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GambleAware has enhanced its media strategy and operations, appointing Lucky Generals and OmniGOV at MG OMD as partners for this task. Both firms have signed three-year contracts with the gambling harm prevention charity, with an objective of supporting its national behaviour change campaign work.  A new programme raising awareness of gambling related harm forms part of this plan, alongside encouraging …

GambleAware has highlighted the performance of the National Gambling Treatment Service (NGTS), but added that more awareness of problem gambling is needed. The charity outlined this week that between April 2021 and March 2022, 7,072 people received treatment via the NGTS, with 92% having improved on the problem gambling severity index. However, GambleAware noted that 63% of people who left …

Gambling’s harmful impact on young men has once again hit national headlines, as frontline NHS doctors cite that addiction clinics are witnessing a surge in demand for treatment and support for gambling addiction. As reported by The Times this morning, NHS bosses have called on betting firms to “think hard about the human cost behind their profits”, as the UK’s …

Gambling is a normal part of day-to-day UK prison life, according to a report by Russell Webster, which examined the behaviour of 282 volunteers. All participants were incarcerated at an unnamed Category B men’s prison, with a mixture of both convicted and on-remand prisoners for a range of offences. A total of 45% of all participants reported gambling in prison, …

Lloyds Bank has begun trialling a ‘budgeting tool’ that allows debit card customers to set ‘personalised limits’ on their monthly gambling spend. “The feature allows people using the Lloyds Bank mobile app to set a monthly debit card gambling limit of any amount to the nearest pound when spending online, in person or over the phone,” it stated. The budgeting …

EPIC Risk Management has partnered with Chelsea FC Foundation in delivering gambling harm awareness education to five schools across the south-east. Five EPIC facilitators, alongside Chelsea FC Academy players and Chelsea FC Foundation coaches, delivered an afternoon of mental health and wellbeing workshops at secondary schools. The deal is part of the Chelsea Champions initiative delivered by the official charity …

Kindred Group Plc has announced that its climate reduction targets have been validated by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi), a non-profit initiative created to drive climate action in the private sector.   The Stockholm-listed gambling group has updated its greenhouse gas reduction targets, which were originally outlined in 2020. New targets, developed in cooperation with SBTi, sees Kindred committed to …

GambleAware has launched a new version of its long-running ‘Bet Regret’ campaign, targeting potential problem gamblers ahead of the FIFA World Cup. Citing current economic conditions, the charity predicts that the cost-of-living crisis and ‘significant hype’ around the tournament will create a ‘perfect storm’ for problem gambling and associated harm. The group has also cited the recent findings of a …

The UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) has published its long-awaited ‘Young People and Gambling Report’, following a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on its survey research.  Since 2011, the Commission has surveyed 11 to 16-year-olds’ involvement in gambling as a key assessment of market safeguards to protect children from being harmed or exploited by gambling. Last month, the …

Unibet has become the first operator in France to offer Gamban’s blocking software to its customers, after parent company Kindred Group signed a partnership with the safer gambling solutions provider.  Kindred sponsored Gamban’s tranformation for French customers. The platform was previously unavailable in the French language – in order to boost the accessibility and reach of the software, which will …