Posts From: November 2024

Safer Gambling Week 2024 starts today as industry highlights gambling tools and advice

Today marks the return of Safer Gambling Week. The annual event is a cross-industry initiative to promote safer gambling in the United Kingdom and Ireland, and is to run from...

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GambleAware urges stricter UK ad regulations

GambleAware, the leading charity and strategic commissioner of gambling harms prevention and treatment services in Great Britain, has today issued a warning of the risk of ongoing gambling harm in...

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Nationwide team up with Money and Mental Health to help tackle gambling harms 

The programme, funded from a regulatory settlement approved by the Gambling Commission, will bring together a group of five to seven financial services firms for an 18-month period, to explore...

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GambleAware reports £294,722 in donations for first-quarter

GambleAware has published a full list of the donations and pledges it received in the first quarter of the 2024/25 financial year. In the first quarter (Q1), which ran from April 2024...

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Labour’s Mark Wall says scale of gambling addiction demands change in Ireland

Labour’s Senator Mark Wall has called for immediate action following the passage of the Gambling Bill through the Seanad today, stressing the urgency of addressing gambling addiction that plagues communities...

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BetStop gambling self-exclusions top 30,000

BetStop – The National Self-Exclusion RegisterTM launched on 21 August 2023. The Register allows Australians to self-exclude from all licensed online and phone wagering providers in Australia for a minimum of 3 months...

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FanDuel pledge $1 million to UNCF to support students

FanDuel, the premier online gaming company in North America, today announced a fourth $1 million donation supporting the UNCF (United Negro College Fund) whose mission is to build a robust...

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Responsible gambling spend tops $471 million in the US

The American Gaming Association (AGA), reveals a significant increase in responsible gaming (RG) investments from gaming industry companies, with total spending reaching $471.8 million annually—up from approximately $275 million (+72%)...

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Independent report finds GAMSTOP an “effective tool” for 78% of users

An independent evaluation of GAMSTOP has found that its users feel safer and more in control since registering with the online self-exclusion service. The research by Ipsos found that 78%...

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Flutter raises over €285,000 for charity partner

Flutter hosted its second Charity Ball in Dublin last week, raising over €285,000 for Spinal Injuries Ireland Ireland’s only dedicated support service for people living with a spinal cord injury....

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