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Playson has obtained accreditation for its compliance measures after being granted an ISO/IEC 27001:2022 certificate.

The ISO/IEC 27001:2022 certificate is an updated version of the ISO 27001:2013 accreditation the supplier received three years ago and “is key in safeguarding sensitive information and required for Playson to hold its existing licences in valuable regulated markets”.

Vsevolod Lapin, Deputy CEO at Playson, stated: “The transition to ISO 2022 is welcome news for the business, and shows our continued dedication to compliance and regulation. Partners can rest assured of Playson’s heightened security measures and adherence to international standards with us acquiring this certificate.”

Awarded by Quinel, the accreditation recognises Playson’s alignment with the International Organisation for Standardisation standards, which the supplier says demonstrates “its ability to mitigate any information security risks whilst meeting all necessary legal and regulatory requirements”..

Enteractive has agreed to a strategic partnership with Optimove to boost player retention, help identify problematic gambling, as well as marketing personalisation.

Through the deal, the player conversion and reactivation service provider’s outbound calling expertise has been added to the CRM marketing platform’s Multichannel Marketing Hub, going alongside its existing suite of marketing channels such as email, mobile, SMS, in-app messaging, as well as web and mobile push.

Enteractive has stated that the outbound calling will allow operators to provide personal interactions with players in the areas of retention and tackling problematic gambling, accessible seamlessly with Optimove’s CRM marketing platform integration.

Dan De Souza, Director of iGaming Partnerships at Optimove, commented: “Sometimes you need a bit of human touch. We’re thrilled to kick off this strategic partnership with Enteractive.

“This new marketing channel represents a significant addition, offering operators ..

GambleAware has called for evidence-based health warnings to be placed on UK gambling adverts after conducting research on the current inadequacies of safer gambling messaging.

The gambling harm prevention charity’s call for “more compelling” safer gambling advertising comes after it commissioned a report curating responses from over 7,000 people on the topic of safer gambling messages.

Weighing up the need for clearer safer gambling messaging the report called into question the effectiveness of ‘Take Time To Think’, a widely used industry-led safer gambling slogan. The research was conducted by specialist communications agency The Outsiders and also included quantitative research conducted by YouGov.

The research revealed that the slogan ‘fails to land the jeopardy of gambling harms’ while also failing to signpost where people can find help for gambling harm issues.

Alexia Clifford, Chief Communications Officer for GambleAware, said: “Gambling harms are a serious public health..

Andrew Rhodes, Chief Executive of the UK Gambling Commission, has stated that the next phase of gambling white paper consultations will focus on the land-based sector.

Speaking at the Bingo Association Annual General Meeting 2024, Rhodes mentioned that the third consultation period will arrive later this year, likely this summer.

No specific start date for the consultation was provided by the Chief Executive, as he stated that “this work is not operating in a vacuum and so the exact timings will to some extent be dependent on other work elsewhere”.

Alongside the UKGC, white paper consultations are also being conducted by the UK government’s Department of Culture, Media and Sport, working in tandem with the commission to establish the right future direction of the UK gambling market.

“I think this is a fair point to reflect on the strength of our collaboration with our sponsoring department, DCMS, and we will continue to do so,” commented Rhodes.

“Given the range of issues that DC..

The UKGC is set to implement widespread changes across the industry with ‘light touch’ affordability checks being triggered after a spend of £150 a month.

With the intention of ‘boosting safety and choice for consumers’, the new measures are following a myriad of white paper consultations and will be implemented in four stages: August 2024, November 2024, January 2025 and February 2025.

In a bid to smooth the transition process as much as possible, these checks will initially come into force at £500 a month from 30 August 2024, before reducing to £150 a month from 28 February 2025.

Off the back of consultation feedback, the Commission will carry out a pilot to test the details of frictionless assessments in practice, working with credit reference agencies and gambling businesses to examine the potential consumer impact.

The initial pilot period for these new measures will involve the biggest operators, in order to enable the UKGC to gain the deepest possible understanding over th..

For the latest episode of the Safe Bet Show, Martin Lycka satdownwith Arthur Paikowsky, President of the International Centre for Responsible Gambling, as he revealed that fundraising has become increasingly driven by technology.

Paikowsky also disclosed how the ICRG, formerly known as the NCRG, has evolved in recent years and how the standards of excellence in fundraising involve interacting with people.

Analysing the future of fundraising, he stated: “In a lot of industries, everybody’s looking for the next best thing, the next big idea. And I have to tell you, I’m pretty old school when it comes to this, because if you find something that works, and it worked in the first 10 years of my career and the next 10 years of my career and so on and so forth.

“I’m going back to the well. I keep doing what I do best. In fact, I had a conversation yesterday with an extremely well-known senior executive in the field. And he said to me, I learned a lot about fundraising from you. To me, t..