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Safer gambling charities receive Microgaming boost

Pioneering platform provider shines a light on the incredible work being done by safer gambling charities Microgaming is acknowledging and spotlighting the incredible responsible gambling and safer gaming charities that it works with. The leading platform provider has fostered strong partnerships with a number of safer gambling charities building…
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Safer gambling charities receive Microgaming boost
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How UK gamblers view betting funds and bank accounts

BetMGM UK, an online betting and gaming brand, has just revealed new data that shows the habits of UK gamblers and how they view the money in their bank account. Even if the money in their bank account and their betting website account may be the same, many view it differently. The BetMGM research focused on UK residents who, in the last 12 months,…
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Take the Gamalyze test to see what kind of gambler you are

Gamalyze is a tool created to help bettors gain a better understanding of their gambling habits. Visit this article to take the test today Gamalyze has been created by Mindway AI as a way of helping people understand responsible gambling and understand any risks that may be present in their gambling habits - take the interactive test below to see…
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XLMedia’s WhichBingo to encourage safer gambling through new partnership with Better Change

Pair announce long-term partnership to promote safer wagering resources to players and gaming providers. Two major institutions from the world of online gambling have come together to ensure that enjoying a bet on a favourite sport, a game of bingo or a spin of a slot can continue to be a safe, positive entertainment-based wagering experience. As…
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Albion support Safer Gambling Week

Running from the 13-19 November, Safer Gambling Week is a campaign, led by the gambling industry, to tackle problem gambling across the UK by sparking a conversation with the wider community about the importance of gambling in a safe and responsible manner. How can I get involved? No matter how often you bet, it's healthy to take part in Safer…
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Albion support Safer Gambling Week
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Belfast man Declan Cregan: £1 slot machine bet turned into 10 year gambling addiction and loss of £31,000 life savings

Belfast man Declan Cregan was just 16 when he placed his first bet. From putting that one pound coin into a slot machine, he went on to spend the next 10 years of his life gambling every day. He lost his entire £31000 life savings and once blew £8000 in an hour - gambling consumed Declan's life. Now in recovery and not having gambled for the past…
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Belfast man Declan Cregan: £1 slot machine bet turned into 10 year gambling addiction and loss of £31,000 life savings
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Everything you need to know about Safer Gambling Week 2023

Safer Gambling Week is an initiative that helps to raise awareness of and promote responsible gambling. All the information you need is here Safer Gambling Week is a cross-industry initiative that takes place across the UK and Ireland from Monday November 13 to Sunday November 19. For those seven days, bookmakers will be placing an increased…
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Microgaming Puts the Spotlight on Safer Gambling Charities It Supports

Image Source: Microgaming Microgaming, which is a leading gambling software provider based out of the Isle of Mann, is going to showcase the charities it supports through its PlayItForward arm during the annual initiative Safer Gambling Week. Safer Gambling Week is an annual event that this year takes place from October 17 to October 23 in…
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MP supports UK's gambling reform, calls for a balanced approach

Amid the ongoing reform of the UK gambling sector, a PM called for a balanced approach in regulation that will strengthen the protection for vulnerable customers without negatively impacting the sector, a recent report reveals. In a recent report released by The House, Mark Jenkinson MP wrote for the Betting And Gaming Council (BGC), acknowledging…
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MP supports UK's gambling reform, calls for a balanced approach
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European Safer Gambling Week Ramps Up Impact In Second Year

The European Safer Gambling Week - which ran from 17 to 23 October - ramped up its impact in its second year with 24 events organised and safer gambling messages shared on social media across 17 EU member states - achieving 1.5 million impressions which is a 400% increase from 2021. The European Safer Gambling Week is an annual pan-European…
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BGC congratulates Paul Scully for taking Gambling Minister role

Last week, Paul Scully MP was appointed as Minister responsible for the betting and gaming industry. Consequently, the single industry body for UK betting and gaming, the Betting and Gaming Council (BGC), congratulated Scully for his recent appointment. Michael Dugher, BGC's Chief Executive, commented in a statement released on October 28, 2022. He…
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Safer Gambling Week a success says BGC

Safer Gambling Week, which took place between October 17 and October 23 this week, was a success, the Betting and Gaming Council said. The trade body for the gambling industry said that Safer Gambling Week during the period was displayed 25 million times across a number of social media channels. BGC has been a staunch supported of the initiative,…
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SAFER GAMBLING IS FOR EVERY WEEK OF THE YEAR SAYS BETTING AND GAMING COUNCIL, AS FIGURES SHOW RECORD SUCCESS OF SAFER GAMBLING WEEK

