Tag Archives: responsible gambling
Brazil – Salsa Technology launches Salsa Safe
Salsa Technology has added another product in its portfolio of solutions for the iGaming sector. This latest addition is a secure system designed to meet the demand of global regulators in the online gambling sector. Salsa Safe provides regulatory bodies in the sector, including Brazilian state lotteries, with a comprehensive system. It integrates operator management data…
Germany – ISD and University of Bremen present the Gambling Survey 2021
The Institute for Interdisciplinary Addiction and Drug Research (ISD) and the University of Bremen (gambling research unit) presented the most important results of the 2021 Gambling Survey today. INFO GmbH Market and Opinion Research (Berlin) was responsible for data collection. The study was funded by the German Lotto and Totoblock. “The Gambling Survey 2021 is intended to…
UK – Flutter launches new safer gambling strategy
Flutter Entertainment, owner of the Paddy Power and Betfair betting brands, has launched a safer gambling strategy that aims to make ‘every moment safe for customers’ as it looks to prevent problem gambling from arising rather than simply intervening when it does. The five core pillars of the safer betting strategy are:• Discover – Proactively…
UK – Up to 1m women in Great Britain at risk of gambling harms
New analysis shows up to one million women in Great Britain could be at risk of experiencing harm from gambling, the charity GambleAware has warned, as they launch a new campaign today (January 31) for women to highlight the warning signs of problem gambling and signpost towards support. Among women experiencing high levels of harm, two…
UK – GambleAware awards £250,000 grant for new research into women’s lived experience of gambling harms
GambleAware has announced the outcome of its recent grant award process to build evidence of the lived experiences of women in relation to gambling and gambling harms, both as gamblers and/or as ‘affected others’. The grant was awarded through a competitive process to a team led by Kelsey Beninger, Director at IFF Research in collaboration…
Germany – Merkur Spielbanken in Saxony-Anhalt recertified by G4 Commission for responsible gaming measures
Merkur Spielbanken Sachsen-Anhalt GmbH & Co. KG, a Gauselmann Group company in which the Swiss Stadtcasino Baden AG also has a stake, was the first casino company to undergo the comprehensive certification process of the internationally renowned Global Gambling Guidance Group (G4) as early as 2015 and thus brought a new quality aspect into play…
UK – Betting and Gaming Council launches ‘Time to Think’ campaign
Standards body the Betting and Gaming Council has launched a new campaign aimed at encouraging customers to use the wide range of safer gambling tools offered by its members. In further evidence of the BGC’s commitment to raising standards, the ‘Take Time To Think’ campaign will replace ‘When The Fun Stops, Stop’ as the regulated…
UK – GamStop appoints former Buzz Bingo and Entain compliance officer
GamStop has confirmed that Simon Reynolds has been appointed as a Non-Executive Director for The National Online Self-Exclusion Scheme Limited. Mr. Reynolds joins the board with over 30 years’ experience of compliance and regulatory affairs within the gambling industry, most recently as Chief Compliance Officer at Buzz Bingo and before that UK Compliance Director for…
US – The Entain Foundation US to fund UNLV research
The Entain Foundation US is to fund the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) for a pioneering betting and gaming research initiative which, for the first time in the States, combines scientific research with operational expertise to apply best practice in responsible gambling, policy, and health. The Entain Foundation US is a not-for-profit organisation funded…
