The Provincial Institute of Lottery and Casinos ( IPLyC ) of the province of Buenos Aires led a meeting to prevent online gambling among minors. The head of the IPLyC, Gonzalo Atanasof , participated together with the Undersecretary of Mental Health, Problematic Consumption and Violence, Julieta Calmels , and the mayor of Florencio Varela, Andres Watson , in the first meeting within the framework of…
The Ombudsman of the Argentine province of Córdoba has shared a survey carried out with teenagers between 14 and 17-years-old from public and private schools, which highlighted that 18.7 percent have gambled on online sites in the last six months. The report published this week, “Online Gambling”, shared by the Deputy Ombudsman, Carlos Galoppo , was based on data collected…
A new study from the University of Barcelona in partnership with Professor Mark Griffiths of Nottingham Trent University reveals a mixed picture on the influence of gambling advertising on patients with gambling disorder. On the one hand, a statistically significant association was found between higher gambling advertising impact and higher scores on gambling severity. On…
BetComply has grown its senior management team by appointing Loes Wetzer as Operations Director.
Wetzer brings over 20 years of project management and compliance consultancy experience to the regulatory and technical compliance firm.
“It’s a privilege to welcome Loes to Team BetComply,” stated Daniel Brookes, CEO at BetComply.
“We’ve grown beyond expectations over the past few months, driven by a demand from our industry for trusted and reliable compliance expertise. As we take our next steps, Loes will be a vital part of our mission to bring world-class compliance support to even more partners.”
At BetComply, Wetzer will oversee operations as the business continues to grow. Now with almost 20 employees since being founded less than a year ago, the company helps companies across Europe and the Americas with their technical and regulatory compliance.
Commenting on her new role, Wetzer said: ”I couldn’t be more excited to join the dynamic team at BetComply.
“This is already home t..
The launch of Italy’s new framework for online gambling concessions has entered its final legislative procedure under the supervision of the European Commission (EC).
Recent proceedings saw the EC launch an open consultation on the technical rules of Italy’s new gambling licensing regime.
As a member of the European Union (EU), Italy must notify the EC of any legislative projects and amendments that modify its domestic market and competition rules.
While gambling laws and practices are under the jurisdiction of individual EU member states, the EC’s consultation aims to gather feedback on how the new licensing regime will impact Italy’s IT sector.
The licensing regime has now entered a three-month mandatory “standstill” period, allowing EU member states and other stakeholders to review and comment on the proposed changes.
The standstill period for the Italian gambling licence technical rules ends on 18 October 2024. After this, the Italian government plans to launch the tender for ..
South Korean holding company Hana Financial Group has initiated a project to circumvent the risks of illegal gambling for young people, and protect vulnerable groups.
The safety campaign will span three years and will promote gambling harm awareness through educational material such as lectures, videos, psychotherapy sessions, and nationwide advertisements across TV and newspapers.
Some notable partners of the campaign include the Financial Supervisory Service (FSS), the National Gambling Control Commission, the National Police Agency, and the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education.
Estimates made by the financial group put the approximate cost of the campaign at 10bn won ($7.32m).
Ham Young-joo, Hana Financial Group Chairman, commented: “I hope that the entire Korean society serves as a lamplight that guides teenagers from the darkness of illegal gambling.”
The campaign’s launch was also commented on by Lee Bok-hyun, FSS Governor, who added: “I expect the campaign, through a ..
Pressure mounts on Australia PM Anthony Albanese to stick to his principles and apply a blanket ban on gambling advertising across all media disciplines.
This weekend, the Alliance for Gambling Reform, a non-profit organisation combating gambling harms in Australia, published an open letter in response to reports that the Labor government will water down the measures of the Murphy Report.
The letter is endorsed by the signatures of 60 prominent Australians, including former PMs John Howard and Malcolm Turnbull, Lucy Turnbull, former NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet, and former Victorian premiers Jeff Kennett and Steve Bracks.
The Alliance calls on the federal government to commit to its pledge to implement the gambling reforms advocated by the late Labor MP Peta Murphy, who chaired the Federal Inquiry into Online Gambling, but who passed away in February fighting cancer.
The Labor government is expected to publish shortly the amendments of the Interactive Gambling Act 2001, applying n..
SOFTSWISS has revealed the H1 2024 performance of its Affilka product amidst furthering its charitable efforts to support flood-affected regions in Brazil.
Across the first half of the year, SOFTSWISS’ affiliate marketing offering Affilka doubled its affiliate GGR year-over-year. The platform now powers over 375 brands with support for affiliate marketing, allowing the product’s resulting player deposits to increase two-fold in H1.
Affiliate payments witnessed almost 60% growth compared to H1 2023. Over 65,000 new affiliate accounts were registered via the solution in H1 2024, an increase of 50.9% compared to the year prior.
The first six months of 2024 also saw over 17.9 million new player registrations supported by Affilka, an uptick of 77% YoY. The number of unique clicks on referral links exceeded 965 million.
Anastasia Borovaya, Head of Affilka by SOFTSWISS, commented: “Recognising the vital role of affiliate marketing for success within the rapidly changing igaming landsc..
The Vulnerability Registration Service (VRS), an independent vulnerable people registry, has entered into a partnership with Gamban to promote the latter’s safer gambling software to individuals who register with VRS.
VRS aims to “help flag vulnerable individuals to companies to help keep them safe” and those who register for their services can do so to “make people aware of their circumstances, or they can opt to be declined financial or related services for a period of time”.
Helen Lord, CEO of VRS, said: “Those experiencing financial vulnerability have very often experienced gambling harm. That is why it is so important that services like the VRS and Gamban work together to ensure that people presenting to either of us are signposted to any additional support they need.”
The VRS software will be promoted through TalkBanStop – a collaborative gambling harm prevention initiative formed in 2020 by Gamban and the non-profit self-exclusion scheme GAMSTOP.
Gamban also has a partnersh..
Gambling charity Deal Me Out has filed suit against the Greater Manchester Combined Authority alleging discriminatory language designed to damage GambleAware and the National Gambling Helpline. In a post on LinkedIn, Deal Me Out Founder and Chief Executive Jordan Lea explained: “We can evidence that the GMCA has not been fair and open, and has…