Data released following this year's event - which ran from October 17 to 23 - has revealed a 21 per cent increase on 2021, when Safer Gambling Week messaging was displayed on major social media sites 25 million times. The initiative, which ran for the fifth year, also saw tens of thousands of visits to the Safer Gambling Week website where people…
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Safer Gambling Week Smashes Social Media Success

The Betting & Gaming Council (BGC) which represents 90% of all of the UK's casinos, bingo, online gaming and betting operators, and retail betting shops has reflected on the success of the Safer Gambling Week 2022 that ended on October 23. Special emphasis was put on the incredible reach recorded by the campaign on social media. Data from the BGC…
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Safer Gambling Week 22: Using Technology to Detect and Deter Gambling Harm

Contribution piece by Dr. Edmond Mitchell, Head of Data at Future Anthem: As Safer Gambling Week gets underway, AI and data science powerhouse Future Anthem has released a white paper advising operators on how to respond to the UK Gambling Commission's regulatory changes. Dr. Edmond Mitchell, Head of Data at Future Anthem tells Gambling News about…
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EPIC Unveils Initiatives for Safer Gambling Week

Safer Gambling Week is underway and Epic Risk Management has taken this opportunity to highlight its work. Epic said it strives for a "safer gambling environment" all year round, and sought to use the "heightened platform" this occasion offers to promote these efforts. In particular, Epic focused on the work it will undertake over the event's seven…
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Grosvenor Casinos Reinforces Commitment to Responsible Gaming

Grosvenor Casinos has announced that is reinforcing its commitment to responsible gaming with an initiative which sees dedicated team members offering confidential support to customers around safer gambling. Known as the Player Protection Champions, team members from the gaming and entertainment venues across the UK are using the Safer Gambling…
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LeoVegas partners with Karolinska Institutet to prevent problem gambling

Swedish gametech company LeoVegas said it has partnered with the Karolinska Institutet's Department of Clinical Neuroscience, one of the world's leading medical universities, to research problem gambling. According to the official announcement, a four-year research project will focus on raising awareness for gambling problems and improving methods…
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EPIC Risk Management unveils initiatives for Safer Gambling Week

EPIC Risk Management, the leading problem gambling awareness and harm minimization organization in the US and the UK, unveiled multiple initiatives during this year's Safer Gambling Week. The Safer Gambling Week started on Monday, October 17 and will continue until Sunday, October 23, 2022. During the one week, government structures joined forces…
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EPIC Risk Management unveils initiatives for Safer Gambling Week
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Microgaming salutes organisations like Gordon Moody, Betknowmore, Anonymind and Motiv8

Leading online gaming software provider Microgaming is rallying behind Safer Gambling Week (October 17 to 23). The industry-led event aims to stimulate conversation around safer gambling, while driving awareness of tools and resources that are available to people who believe they may have a problem. As a leading provider of online gambling platform…
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Microgaming throws support behind Responsible Gambling charities

Microgaming, one of the most prominent iGaming suppliers and platform developers, has announced its full support for Safer Gambling Week running from October 17 through October 23. The organization, which is committed to building products that are entertaining as they are safe for consumers, has been a long-time supporter of various charities in…
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Clarion takes a lead in Safer Gambling Week

The company is using the reach and influence of its in-house media channels to support the campaign with a mix of news, interviews, analysis and thought leadership, curated by Clarion's content team, to explore the latest updates and thinking in regard to safer gambling. The programme includes a case-study on Paf, the local government owned…
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Casino Guru Teams Up with Mindway AI for Safer Gambling Week

Casino Guru, the largest database of online casinos and a respected gambling authority, has recently joined forces with Mindway AI, a leading Responsible Gambling solution provider and spin out of Aarhus University with 10+ years of research in neuroscience and problem gambling, to celebrate the Safer Gambling Week by giving players a chance to…
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Casino Guru Teams Up with Mindway AI for Safer Gambling Week
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How is safer gambling promoted at retail betting shops?

