A longitudinal piece of research into suicide on the Swedish National Patient Register (Karlsson & Hakansson, 2018) which has been extrapolated to the general UK population by some campaigners. Key takeways Source: Journal of Behavioral Addictions
The latest episode of Martin Lycka’s Safe Bet show sees Martin sit down for a conversation with Cam Adair, the founder of Game Quitters, the world’s largest support community for video game addiction.
This short paper summarises the execution and evaluation of the ‘Let’s Open Up About Gambling’ stigma reduction campaign launched by GambleAware on the 13 April 2023. Key takeways Original Source: Gambleaware
At a global inflation increase forecasted at 6.7% by end of 2022, double the previous 10-years, has seen purse strings tighten with a few exceptions, including gambling. Is the desperate consumer hype for online entertainment over? or has ’21’s record $61 billion revenue benchmarked the industry’s minimum future expectations? Having reaped the benefits and optimised…
Martin Lycka is joined by founder and CEO of Yield Sec, Ismail Vali, in the latest episode of the Safe Bet Show. Ismail discusses the illegal side of the gambling industry and all the good that Yield Sec can provide to help making the gambling space a safer, more enjoyable space for all.
Episode 3 of Martin Lycka’s Safebet Show features a conversation with Judge Cheryl Moss, of the State of Nevada District Court and the Gambling Treatment Diversion Court. Judge Moss tells Martin all about her life, how she got to Vegas, how she got into working in responsible gaming, her hopes for the GTDC and the…
Martin Lycka is joined by Shelley White for his latest summer special Safe Bet Show, Shelley is the CEO of the Responsible Gaming Council in Ontario Canada, and is one of the most influential names in responsible gambling, and CSR, in North America and the world.
Ygam and GamCare have launched an English nationwide intervention and harm prevention portal alongside several regional organisations as part of a GambleAware-commissioned project.
The English Gambling Education Hub (EGEH) portal is a collaborative effort between the duo and five other organisations – Aquarius, ARA, Beacon Counselling Trust and Breakeven.
Its remit goes beyond England’s borders, however, as EGEH will also work in collaboration with the Scottish and Welsh Gambling Education Hubs. As a GambleAware-backed endeavour, this falls in line with that body’s newly adopted regional approach.
Anna Hargrave, Chief Commissioning and Strategy Officer at GambleAware, said: “Gambling harm is a serious public health issue which can affect anyone – including children and young people. Early intervention and prevention programmes, such as these education hubs are vital to keeping people safe from gambling harm.
“Young people are increasingly exposed to gambling through the wider envi..
Kindred Group has detailed a ‘consistent trend’ regarding the proportion of its revenue from harmful gambling, although the figure has crept up slightly between the second and third quarters of the year.
The Swedish gambling group – active in multiple markets via its Unibet sportsbook and 32Red igaming brands – set itself a target in early 2021 of achieving 0% revenue from harmful gambling by 2023.
Since it began working towards this ‘Net Zero’ goal two years ago, the company has issued quarterly updates on its gambling revenue. The latest report detailed a small uptick in income from harmful gambling, up from 3.1% in Q2 2023 to 3.3% in Q3.
This still marks a decline against Q4 2022, however, when the figure stood at 3.5%, and a sharp fall from a high of 3.8% back in the third quarter of last year. The group has also detailed progress on the impact of interventions on player behaviour.
According to Kindred’s latest data, its interventions with customers experiencing gambling harm h..
Episode 4 of Martin Lycka’s Safe Bet Show features one of Martin’s esteemed Entain colleagues, none other than Grainne Hurst! Grainne is Entain’s Director of Corporate Affairs, and works closely with Martin on Entain’s responsible gaming and player protection arm.