Tag Archives: Safer Gambling Week

As Safer Gambling Week gets underway, gambling harm minimisation consultancy group EPIC Risk Management has revealed its itinerary for the seven days.  The firm states that lived experiences will ‘be at the heart of all’ of its planned events’, deploying staff members with first-hand knowledge of the effects of gambling harm and delivering insight and understanding on this topic. Specific …

Kindred Group will donate the shirt sponsorships of Middlesbrough and Rangers FC to help promote Safer Gambling Week (#SGWeek2022) taking place from 17-23 October. During Safer Gambling Week, the firm’s flagship brand of Unibet and UK online casino 32Red will be replaced by a “Zero % Misson” logo displayed on the front of Middlesbrough and Ranger FC matchday shirts. The …

Safer Gambling Week has launched a new website to better inform and support all participants of this year’s Safer Gambling Week event that will take place from 17th – 23rd October 2022 (#SGWeek2022). The new website of safergamblinguk.org will serve as a hub of information and tools for all safer gambling stakeholders. Safer Gambling Week is organised by the BGC, …

I don’t know about you, but I very much welcome the very considerably more open style of engagement with the outside world adopted by the Gambling Commission’s CEO in the time since Andrew Rhodes was appointed to that position in June this year. His public comments will not find favour with everyone. It would be highly surprising if they did. …

Andrew Rhodes, the interim Chief Executive of the UK Gambling Commission (UKGC), has offered his first reflections on the industry’s regulatory developments during Safer Gambling Week (1-7 November).  Publishing a blog post on the Commission’s website, Rhodes stated that his department still required “to see much greater compliance from the industry across the board”. Drawing on parallels, Rhodes reflected that …

Industry CEOs and Directors have pledged to participate in the Safer Gambling Training modules designed by education experts YGAM and Betknowmore.  The pledge by industry leadership has been undertaken to highlight the importance of staff training and development as an industry discipline during Safer Gambling Week (1-7 November). Leaders will complete five online modules during the week covering important topics …

The Betting and Gaming Council (BGC) has announced the date for 2021 Safer Gambling Week, due to take place between 1 November and 7 November, in cooperation with the Bingo Association and Bacta. Since its inception in 2017, the annual campaign has seen the betting and gaming industry collaborate on several safer gambling messages via online and land-based venues, to …

Pledging its support to the Saints Foundation as the main club partner of Southampton FC, Sportsbet.io has donated its shirt sponsorship of the Premier League team to its charity arm for this weekend’s clash with Burnley FC. In place of the brand’s logo, the Saints Foundation will be visible across the first team’s shirts, with match worn shirts to be …

Industry leadership and social responsibility advocates should be concerned at the NHS’ cold stance on Safer Gambling Week. Regulus Partners acknowledges the safer gambling initiative’s obvious flaws but states that it should not be discounted as virtue signalling by betting operators.  _________________ The NHS’s decision to criticise ‘Safer Gambling Week’ reveals much about the challenges facing the National Strategy to …

Southampton Football Club and gambling brand Sportsbet.io have joined forces to launch a new campaign which raises awareness of 2020 Safer Gambling Week. The Safer Gambling Week campaign runs from 19 to 25 November, and the Premier League side will provide fans with support and advice on how to bet responsibly. A dedicated space on the official club website will …