Romania’s National Office for Gambling (ONJN) has launched a €5m public funding programme aimed at strengthening national efforts to prevent and treat gambling addiction, marking the most significant public-health intervention …
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DCMS has updated the Terms of Reference for the Gambling Levy Programme Board, providing further detail on the governance framework overseeing the distribution of funding for gambling-related harm research, prevention …
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In today’s episode of iGaming Daily, SBC Media Manager Charlie Horner is joined by SBC’s Editor-at-Large Ted Menmuir and SBC News Editor Ted Orme-Claye as the trio discuss the growing …
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FeaturedNorth AmericaResearch
Report concludes research confusion and media sensationalism is leading to moral panic
A new research paper highlights the narrative gap between academic research and media sensationalism around the gambling industry and gambling harm, which is leading to moral panic and regressive policy …
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Moral panic Today we highlight an excellent research paper, which should be required reading for journalists, academics, regulators, lobbyists, lawmakers, and industry leaders. Gambling Public Policy Consulting’s ‘Addressing the Narrative …
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Escapism emerges as a central but previously overlooked driver of gambling, according to new international research that challenges long-standing assumptions about why people place bets. A study from researchers in …
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Ivana Bacik, the leader of Ireland’s Labour party, wants to see all gambling ads in the Republic taken down. The leader of Ireland’s joint-second-largest opposition party (in the Dáil Éireann) …
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Dutch gaming operator JOI Gaming Ltd has been hit with a €400,000 penalty by Kansspelautoriteit (KSA) after a two-year legal process. The legislative breaches refer to the use of multiple …
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Kansspelautoriteit (KSA), the Gambling Authority of the Netherlands, has enhanced its stance on the technical and data-quality standards of operators’ Control Databases (CDBs) of Dutch gambling. The CDB is recognised …
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UKDiscussionsFeatured
A new Gambling Act beckons but final GambleAware conference opens the field for more reasoned debate
The final GambleAware Annual Conference in London yesterday mixed general confusion and fear about the research, education and treatment levy with a more constructive tone than shown in recent years. …
