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Germany’s free gambling addiction hotline secures multi-year funding

SBC News Germany's free gambling addiction hotline secures multi-year funding

The German gambling regulator, Gemeinsame Glücksspielbehörde der Länder (GGL), has secured financing for the country’s free gambling addiction hotline of the Federal Center for Health Education – BZgA – for the next few years. The GGL declared that the main associations of the German gaming industry have jointly- backed the BZgA hotline with further funding. Covering a third of the …

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German Health Education Agency launches “Gambling Addiction Treatment Day” 

SBC News German Health Education Agency launches “Gambling Addiction Treatment Day” 

German healthcare and addiction support agencies will participate in the first-ever national “Gambling Addiction Treatment Day” on Wednesday 28 September.  The initiative is led by Bundeszentrale für gesundheitliche Aufklärung (BZgA), the Federal Agency of Health Education, with the event supported by Bundestag Commissioner for Addiction and Drug Treatment Burkhard Blienert. Launching the campaign, BZgA outlined that “gambling addiction is now …

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