To the average person in the UK, the most notable sign every year that it's Safer Gambling Week would be from betting shops. The industry's initiatives during the week are wide-reaching, across both physical and online spaces. But betting shops, despite a decline in numbers in recent years, are still on almost every high street in the country. And…
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How is safer gambling promoted at retail betting shops?
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BGC, UKGC and DCMS support Safer Gambling Week 2022

In light of the start of the Safer Gambling Week, the Betting and Gaming Council (BGC) revealed that it joined forces with the regulator, the UK Gambling Commission, and the government to support safer gambling. The initiative is organized by the BGC in collaboration with the Bingo Association, as well as BACTA Monday marked the start of the Safer…
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BGC, UKGC and DCMS support Safer Gambling Week 2022
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Developing slots with player safety in mind

Light & Wonder's VP Game Development Rob Procter describes how the slot development process is influenced by progress in safer gambling policy and best practice Keeping players safe is of paramount importance for every stakeholder in the gaming business. It is a factor that is at the forefront of regulatory and advertising codes in markets around…
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Safer Gambling Week #22: What Suppliers Can Do to Protect Consumers

The UK's Safer Gambling Week, a campaign highlighting the industry's commitment to player protection and responsible gambling, is taking place this week for the fifth consecutive year. Operators from each sector tailor their approach and initiatives during the week, but what part do suppliers play in furthering the industry-wide commitment to…
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Bacta lends its support to Safer Gambling Week

Bacta is joining other organisations and putting its full support behind Safer Gambling Week 2022, the latest cross-industry initiative to share safer gambling messages both online and in land-based venues about the importance of gambling responsibly. This year's Safer Gambling Week event will run from 17th - 23rd October 2022 and will see the…
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Bacta lends its support to Safer Gambling Week
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Kindred donates shirt sponsorship to Safer Gambling Week

Kindred Group has made yet another splash in the responsible gambling sector deciding to donate its shirt sponsorship of Middlesbrough and Rangers FC to help promote instead Safer Gambling Week, which is running from today through Sunday, October 23. Safer Gambling Week is a massive undertaking designed to raise awareness about responsible…
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Kindred donates shirt sponsorship to Safer Gambling Week
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RGC and Thinktv in Ontario team up for more responsible gambling

Responsible gambling is in focus once again in October. After September was dedicated to educating consumers on responsible gambling practices in the United States, Ontario has now stepped up its efforts with the Responsible Gambling Council and thinktv to drive the message home with players, CasinoBeats reported. This is the latest effort to…
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SkillOnNet throws support behind Safer Gambling Week

September was Responsible Gambling Education Month in the United States. Now, the United Kingdom is inching closer to its own customary Safer Gambling Week which is a seven-day campaign that takes place between October 17-23 this year. The event will be backed by a number of industry stakeholders who have long realized the need for responsible…
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SkillOnNet throws support behind Safer Gambling Week
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Microgaming Broadens its Charitable Scope to Support More Responsible Gambling Charities in 2021

Microgaming has broadened its charitable scope to support even more Responsible Gambling charities in 2021. As Microgaming marks Safer Gambling Week 2021 alongside other industry players, the online gaming company reflects on its projects with charities on a mission to treat, minimise and prevent gambling-related harm. Through its Microgaming…
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Microgaming Broadens its Charitable Scope to Support More Responsible Gambling Charities in 2021
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Betting and Gaming Industry Unites Once Again for Safer Gambling Week 2022

The regulated betting and gaming industry is joining forces once again for Safer Gambling Week 2022. This year's Safer Gambling Week event will run from October 17 to 23 and will see the whole industry coming together in a concerted effort to further promote safer gambling messages, the tools available to customers to stay in control and the help…
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Betting and Gaming Industry Unites Once Again for Safer Gambling Week 2022
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Safer Gambling Week to take place from 17-23 October

This will be the fifth iteration of the event organised by the Betting and Gaming Council, Bacta, the Lotteries Council and the Bingo Association, and will be the third under the name Safer Gambling Week, after it was rebranded from Responsible Gambling Week.The event will include "a blitz of safer gambling messages", both online and in land-based…
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Betting and Gaming Industry unites to announce Safer Gambling Week 2022 and pledge to build on last year's record-breaking success

This year's Safer Gambling Week event will run from 17th - 23rd October 2022 and will see the whole industry coming together in a concerted effort to further promote safer gambling messages, the tools available to customers to stay in control and the help and support available to those who champion higher standards. The Safer Gambling Week…
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Betting and Gaming Industry unites to announce Safer Gambling Week 2022 and pledge to build on last year's record-breaking success
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Steep sanction for SkyVegas.com

