Tag Archives: Problem Gambling
UK – Top NHS clinicians demand new ‘addiction levy’ on gambling industry
The most senior NHS clinicians treating gambling addiction today call for the gambling industry to face a new multimillion-pound statutory levy to fund the prevention and treatment of gambling-related harm. The call comes from Professor Henrietta Bowden-Jones, the director of the National Problem Gambling Clinic, and Dr Matt Gaskell, clinical lead for the NHS Northern…
US – IGT promotes positive play in honour of Problem Gambling Awareness Month
International Game Technology (IGT) is supporting Problem Gambling Awareness Month by launching its Positive Play social media campaign and making a contribution to the International Center for Responsible Gaming. Problem Gambling Awareness Month is annually held in March and was created by the National Council on Problem Gambling to increase public awareness of problem gambling….
US – Problem Gambling Awareness Month addresses 2022 trends across Ohio
For the fifth consecutive year, the number of calls to Ohio’s Problem Gambling Helpline has gone up. This is one of many new findings on gambling’s growing impact with Ohio families and businesses highlighted in a new summary report from Ohio for Responsible Gambling. “There’s a difference between responsible entertainment and potentially destructive behavior,” said Stacey Frohnapfel-Hasson, bureau chief, Ohio Department of…
UK – Bacta welcomes Commission’s findings on reduced problem gambling
The Gambling Commission has published its quarterly statistics on participation and problem gambling for the year to September 2021, showing that problem gambling has decreased significantly. The figures show that the overall problem gambling rate has dropped to 0.3 per cent, compared to 0.6 per cent in the year to September 2020. The moderate risk…
UK – Record sign-ups in 2021 push GAMSTOP registrants beyond 200,000
More than 200,000 people are now registered with GAMSTOP, the free, independent national self-exclusion scheme for online gambling, after a spike in numbers during lockdown. Registrations in February 2021 increased 21% year-on-year, with nearly 6,500 people choosing to exclude themselves from all UK-licensed sites, which followed a 14% year-on-year increase in January when more than…
US – NCPG releases detailed study of attitudes toward gambling
The National Council on Problem Gambling (NCPG) has released a National Detailed Report and State Detailed Reports as a comprehensive follow up to The National Survey of Gambling Attitudes and Gambling Experiences (NGAGE) 1.0, which provided an overview of trends at the national and state levels. With nearly half of the states across the nation…
US – New York State Senate approves problem gambling bill
The New York State Senate has approved legislation that will see the creation of a problem gambling education programme in the state. Under SB 4207, sponsored by Senator Joe Addabbo, the Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services will create a programme, which all players will have to complete, before being removed from a self-exclusion…
UK – Survey by UK Gambling Commission says problem gambling is falling
A survey by the Gambling Commission showed that the rate of problem gambling in 2020 was 0.3 per cent, down from 0.6 per cent in 2019. Although the regulator said the fall was not “statistically significant”, it does suggest that the BGC’s work over the past 12 months on promoting safer gambling is having an…
US – Lia Nower invited onto the NCPG’s Board of Directors
Lia Nower, JD, PhD, Rutgers University Professor and Director of its Center for Gambling Studies, has joined the Board of Directors of the National Council on Problem Gambling. “The National Council on Problem Gambling works closely with our Board of Directors to advance policies and programs that assist people and families affected by problem gambling,”…
