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BetBlocker has announced a collaboration with the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV), providing a donation in support of the International Gaming Institute’s (IGI) research program to help advance academic research on gambling software and its users.
Both organisations have stated that the goal of this project is to produce “transformative insights that will help inform evidence-based policies, enhance player protection measures, and contribute to the broader public good”.
A UK-registered charity, BetBlocker provides gambling support via its free-to-use app, which blocks a user’s device from accessing more than 88,000 gambling websites and 1,500 gambling apps. The service can also be used anonymously.
Founder and Trustee of BetBlocker, Duncan Garvie, stated: “For the first four years of the project, I delivered the user technical support for BetBlocker. I’ve interacted with thousands of people using the tool and I know how much of a difference it has made to a huge number of liv..
