12 per cent in 2020 to end the year with over 56,000 opted-out players.
The self-exclusion system covers all online gambling across Spain and has proven particularly popular in the autonomous community of Andalusia, where 13,811 people have registered, accounting for 24.5 [...]
Independent non-profit organisation Conscious Gaming is preparing to ramp up development and deployment of its PlayPause responsible gambling tool after receiving a $200,000 donation from iGaming geolocation specialist GeoComply.
PlayPause is a national self-exclusion tool that allows players in the United States to self-exclude from gambling across state lines and enables [...]