In the United Kingdom and the Gambling Commission regulator has reportedly hit SkyVegas.com with a £1.2 million ($1.5 million) penalty after determining that the online casino had wrongly sent marketing materials to recovering gambling addicts. According to a report from The Guardian newspaper, the watchdog launched an investigation into the domain…
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Flutter Buys Italian Online Gambling Giant Sisal for $2.2bn

Flutter has confirmed its £1.62bn ($2.2bn) acquisition of Sisal, an Italian gambling operator that comes with a sportsbook and the SuperEnalotto lottery. [Image: Shutterstock.com] Flutter Entertainment's longtime pursuit of an Italian omnichannel brand has finally borne fruit. The UK-based iGaming giant announced its £1.62bn ($2.2bn) takeover of…
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Flutter Buys Italian Online Gambling Giant Sisal for $2.2bn
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What might the next Gambling Act look like?

If you've been keeping up with gambling-related news over the past year, the chances are you will have come across at least one reference to the'review of the Gambling Act'. The term often appears tacked on to the end of articles as an afterthought, with a development described as something that might be looked at'as the government continues its…
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Safer Gambling Week 2021: 5 highlights from a record-breaking event

Problem gambling is a serious issue around the world. Studies suggest that as many as 1 in 12 people gamble at risky levels that can easily develop into an addiction, and the increase in betting options in the digital era adds fuel to the fire. As a public health issue, it has led to important awareness campaigns in recent years, particularly in…
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Microgaming commits to responsible gambling amid Safer Gambling Week 2021

Microgaming has reinforced its commitment to promoting safer gambling and fair play amid Safer Gambling Week 2021. The company has broadened its charitable scope to support further responsible gambling charities as part of its efforts, in a bid to treat, minimise and prevent gambling-related harm. Via its Microgaming PlayItForward programme, the…
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Microgaming commits to responsible gambling amid Safer Gambling Week 2021
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Casino Guru Reveals Findings from Unique Safer Gambling Week Campaign

Safer Gambling Week is a yearly initiative originated in the United Kingdom that aims to raise awareness of safer and more responsible gambling. Casino Guru, staying true to their values and going further than expected in efforts to improve player safety, has created a unique campaign that promoted safer and responsible gambling messages across…
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Casino Guru Reveals Findings from Unique Safer Gambling Week Campaign
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Football's uncomfortable relationship with gambling companies

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Rates of problem gambling are falling, but on the BGC's second anniversary, our commitment to safer gambling is stronger than ever

It's entirely fitting that the Betting and Gaming Council's second anniversary should fall during this year's Safer Gambling Week. When the BGC was established on November 6, 2019, our mission was clear: to drive up standards within the regulated betting and gaming industry and promote safer gambling. This was not just about bringing the industry…
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Rates of problem gambling are falling, but on the BGC's second anniversary, our commitment to safer gambling is stronger than ever
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Brighton & Hove Albion are supporting the drive for safer gambling alongside our partners Betway with Safer Gambling Week 2021. Paid partnership. What is Safer Gambling Week? Running from the 1st - 7th November, Safer Gambling Week is a campaign led by the gambling industry to tackle problem gambling across the UK, by sparking a conversation with…
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The creeping hypocrisy of Safer Gambling Week

This November, we have seen the return of Safer Gambling Week for its fifth year. Organised by several trade associations involved in the gambling industry, the week is supposed to be all about raising awareness of problematic gambling habits and starting a dialogue between operators and customers about how to keep an eye on their gambling. So far…
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Microgaming Increases Responsible Gambling Efforts, Supports Multiple Charities

In light of the Safer Gambling Week this year, Microgaming announced that it expanded its responsible gambling commitments. The leading supplier of online gaming software, Microgaming, announced on Wednesday this week that it had enhanced its support for responsible gambling charities this year. The announcement coincides with the Safer Gambling…
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Microgaming Increases Responsible Gambling Efforts, Supports Multiple Charities
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Gambling Commission launches probe into SkyVegas.com

In the United Kingdom and the Gambling Commission regulator has reportedly launched an official investigation into SkyVegas.com after receiving complaints that the online casino had offered complimentary'spins' to recovering gambling addicts. According to a Wednesday report from The Guardian newspaper, the website is operated by Sky Betting and…
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Sky Vegas Offered Free Spins to Self-Excluded Gamblers

Sky Vegas, an online casino brand owned by Flutter Entertainment, is now under investigation by the UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) over allegations that it offered free spins to gambling addicts. The operator allegedly sent promotional messages to gamblers who had self-excluded and people who had opted out of receiving marketing communications. Sky…
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Gambling addicts who banned themselves from betting website were offered freebies at online casino

