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Regulator drops Balatro age rating from 18 to 12

by Steve Hoare February 26, 2025

February 26, 2025 2 minutes read

Popular poker-inspired mobile game Balatro has had its Pan-European Game Information age rating reduced from 18 to 12, escalating the long-standing debate on gambling in video games. One of the most popular mobile games …
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Football and government to negotiate Italy’s new gambling sponsorship laws

by Steve Hoare February 26, 2025

February 26, 2025 4 minutes read

The Senate of Italy is prepared to review the Dignity Decree of 2018 to either revoke or modify the ban on gambling sponsorship, enforced since 2019. Calcio newspaper Gazzetta dello Sport reports …
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Svenska Spel praises high impact of Independent Research Council

by Steve Hoare February 26, 2025

February 26, 2025 2 minutes read

Svenska Spel has praised the impact of its Independent Research Council on Gambling Risks and Addiction. The programme has entered its fifteenth year since its formation as an independent body, having reached the milestone …
Europe
EGBA members ‘highly compliant’ with minor protection rules

by Steve Hoare February 25, 2025

February 25, 2025 1 minutes read

Traditional advertising channels across Europe are efficiently blocking the exposure of minors to gambling, according to the European Gaming and Betting Association (EGBA). The trade association put out a summary of an …
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Study finds links between loot boxes and problem gambling

by Steve Hoare February 25, 2025

February 25, 2025 2 minutes read

Researchers from Universities in Gibraltar, Nottingham, Budapest and Adelaide have found a positive association between loot box buying and problem gambling, as well as an association with mental health symptoms. …
SBC News
Newsletter: Shifting the focus from player to product

by Steve Hoare February 21, 2025

February 21, 2025 2 minutes read

Safe Bet Show interviewee Sarah Ramanauskas, the CEO and co-founder of the Game Safety Institute (GSI) makes some hugely perceptive points in her interview with Martin Lycka this week. Creating …
Research SBC News UK
Academics compare gambling practices to 1950s tobacco industry in BMJ attack

by Steve Hoare February 21, 2025

February 21, 2025 3 minutes read

A team of academics from the Universities of Bath, Cambridge, Goldsmiths and Edinburgh, and the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) have launched a scathing attack on the …
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Interview: Mackenzie Slade of Gaming Public Policy Consulting

by Steve Hoare February 20, 2025

February 20, 2025 5 minutes read

Mackenzie Slade and her colleagues are on a mission to create responsible regulated gaming markets through reliable research data, behavioural science and proven regulatory strategies Mackenzie Slade and her colleagues …
UK SBC News
Gordon Moody launches #Dying4ABet campaign

by Steve Hoare February 20, 2025

February 20, 2025 1 minutes read

UK treatment provider Gordon Moody is launching its annual gambling harm awareness day on March 18th with the provocative hashtag #Dying4ABet. “This intentionally provocative campaign is designed to break the …
Research North America SBC Americas
University of Oregon, 2024: Sports Betting Legalization Amplifies Emotional Cues & Intimate Partner Violence

by Steve Hoare February 20, 2025

February 20, 2025 2 minutes read

The first research paper to investigate the causal relationship between legalised sports gambling and domestic violence in the US. Using data from the 2011 to 2022 National Incident-Based Reporting System …

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Steve Hoare

Steve Hoare

Regulator drops Balatro age rating from 18 to 12

Football and government to negotiate Italy’s new gambling sponsorship laws

Svenska Spel praises high impact of Independent Research Council

EGBA members ‘highly compliant’ with minor protection rules

Study finds links between loot boxes and problem gambling

Newsletter: Shifting the focus from player to product

Academics compare gambling practices to 1950s tobacco industry in BMJ attack

Interview: Mackenzie Slade of Gaming Public Policy Consulting

Gordon Moody launches #Dying4ABet campaign

University of Oregon, 2024: Sports Betting Legalization Amplifies Emotional Cues & Intimate Partner Violence

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