FanDuel has introduced its latest RG tool innovation, Deposit Alerts, enabling customers to create daily, weekly and monthly target budgets and receive a notification when they reach the amount they’ve set. The Deposit Alerts feature builds on the success of My Spend, which was used by nearly half of FanDuel’s players (about 3.5 million) during…
Alberta’s government has stopped funding a non-profit organization that provides education and other support for problem gamblers as the province prepares to expand its online gambling market. The government has provided the Problem Gambling Resources Network with $129,700 in annual funding on an annual basis via a deal that has been in place in some form for more…
Fiona Palmer: GAMSTOP
GAMSTOP has alerted its partners of a “surge in self-exclusion of under-25s”, identifying this demographic as carrying the most significant risk of developing problem gambling harms.
The steward of the UK’s national self-exclusion scheme for online gambling, GAMSTOP, has reported a 31% year-on-year increase in under-25s registering with the service during the second half of 2024.
Of concern, GAMSTOP notes that “consumers aged 16-24 now account for nearly one in four (24%) of new GAMSTOP registrants”, signaling a shift towards younger individuals seeking self-exclusion.
During the second half of 2024, GAMSTOP recorded a 14% increase in self-exclusion registrations, attributed to major summer sporting events such as the UEFA Euro Championships and the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
In total, 532,484 people have registered with GAMSTOP since its launch in April 2018, representing over 1% of the UK’s adult population.
Fiona Palmer, CEO of GAMSTOP, commented: “The incr..
British Columbia Lottery Corporation (BCLC)’s New Horizons in Safer Gambling conference brings operators and regulators together iGaming is a fiercely competitive industry for operators vying for revenue share and market leadership. But when it comes to safer gambling and player protection, it’s crucial to keep a shared goal in mind. That was the core message of a…
Kansspelautoriteit (KSA) has confirmed that the updated regulations around financial risk checks have been successfully implemented by licensed operators.
The new Responsible Gaming Policy was brought into force by the Dutch regulator in October last year, when it introduced tighter monitoring of players’ financials so that operators can intervene in ‘real time’ when necessary to prevent damage from excessive gambling.
Under the new texts, players are considered to be no longer capable of ‘bearing the financial consequences of their player behaviour’ when one of five key conditions occur within a calendar month.
The conditions applied are:
A player cannot make a deposit on their gaming account due to insufficient balance;
A player makes net deposits that make up more than the recreational part of their monthly net income;
A player makes net deposits that make up 30% or more of their monthly net income;
A player between the ages of 18 and 24 makes net deposits of more than €300;
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Spelinspektionen, the Gambling Inspectorate of Sweden, has updated its guidelines for online operators to strengthen protections against money laundering and terrorist financing.
The fifth-edition of guidelines have been revised in cooperation with FIPO, the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIPO) of Sweden, which identifies online gambling as a high-risk sector due to technological advancements and economic growth, increasing the risk of money laundering through high stakes, winnings, and turnover.
The guidance is endorsed by Spelinspektionen, as the inspectorate maintains a risk-based approach, requiring operators to apply proportional measures against money laundering and terrorist financing.
For 2025, the guidelines introduce stricter due diligence for customers onboarding online gambling platforms, as enhanced requirements go beyond standard KYC checks.
Swedish operators are now required to verify each customer using a valid identification document, such as a passport, SIS National..
SkillOnNet has entered into a partnership with the International Betting Integrity Association (IBIA) to help combat corruption and fraud within the betting industry.
As part of the deal, the provider will join a further 70 betting brands which focus on preserving the integrity of sports betting.
Khalid Ali, CEO of IBIA, commented: “IBIA is pleased to welcome SkillOnNet to our association of leading global gambling operators. The addition of SkillOnNet to IBIA further strengthens our position in Brazil, the LatAm region and globally.
“The move highlights SkillOnNet’s commitment to protecting the integrity of its betting products, consumers and related sporting events by utilising the world’s leading operator-led monitoring and alert network.
“IBIA looks forward to working closely with SkillOnNet and to integrating the operator within our global sports betting integrity system.”
The IBIA’s Monitoring & Alert Network will enable SkillOnNet to detect and report suspicious betting a..
UK gambling will move forward to implement new controls, empowering trust and transparency for online consumers, to be applied from 31 October 2025.
New controls have been added by the UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) to the Licence Conditions and Codes of Practice (LCCP), continuing to apply the recommended reforms of the Gambling Review’s White Paper: High stakes: gambling reform for the digital age.
Changes seek to provide consumers with a more effective way to manage their gambling spend by ensuring that a customer sets and maintains deposit limits when engaging with online operators.
From 31 October, online gambling operators must ensure that a customer sets a financial limit on their account before making their first deposit. Further conditions call for online operators to make it easier for customers to review their spend and modify the financial limit at any point of activity.
New controls detail that online licences will be required to remind consumers every six months to rev..
The Cambridge Health Alliance’s Division of Addiction has announced a new course entitled ‘The Gambling & Recovery Podcast Science Accelerator Course’. It is a free educational opportunity for allied health professionals who are interested in learning about the experience of gambling-related harms through research and lived-experience insight. ‘The Gambling & Recovery Podcast Science Accelerator Course’…
From this month going forward, Slovakia’s national gambling helpline will be managed by the Predná Hora specialist treatment centre.
The treatment center – a former Bulgarian royalty residence nestled in the Slovakian mountains – has been operating as a hospital for addiction and compulsive gambling patients since 1995.
Its activity includes international collaboration, including participation in joint research initiatives with universities and hospitals from Poland, Sweden, and the Czech Republic.
Vladimír Stanislav, Director of the Predná Hora center, said: “Our system works with a comprehensive treatment program, with the community and, above all, with enthusiastic and committed staff, who believe that our clients are high-quality and valuable individuals who are able and willing to change their lives.”
Predná Hora will operate the new helpline seven days a week from a free telephone number open between 9am-1am, with the option to connect to an answering machine outside of wo..