Sky Bet offered free spins to recovering gambling addicts who had banned themselves from the online bookmaker. A message from its casino brand Sky Vegas, thought to have been sent to thousands of vulnerable ex-players, said they'd be given 100 spins in return for a £5 bet. The Gambling Commission watchdog is investigating, with Sky Bet saying it…
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More Flutter Trouble as Sky Vegas Targeted Gambling Addicts

Sky Vegas, a Flutter Entertainment-owned online gaming brand, landed in hot regulatory waters after several UK customers who had self-excluded themselves from gambling reported to have been targeted with free spin offers by the brand, an article in The Guardian reveals. Sky Vegas sent promotional messages offering 100 free spins as a bonus against…
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Better Collective's brands launch problem gambling detection tool amid Safer Gambling Week

etter Collective is launching the problem gambling detection tool Gamalyze across all its main sports betting media brands, the company announced on Monday. The self-assessment tool makes it possible for visitors to conduct a test that can help detect problem gambling. The tool is being launched on bettingexpert.com during Safer Gambling Week 2021.…
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Gamblewise Launches An Updated App With New Features

To coincide with Safer Gambling Week Gamblewise has released an updated App with a new feature. In addition to the Time and Visit Tracker that allows people to put limits on the number of times they visit a gambling venue and the time they spend there, it now has a Gambling Diary. The App is free to use and available in Google Play and the Apple…
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Sky Vegas online casino offered free ‘spins’ to recovering addicts

The online casino Sky Vegas offered free "spins" to recovering addicts during the industry's annual Safer Gambling Week, prompting concern that the messages could trigger relapses. The UK Gambling Commission is investigating the incident, which has emerged in the same week that Sky Vegas' parent company, Flutter, boasted of its improved safer…
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YGAM and Betknowmore Launch Safer Gambling Training Initiative

YGAM and Betknowmore have launched the Safer Gambling Training Pledge, which will see industry Chief Executives and Directors complete specialist training programmes on player protection and harm prevention every day during the campaign week. Industry leaders will complete five online modules between November 1-7, covering important topics…
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YGAM and Betknowmore Launch Safer Gambling Training Initiative
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YGAM secures leaders pledge to participate in Safer Gambling Training

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 S afer Gambling Week (1-7 November). Leaders will…
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YGAM secures leaders pledge to participate in Safer Gambling Training
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Future Anthem and Gamesys present new research into the impact of casino games on player markers of harm

Building on the foundations of a complementary responsible gambling assessment earlier in the year, Future Anthem and Gamesys (a Bally's Corporation Company) have partnered to analyse the extent to which player markers of harm may be driven by the games that players choose to play. Released to coincide with Safer Gambling Week (1-7 November 2021) -…
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Better Collective rolls out new problem gambling detection tool

Developed by Mindway AI, Gamalyze will act as a self-assessment tool, allowing visitors to conduct a test to help detect problem gambling. Gamalyze will be offered to online gamblers as a virtual card game, challenging them to maximise their win. The tool will use then use validated neuroscientific principles to analyse a player's decision making…
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Better Collective rolls out new problem gambling detection tool
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Better Collective Launched Gamalyze to Let Players Self-Test

Developer of educational online gaming platforms and sports media Better Collective came up with a new initiative in the safer gambling space to offer players to self-detect potential problem gambling. Better Collective announced a new problem gambling detection tool, Gamalyze, will feature on its main sports betting media brands, launching it…
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Better Collective Launched Gamalyze to Let Players Self-Test
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Problem gambling rates are falling but safer gambling ‘our top priority all year round’, says BCG Boss at start of Safer Gambling Week

Safer gambling is the regulated betting and gaming industry's "top priority all year round", standards body boss Michael Dugher has declared. Mr Dugher, chief executive of the Betting and Gaming Council, spoke out as this year's Safer Gambling Week - which runs until November 7 - kicked off. He also vowed to use the event to build on the now two…
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Problem gambling rates are falling but safer gambling ‘our top priority all year round’, says BCG Boss at start of Safer Gambling Week
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PNE Supporting GAMSTOP During Safer Gambling Week

