Problem Gambling

Spain’s Ministry of Consumer Affairs has unveiled plans for a central register that will allow gamblers to restrict their access to credit.

The EFICAZ system is expected [...]

UK Gambling Commission CEO Neil McArthur said Wednesday that consumer confidence needs to be raised and only a ‘bold and innovative’ approach will achieve a reduction in [...]

The Responsible Gambling Collaborative has introduced new effectiveness principles to promote responsible gaming and prevent problem gambling across the United States.

Carolyn Harris, chair of the UK’s All-Party Parliamentary Group on gambling related harm (APGG), posed an urgent question in parliament Thursday regarding the “shameful” availability [...]

Spain’s Socialist Party (PSOE) and the left-wing Unidas Podemos (UP) have unveiled plans for their proposed coalition government, which include tighter regulations for gambling advertising and shorter [...]

Sports betting operator DraftKings has joined the US National Council on Problem Gambling (NCPG) as a platinum member.

Casino operator Hard Rock International has rolled out a new gambling literacy and education program to help problem gamblers in the United States.

Australian lawmakers voted Thursday in favour of legislation to establish a national self-exclusion register for online gambling.

Figures released this week by NHS Digital show a decline in gambling participation among people in England over the age of 16.

Swedish state-owned gaming operator Svenska Spel has deployed its Playscan responsible gambling tool with Switzerland’s Société de la Loterie de la Suisse Romande.

The Australian federal government will move to legislate an online national self-exclusion register to allow people to ban themselves from all online betting sites and [...]

The government of South Australia has introduced new reforms that will see additional funds injected into the state’s Gamblers Rehabilitation Fund to support people at [...]