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Coljuegos , the regulator of games of luck and chance in Colombia, is launching 2020 Latin American Responsible Gaming Meeting where regulators and unions will meet on September 17, between 8:30 a.m. and 12:45 p.m., to discuss, disseminate and train on the negative consequences of excessive gambling and promote its practice as a healthy leisure…

The Gambling Commission has announced that Caesars Entertainment UK Limited is to pay £13m and must implement a series of improvements following a catalogue of social responsibility, money laundering and customer interaction failures including those involving ‘VIPs’. As a result of this investigation three senior managers at the company surrendered their personal licences. The regulator’s…

Fans in legal sports betting states will see in-arena responsibility messaging due to the American Gaming Association’s (AGA) new public service campaign designed to educate fans and consumers about responsible sports betting practices. The Have a Game Plan, Bet Responsibly campaign is currently live in Capital One Arena in Washington, DC and T-Mobile Arena in…

MGM Resorts International’s GameSense, an innovative responsible gaming initiative adopted by MGM Resorts in 2017, has surpassed 1.25m customer interactions at its US properties. The program focuses on positive, transparent and proactive conversations with players about how to gamble responsibly. GameSense marked an unprecedented commitment to integrating responsible gambling education into the MGM Resorts guest…

Aland operator Paf has funded research that has found that voluntary gaming limits have no noticeable effect on the intensity of gaming and that mandatory loss limits is the right way forward. The importance of voluntary gaming limits created headlines in the gaming industry in Europe because it called into question the effectiveness of voluntary…

Online gambling operators are being reminded to check that their games meet transparency and safety standards expected by the Gambling Commission. The reminder follows discovery that six operators were offering products providing ‘feature buy-in’ facilities on slots style games. This facility gave consumers the option of staking significant amounts of money to access the bonus…

An industry leader in player health, British Colombia Lottery Corp is providing members of the North American Association of State and Provincial Lotteries (NASPL) with the opportunity to license GameSense for free. GameSense is BCLC’s player-facing, positive-play program designed to assist players in making informed choices. In order to provide GameSense free-of-charge to NASPL members,…

Scientific Games is joining lotteries around the world in the “Gift Responsibly. Lottery Tickets Aren’t Child’s Play” responsible gaming campaign led by the National Council on Problem Gambling. As the world’s largest supplier of lottery instant games and a leading supplier of numbers games and technology, Scientific Games joins widespread support for the initiative. In…

Genting UK has been awarded GamCare’s Safer Gambling Standard, the social responsibility quality standard for the gambling industry. The first gambling operator to receive this accolade, Genting UK has achieved the highest level of the standard for both its land-based and online businesses following a thorough assessment of its working practices. The achievement is recognition…