Preston North End is supporting GAMSTOP, the free, independent service that enables people to exclude themselves from all UK-based online gambling websites, to coincide with Safer Gambling Week. Safer Gambling Week takes place from 1-7 November, and will see Preston North End raising awareness of the tools and resources available to those who wish…
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PNE Supporting GAMSTOP During Safer Gambling Week
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Better Collective launches problem gambling detection tool across its brand sites

Better Collective today announces the decision to launch Gamalyze on all its main sports betting media brands. The self assessment tool from Mindway AI makes it possible for visitors to conduct a test that can help detect problem gambling. The tool is launched on bettingexpert.com during Safer Gambling Week 2021, a RAiG initiative running in GB and…
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Better Collective launches problem gambling detection tool across its brand sites
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BGC: “Safer gambling our top priority all year round”

Betting and Gaming Council (BGC) Chief Executive Michael Dugher says safer gambling is the industry's top priority all year round, amid the commencement of Safer Gambling Week. Safer Gambling Week, which runs from 1-7 November 2021, is an annual campaign that has been running since 2017. It is being supported by the BGC, the Bingo Association and…
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BGC: “Safer gambling our top priority all year round”
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steps underway to make gambling safer

Northern Ireland Executive 1st November 2021, 23:00 GMT+11 Communities Minister Deirdre Hargey has said that measures she is introducing through the Assembly will help make gambling safer. The Minister was speaking at the start of Safer Gambling Week, an industry-led initiative to raise awareness with customers on how to gamble more safely. The…
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QPR partner with GAMSTOP

QPR is delighted to announce a partnership with GAMSTOP - the free, independent service that enables people to exclude themselves from all UK-based online gambling websites. The partnership will see QPR raise awareness of the tools and resources available to those who wish to self-exclude from online gambling in a variety of ways,…
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Future Anthem and Gamesys collaborate on player protection initiative

Research on the impact of casino games on player risk and safety to be published during Safer Gambling Week Future Anthem, the pioneering AI and game data science specialist, has joined forces with Gamesys a Bally's Corporation Company, on a landmark R&D initiative, analysing the extent to which player markers of harm may be related to the games…
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Future Anthem and Gamesys collaborate on player protection initiative
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Conclusion of the 4th Safer Gambling Week in Cyprus

The events and actions held during the 4 Safer Gambling Week were completed in absolute success and remarkable public response. The organisation of the Safer Gambling Week (SGW) is part of National Betting Authority's efforts to foster a culture of Safer Gambling and create the conditions for a safer environment for the players and the public. The…
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Conclusion of the 4th Safer Gambling Week in Cyprus
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EGBA calls for widest support of European Safer Gambling Week

The European Gaming and Betting Association (EGBA) has called on all gambling organisations to support the launch of its inaugural European Safer Gambling Week (ESGW) - hosted from 1-to-7 November. ESGW seeks to establish an annual cross-industry initiative to promote safer gambling across Europe's regulated online gambling markets During the week,…
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EGBA calls for widest support of European Safer Gambling Week
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European Safer Gambling Week, 1-7 November 2021

Fostering a Stronger Culture of Safer Gambling in Europe 1-7 November 2021 The European Gaming and Betting Association (EGBA), and its partners, invite you to join us for the inaugural European Safer Gambling Week (ESGW) on 1-7 November 2021. The theme of this first ESGW is "Fostering a Stronger Culture of Safer Gambling in Europe". ESGW is an…
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European Safer Gambling Week, 1-7 November 2021
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Lockdown gambling: Women's secret addiction

In advance of Safer Gambling Week next month, which aims to raise awareness of the dangers of gambling, recent evidence has revealed the scale of addiction across the UK, which soared during lockdown as people dealt with loneliness, isolation and boredom. UK gamblers lost an astonishing £14.36 billion last year, compared with £8.36 billion a decade…
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Ireland's IBA updates Safer Gambling Code

In Ireland, a ban on the use of credit cards in retail shops and online for Irish patrons has been agreed to by bookmakers while also accepting a pre-watershed "whistle-to-whistle" advertising ban for live sport. The pair of initiatives are a part of an amended code of practice for safe gambling brought by the representative body of the country's…
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Ireland's IBA updates Safer Gambling Code
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Safer Gambling Week 2021 set to take place 1-7 November

K's Betting and Gaming Council (BGC) has announced the date for 2021 Safer Gambling Week, due to take place between 1-7 November, in cooperation with the Bingo Association and bacta. The annual campaign has been running since 2017, when the industry united for the first time to promote Responsible Gambling Week. This year's event will see a blitz…
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