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EPIC Risk Management has announced new members of its Pro Sport Advisory Board (PSAB), covering a range of sporting sectors and professional areas of expertise. The additions to the consultancy’s professional sports lived experience advisory committee also represent the widening international scope of its operations, particularly in North America. Joining the firm are Mike Riley from the UK, Managing Director …

As the Gambling Act review White Paper is once again delayed following a change in DCMS leadership, EPIC Risk Management has published its own assessment of hot button topics.  The research was overseen by EPIC’s Pro Sport Advisory Board (PSAB), established back in October 2021, and centres around recommendations for professional sports clubs, leagues and governing bodies to address problem …

Tabcorp, one of the largest betting and gaming groups in Australia, has become the latest firm to partner with EPIC Risk Management. Enhancing the consultancy’s presence in the Australian betting and gaming scene, the partnership will be based out of Melbourne and focus on delivery of EPIC’s executive training and gambling harm awareness.  This will include its ‘Interactions Masterclass’ programme, …

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been one of the biggest talking points in betting and gaming in 2022, particularly permeating discussions around player protection. As European authorities become ever more vigilant to customer safety and the North American sector expands rapidly, Mindway AI’s Business Development Manager Paula Murphy broke down how emerging tech can be the gamechanger the industry needs in …

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 …

EPIC Risk Management has reported significant progress in delivering its player protection programme against gambling harms for students, in a deal with the National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA). As sports betting continues to be legalised in more than 30 states, colleges and universities across the US in all three NCAA divisions are improving student-athletes’ awareness of the risks and potential …

Danielle Smith has joined EPIC Risk Management as Director of Operations, following a 13-year career in the British Army, specialising in legal matters.  The former Military Police officer served as a staff officer, conducting ‘a lot of HR-focused work’ in personnel and policy as well as investigative work – the consultancy expects the new hire to bring ‘military precision’ to …

Seeking to maintain track on its policy of achieving ‘net zero’ revenue from harmful gambling by 2023, Kindred Group has signed a partnership with EPIC Risk Management. An extension of the Swedish multinational betting operator’s long-running partnership with the gambling harm minimisation consultancy, the arrangement will see EPIC analyse and improve the firm’s human intervention mechanisms.  The announcement comes shortly …

EPIC Risk Management continues in its efforts to minimise gambling harm through a partnership with Racing Welfare. The collaboration with the charity – which supports the workforce of British horseracing, comes during Safer Gambling Week, a cross-industry initiative to promote safer betting in the UK and Ireland. Working with Racing Welfare as the charity’s Safer Gambling Education Partner to provide …