Player Protection

Unibet the flagship sportsbook of Kindred Group Plc, has renewed its commitments as a partner of French amateur football’s #AuCoeurDuFootball program.  For a fourth consecutive season, Unibet will provide team jerseys and kits for matchday volunteers of #AuCoeurDuFootball syndicated leagues played across French provinces. Unibet has been a partner of French amateur football since 2019, helping the bookmaker directly support …

Zoe Osmond Chief Executive of GambleAware has restated that UK gambling’s existing voluntary agreement to fund problem gambling research, education and treatment (RET) programmes is no longer fit for purpose. GambleAware’s CEO has issued a response to weekend news reports that the NHS will announce that it will no longer accept funds/donations from gambling-associated charities.  A decision taken to protect …

The funding of problem gambling’s research, education and treatment (RET) programme faces a radical shake-up as the NHS is expected to declare that it will no longer accept donations/funds from charities associated with the UK gambling sector. According to The Sunday Times, NHS governors will ‘rubber-stamp the decision this week, so ties are cut for the new financial year’ – …

TalkBanStop will continue operating for another year, after receiving additional funding from a regulatory settlement approved by the UK Gambling Commission (UKGC). The funding will allow TalkBanStop to provide its services until March 2023, with the initiative having originally been launched as a 12 month pilot programme last year, operated by the triple partnership of Gamcare, Gamban and Gamstop. All …

YGAM, The Young Gamers and Gamblers Education Trust has embarked on its Gambling Support University Tour in partnership with safer gambling counterparts GAMSTOP and RecoverMe.  The Tour will see teams from the three organisations visit university campuses across the UK, to engage students and university staff on wide-ranging issues related to gambling harms. Of significance, the tour will train university …

As the company looks to maintain momentum in 2022 and expand its presence in the UK and US, EPIC Risk Management has hired Martin Bland as its Director of Business Development. In his new role, Bland will work to develop relationships with key industry stakeholders and maintain EPIC’s customer experience track record, in support of the gambling harm minimisation consultancy’s …

Online gambling treatment provider AnonyMind has recruited Andy Atha as its COO, with the new hire looking to leverage his experience and understanding of safer gambling and risk management to the role.  Atha’s previous positions saw him hold three roles at Sky Betting and Gaming in just under three years, with the most recent being Head of Risk and Responsibility, …

The Danish Gaming Authority, Spillemyndigheden, has published an update on the number of self-excluded bettors in the country who have barred themselves from gambling using the Register of Voluntary Excluded Players (ROFUS). Having first been introduced to the Danish gambling market in 2012 as part of a wider implementation of gambling harm prevention policies, a total of 30,451 players have …

A new survey commissioned by safer gambling charities GAMSTOP and YGAM has revealed insights into university students gambling habits and spending. Taking feedback from 2,000 Students across UK campuses, the survey undertaken by research agency CensusWide revealed that 80% of participants had gambled. Of those students, 41% admitted that gambling had a “negative impact on their university experience, including missing …