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 silence around gambling-related harm, spark meaningful conversations, and provide a route to recovery for those impacted by this often-hidden addiction,” wrote Gordon Moody CEO Monica…
UK banks Barclays, First Direct, HSBC UK, Monzo, Starling and Virgin Money join Nationwide in committing to the Money & Mental Health Policy Institute’s Gambling Harms Action Lab. The Lab is an 18-month project that aims to explore new ways for financial institutions to protect their customers from gambling-related harm. “Banks and other financial firms…
Policies and interventions to reduce harmful gambling: an international Delphi consensus and implementation rating study Public Health England (since disbanded, now the Office of Health Improvement & Disparities) convened a panel of 35 non-gambling industry public health “experts” to judge the efficacy of 103 measures to implement a “comprehensive public health approach” to gambling. The…
The Basque Gaming Observatory has launched a new market study which warns that 47 percent of young people between 18 and 24 years old are active participants in gaming and betting offers throughout the region. The study also highlighted the shocking figure that 92.8 percent of the population has gambled at some point in their lives, while…
Swedish operators ATG, Betsson, Kindred and Svenska Spel have released their H2 2024 responsible gambling figures. One of the most notable differences in the figures is Betsson’s self-exclusion statistic – 18.7% of its contacted customers self-excluded from gambling compared to between 1.38% and 4.4% at the other operators. A spokesperson for Betsson commented: “The figure…
Stake has told Player Protection Hub it will end its white-label business and focus on securing local licences in regulated markets, following its exit from the UK market. The crypto-first operator acquired Danish operator VinderCasino last month, following similar moves into Colombia, Peru, Brazil, and Italy. It also has licences in Ontario, Mexico, Paraguay and -…
The UK government has appointed the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID) as the Prevention Commissioner for gambling harms, according to several sources. While the government has yet to announce the appointment, several sources have been told it will be responsible for the 30% of the £100m research, education and treatment levy that has…
The Gambling Commission has announced that Stake will leave the UK market following an advertising campaign with controversial adult film star Bonnie Blue. The video, which featured the actress offering to sleep with Nottingham Trent University students, prompted an investigation from the UK Gambling Commission after it went viral across social media allegedly featured Stake branding. The…
A Guardian report has accused the gambling industry of sending data to Meta, the parent company of Facebook, in a significant breach of data laws.
An Observer report tested a total of 150 sites, detecting that a total of 52 were automatically sharing data and subsequently flouting UK rules.
At the heart of the allegations is a tracking tool that is reportedly embedded in a wide variety of gambling verticals, gaining data of players who visit the site.
The UK paper is accusing the industry of unlawfully sharing the data with Facebook, causing them to intensify marketing content across that person’s feed.
Data like this can only be used for marketing purposes with the consent of the user, according to UK law.
The Observer named Hollywoodbets, Sporting Index, Bwin, Lottoland, 10Bet and Bet442 as sites that had been utilising the Meta Pixel tool.
However, the paper also detailed the names of operators whose utilisation of the Meta Pixel tool to deliver personalised advertising ..
Regulus Partners’ Dan Waugh has dismantled GambleAware’s latest research paper aimed at arguing for a more prohibitive approach to gambling regulation Last week, GambleAware published a new report from Bournemouth University looking at which types of gambling pose the highest risks of harm. In its press release accompanying the research, it went on to call…