Keith Whyte left his role as Executive Director of The National Council on Problem Gambling (NCPG) just two weeks ago for a new career in consultancy. Player Protection Hub sat down with him to discover what’s next PPH: So Keith… 26 years? Keith Whyte: It’s been an incredible journey and after 26 years it was…
Leading iGaming suppliers have raised the issue of copycat games in conversations with the Player Protection Hub following Evolution Gaming’s pre-Christmas revelation that the Gambling Commission is reviewing its licence. Speaking to SBC Leaders before Christmas, Evolution Gaming Head of Investor Relations Carl Linton said that battling “unauthorised use” of its services and “infringements of…
Neuroscientists at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have isolated slow-learning processes as a possible contributor to problem gambling. Learning occurs across multiple timescales, with fast learning crucial for adapting to sudden environmental changes, and slow learning beneficial for extracting robust knowledge from multiple events. “We think that people learn via a thing called prediction…
The Ethical Gambling Forum brings together compliance and responsible gambling professionals with regulators, lawyers, HR professionals, marketing experts, researchers and treatment organisations for an inspiring ESG bootcamp. You can expect an imaginative agenda with speakers who are unafraid to talk on controversial and difficult topics such as gambling-related crime; children and gambling; lived experience of…
UK regulator in industry first as it reviews Evolution Gaming’s licence related to its supply of games to unlicensed websites
Scotland’s Daily Record brought up the thorny topic of links between video games and gambling games this week (January 5th), when a senior psychotherapist was quoted as saying that young people who play a lot of video games can end up with a gambling addiction. “What I see is people starting from a young age…
The UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) has launched a review into Evolution Malta Limited regarding its operating licence in the UK market, according to a statement from the igaming supplier.
The review has been initiated under Section 116 of the Gambling Act 2005 after the Commission identified Evolution games as “being accessible from the UK through operators not holding a Commission license”.
A range of outcomes is possible from the review, including no action being taken, conditions being imposed on the licence, financial sanction, suspension and revocation of Evolution’s licence to operate.
Within its statement, Evolution said it is cooperating with the UKGC to resolve the matter.
“Evolution is cooperating fully with the Commission and has taken requested immediate actions to remedy the situation,” the supplier said.
“Games on the identified websites not holding a Commission license have been made unavailable from the UK. Evolution continues to actively work with the Commission to..
Gordon Moody has emphasised the importance of the role of the third sector as safer gambling frameworks move into a new era in the UK. The treatment and support charity has issued its response to a misunderstanding by the NHS at the GambleAware Conference in London.
The conference was the first after confirmation of the new statutory levy and the application of £2/£5 stake limits in the UK, which Gambling Minister Baroness Twycross underlined will ensure Britain has the safest gambling environments.
As the landscape unfolds the NHS will be positioned as the Chief Commissioner with the goal of improving the accessibility, quality, and impact of services tackling gambling-related harms by addressing the individual needs of local communities.
However, the GambleAware conference provided a stage to emphasise just how crucial collaboration will be moving forward and why it’s so vital that the third sector continues to play a crucial role in safeguarding players.
In spite of this, Dr C..
If you missed yesterday’s GambleAware Annual Conference, you can watch the whole seven hours here. Or jump to the bits that interest you. Highlights include Gambling Minister Baroness Twycross explaining the next steps with the RET Levy and threatening new measures on advertising; and Gambling Commission Executive Director Tim Miller making a plea for industry…
In her first public appearance since becoming the UK’s Gambling Minister, Baroness Twycross demanded action from operators to curb advertising. “The issue of what is appropriate needs to be looked at in aggregate,” said the Minister, “not operator by operator. I do not stand here today to tell you what that volume must be, but…