Player Protection

Industry stakeholders have been reminded that they can submit proposals to be examined and presentations to be showcased at the GambleAware Annual Conference, scheduled for Wednesday, 7 December 2022.  Hosting its tenth annual conference, GambleAware has chosen the theme of “taking action to tackle gambling harms as a public health issue”. Central to the conference’s agenda, GambleAware seeks to put …

GamCare continues to expand treatment and recovery resources for those serving time in the Criminal Justice System, forming a new partnership with Interventions Alliance.  Part of the Seetec Group, Interventions Alliance develops cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) intervention programmes for individuals recovering from all forms of addiction. GamCare views CBT as an essential treatment for gambling addiction recovery that needs to …

EPIC Risk Management doubled down on its sports engagement this week, announcing a continuation of its collaboration with Preston North End and a new Summit at Wembley Stadium. The arrangement with PNE will see EPIC’s Man of the Match Award return to the EFL Championship club, which will deliver financial benefit to a range of charities over the course of …

EPIC Risk Management will work with the UCFB’s Global Institute of Sport (GIS) to examine the impacts of gambling-related harms on sports development.  The partnership will see the safer gambling and harm minimisation consultancy become an official partner of GIS – the UCFB’s Masters Degree program for professional sports management. Both organisations have pledged to bring together industry leaders from …

Year-on-year problem gambling rates have continued to decline, according to the latest data sets published by the UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) monitoring gambling prevalence.   The latest survey results covering the 12-month period up to June 2022 indicated that general problem gambling rates have further declined from 0.4% in 2021 to 0.2% in 2022. Results were gathered from the Commission’s quarterly …

Gamstop surpassed the 300,000 mark in the first half of this year, during which time a total of 43,500 signed up to the national self-exclusion service.  This represented a 9% increase on the corresponding time period last year, averaging 7,000 new sign ups per month during 2022, whilst the number of consumers in the 16-24 demographic increased by 5%.  Furthermore, …

In tandem with an expansion of its transatlantic operations, EPIC Risk Management has reported success in its founding country. The gambling harm minimisation consultancy detailed that during the 2021/22 financial year it reached a total of 34,759 students across UK schools and colleges with educational material, funded independently without industry contributions. Of this total, 13,821 students across 84 state schools …

Spelfriheten, a Swedish clinic that specialises in outpatient treatment for gambling addiction,  has reported a ‘marked increase in its services since the pandemic’.  The Stockholm clinic, which provides free and confidential digital meetings for at-risk players and their relatives, has branded the first half of 2022 as its busiest period providing treatment services.   During the first half of the year, …

Kindred Group’s target of generating 0% of its revenue from problem gambling has somewhat stalled according to the firm’s latest report.  The firm issued an update this morning revealing that total group share from problem gambling during Q2 2022 currently stands at 3.3%, the same as during Q1 2022 and in Q3 2021.  On the other hand, the fact that …