Player Protection

Blackpool FC, with its principal partner LeoVegas, are demonstrating solidarity for Safer Gambling Week. During this Saturday’s (18 November) home fixture against Shrewsbury Town, the operator’s regular branding on the front of all home shirts will be replaced by key messaging and logos surrounding safe betting practices. Sam Behar, LeoVegas Group Director of UK and Ireland, commented: “Responsible gaming is …

GamCare is making good progress on delivery of its youth training and outreach initiatives this year, according to an update from the charity. The group explained that over 100,000 young people have now attended its training sessions, with the 100,000th person stepping through the doors this week. On top of this, over 25,000 professionals such as teachers and youth workers …

Bulgaria’s National Revenue Agency (NRA) has confirmed that the country’s self-exclusion scheme has seen more than 24,000 newly registered people since December 2022.  After being brought to a halt with a series of regulatory changes back in 2020, the scheme was reactivated again on 12 December 2022 by the NRA to encourage consumers who believe they could or have been …

Drogenbeauftragter, the Federal Drug Commissioner of the Bundestag, has published the ‘Gambling Atlas of Germany’, providing comprehensive statistics and data on the harms and addiction associated with problem gambling. The Atlas is the first ‘scientifically grounded report’ to measure problem gambling in Germany following the launch of the Fourth Interstate Treaty on Gambling (GlüNeuRStv), which came into effect on 1 …

Betting and gaming media publisher XLMedia (XLM) has entered into a partnership with safer gambling organisation Better Change. The agreement commences at the start of the UK’s Safer Gambling Week, a seven-day initiative focused on prompting responsible gaming across the country’s betting and gambling sector. Initially, the partnership will focus on XLM’s whichbingo.co.uk brand, with the wider arrangement encompassing delivery …

The UK gambling sector has pledged the highest participation and coverage to promote Safer Gambling Week (#SGWeek23) taking place from 13th – 19th November 2023. Organised by the trade bodies of the Betting and Gaming Council (BGC), bacta and the Bingo Association, Safer Gambling Week is now in its seventh year, which sees “the whole industry coming together to further …

Sky Bet the English Football League (EFL) have announced the launch of the Building Foundations Fund to provide £6m towards community projects across England and Wales. Sky Bet – Flutter Entertainment‘s UK sports betting brand – in its role as the current title partner of the EFL, will invest £1m per year into what has been described as a ‘vital’ …

Apuesta Total, BetConstruct, Betcris, Betsson Group, Pragmatic Play & Sportradar were among the companies celebrating well-deserved victories at last week’s SBC Awards Latinoamérica ceremony.  The lavish ceremony was dedicated to honoring outstanding contributions to the iGaming and sports betting industry in Latin America. The 25 award categories encompassed the remarkable achievements of operators, affiliates, and suppliers, as well as payment, …

Microgaming is demonstrating vast support for responsible gambling practices in partnering with several safer gaming charities.  Some of the charities that have received support from the online gambling provider in 2023 include Ygam, Gordon Moody, Beacon Counselling Trust, Betknowmore UK and Motiv8 Addiction Services. The firm is reportedly in ‘close cooperation’ with each charity to identify projects that will benefit …