GambleAware promotes Prof Sian Griffiths to Chair of Trustees
GambleAware has appointed Professor Sian Griffiths (CBE) as the new Chair of Trustees for its gambling harms prevention programmes in the UK.Griffiths takes over from Baroness Kate Lampard...
GamCare: UK banks must take direct approach to reduce gambling harms
GamCare has issued new guidance to British banks on how to spot and prevent gambling-related financial harms impacting their clients businesses.The problem-gambling treatment support...
European Lotteries calls on EU to support safeguards for good causes
The European Lotteries (EL) has published its manifesto ahead of the European Parliament elections.The document contains eight key points that EL will focus on...
Romania seeks constitutional order on gambling prohibition
Marcel Ciolacu, Prime Minister of Romania, has ordered land-based gambling restrictions which now require re-examination by the Constitutional Court of Romania to become a...
Argentina sets out action plan to reduce youth gambling
Argentina’s Chamber of Deputies has started discussions on stricter gambling regulations following reports of increased engagement from minors.Efforts to curb minor participation in gambling...
Denmark to adopt new Game Reporting duties
Spillemyndigheden, Denmark's Gambling Authority, has opened a consultation to get feedback on changes to game data reporting requirements.The new regulations will update reporting requirements...
Svenska Spel stands by player protection against media probe
Svenska Spel has addressed a recent article published in Swedish media outlet Aftonbladet which questioned the operator’s player protection practices.The state-owned gambling company argued that the Aftonbladet’s...
European Lotteries: Safeguarding Cultural Heritage for Society
European Lotteries (EL) has underscored the importance of lotteries for Europe’s society and its ‘cultural heritage’.The conference was organised with the help of Belgium’s national...
Scientific Games to lead KYC makeover of WestLotto
Scientific Games has teamed up with Germany lottery operator WestLotto for the introduction of camera based technology across the lottery’s retail sites in North Rhine-Westphalia. The technology will be...
ROFUS reports peak Danish self-exclusion
Spillemyndigheden, has released the latest data from ROFUS, the country’s self-exclusion register, highlighting that the number of signees stands at 50,000 in April. ROFUS was first...