Issue 27 of SBC Leaders Magazine takes a tour of global gambling to get the lowdown on the ever-closer relationship between the betting and media industries, operator efforts to improve player protection, scaling a gaming supplier business, and even the use of rappers in marketing. The publication underwent a full redesign ahead of this SBC Summit Barcelona issue and, in …
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Simon Haworth ‘turns negatives into positives’ as EPIC programme facilitator
EPIC Risk Management has announced the addition of former Premier League and international footballer Simon Haworth who will help deliver its education sessions on gambling-related harm. The ex-Wales, Coventry City, Cardiff City and Wigan Athletic forward has recently joined the gambling harm minimisation consultancy’s long-standing partner WHYSUP as a programme facilitator. As an extension of that arrangement, Haworth will join …
Read More »Flutter joins WiHTL community for better HTL inclusion
Flutter Entertainment has joined the charter of WiHTL, a business collaboration community devoted to increasing diversity and inclusion in the hospitality, travel, and leisure industry (HTL). The initiative sees Flutter become a sponsor of WiHTL’s Women Non-Executive Director (NED) Programme. CFO Paul Edgecliffe-Johnson will also become a founding member of WiHTL’s CFO Committee. Founded in 2016, WiHTL is a collaborative …
Read More »BetCity eyes up ‘greater culture of responsible gambling’ with Mindway AI
BetCity.nl has initiated an upgrade of its responsible gambling practices and solutions by partnering with Mindway AI. The Dutch-facing Entain-owned sportsbook brand will utilise Mindway’s technology and knowledge of artificial intelligence (AI), neuroscientific insights and analysis to deliver a safer gambling experience to its customers. Mindway’s GameScanner tool will play a particularly important role in the partnership, due to be …
Read More »GamCare launches new interconnected Online Community
GamCare has launched its new ‘Online Community’ to provide users with seamless access to its online support services. Branded as a ‘space to connect’, GamCare’s new Online Community has integrated the problem-gambling’s treatment support charity’s forum, chatrooms and MyGamCare into a single destination for users. “Now through one login and in one integrated space, users can view our growing selection …
Read More »ACMA launches BetStop as single-point self-exclusion for Australia
Australia has welcomed the launch of BetStop, the new ‘single point’ gambling self-exclusion scheme available across all six federal states. BetStop is operated by the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA), which in 2022 was instructed to develop a federal self-exclusion scheme to protect vulnerable consumers from gambling risks better. As agreed by the gambling authorities/boards of the Capital Territory, …
Read More »GamCare appoints D’Arcy Myers as Interim CEO
GamCare has confirmed the appointment of D’Arcy Myers as the new Interim CEO of the problem-gambling treatment support charity and operator of the 24/7 National Gambling Helpline. Myers’ appointment follows the leadership departure of Anna Hemmings, who ended her five-year tenure as CEO of GamCare in June. An expert in leading high-profile charity organisations, Myers has led and mentored multiple …
Read More »RGC praises efficiency of YGAM ‘Mindful Resilience’ programme
Ygam’s ‘Mindful Resilience’ workshops have been validated by a Responsible Gambling Council (RGC) evaluation, one of its partners in the programme, showing a positive response from participants. The RGC reported that 91% of participants in the workshops rated the programme as ‘good’ or ‘very good’. Around two-thirds of participants – which included GPs and nurses, among other healthcare professionals – …
Read More »GambleAware data shows ‘significant link’ between betting and mental health
Using data from GambleAware, the relationship between mental health and gambling harms has shown new and revealing links between mental health and betting. Studies by Alma Economics – which used the gambling harm education group’s, Annual GB Treatment and Support Survey.1 – found that there is a ‘significant link’ between higher rates of gambling harms and worse mental health. It …
Read More »GambleAware launches stabilisation fund for RET transition
GambleAware has initiated an application process to protect the funding of gambling harm prevention, support and treatment projects and programmes across the UK. The initiative is required as the funding of gambling harm prevention projects/programmes enters a transition period from a voluntary to a statutory levy – established as a guaranteed outcome of the Gambling Review. Stakeholders were notified that …
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