Yesterday, the Player Protection Hub teamed up with Affiliate Leaders for the SBC Digital – Affiliate Marketing day. Player Protection Hub Editor Steve Hoare hosted a fascinating conversation with four responsible affiliates debating how to adapt to the increasingly arduous regulatory rules around responsible gambling and advertising. With European countries increasingly turning to advertising bans…
FanDuel has launched a new program, Trusted Voices: Conversations About Betting, to coincide with September’s Responsible Gaming Education Month.
Trusted Voices is designed to equip trusted adults such as parents, guardians and coaches with tools and resources to talk to young people about gambling, associated risks, how to recognize warning signs and where to go for support.
It is part of a new partnership between FanDuel and former NBA player and basketball coach Randy Livingston and his wife, sports agent Anita Smith. The operator notes that Livingston experienced experienced problem gambling himself. He and Smith have become the newest members of FanDuel’s RG Ambassador Program.
“As legal sports betting continues to become more accessible, I knew I wanted to use my experience to help families engage in proactive and informed conversations about gambling,” said Livingston. “It became apparent to me and Anita that FanDuel shares our goal of helping parents navigate these tough, bu..
New research into the use of loot boxes on the popular Steam platform has shed new light on their legality and gambling regulators’ failure to prosecute supposedly illegal operators. The paper from video gaming law specialist Leon Xiao of the Center for Digital Play, IT University of Copenhagen, concludes that paid loot boxes with random…
A group of experts concluded that there is a pressing need to conduct joint screening at all points of interaction around harmful gambling and neurodiversity, during a webinar hosted by the Gambling Lived Experience Network (GLEN). International studies have found that in groups of individuals screening positive for gambling disorder, a quarter or more also…
A new study from the University of Barcelona in partnership with Professor Mark Griffiths of Nottingham Trent University reveals a mixed picture on the influence of gambling advertising on patients with gambling disorder. On the one hand, a statistically significant association was found between higher gambling advertising impact and higher scores on gambling severity. On…
The gambling and sports betting industry is experiencing significant transformations in the digital realm, striving to leverage all available innovations. However, one thing remains unchanged: the importance of dedicating time and effort to understanding how to keep player safety at the forefront.
To support this, the upcoming SBC Summit will feature a dedicated ‘Player Protection Zone’, providing a framework for a robust gambling harm prevention ecosystem. This event, welcoming 25,000 industry professionals, will take place from September 24-26 at the Feira Internacional de Lisboa.
The dedicated show floor will provide delegates with the opportunity to explore the next generation of safeguarding systems and products, as well as meet leading safer gambling service providers and associations. Brands already confirmed include BetBlocker, Crucial Compliance, EPIC, GamCare, Gamble Alert, Gordon Moody, Mindway AI, Neccton, Recover Me, Safer Gambling Training, Verifeye Online and W2 by Ful..
The University of California San Diego Rady School of Management has released one of the most comprehensive studies into the positive and negative impacts of online gambling legalisation since PASPA was repealed.
SBC has announced the shortlists for the 11th edition of the SBC Awards 2024, the first ceremony to take place in Lisbon, as part of the inaugural SBC Summit.
Malta’s successful removal from the FTAF grey list underlined the “delicate balance between stringent financial scrutiny and maintaining an attractive business environment”, according to Luis Perez, Chief AML Officer at Lottofy, the brand name of Clobet Limited.
Speaking to Payment Expert, he emphasised that the strategic importance of the region to the European and global gaming sector has truly been highlighted amidst Malta taking the decisive steps to depart the FTAF grey list.
The decision of the FATF’s to add Malta to a rogue list of nations on the grey list in 2021 prompted immediate and significant action from the region as PM Robert Abela and Finance Secretary Alfred Camilleri drafted an ‘action plan’ to remove Malta from the greylist by 2023, an ambition they succeeded in achieving.
Perez added: “Personally, I think it marked a before and after on a number of issues. The greylisting highlighted serious deficiencies in Malta’s anti-money laundering measures, leading to inc..
Player Protection Hub Editor Steve Hoare takes Better Change’s free safer gambling training for a test drive