Marcatori archivi: Problem Gambling

The most senior NHS clinicians treating gambling addiction today call for the gambling industry to face a new multimillion-pound statutory levy to fund the prevention and treatment of gambling-related harm. The call comes from Professor Henrietta Bowden-Jones, the director of the National Problem Gambling Clinic, and Dr Matt Gaskell, clinical lead for the NHS Northern…

International Game Technology (IGT) is supporting Problem Gambling Awareness Month by launching its Positive Play social media campaign and making a contribution to the International Center for Responsible Gaming. Problem Gambling Awareness Month is annually held in March and was created by the National Council on Problem Gambling to increase public awareness of problem gambling….

For the fifth consecutive year, the number of calls to Ohio’s Problem Gambling Helpline has gone up. This is one of many new findings on gambling’s growing impact with Ohio families and businesses highlighted in a new summary report from Ohio for Responsible Gambling. “There’s a difference between responsible entertainment and potentially destructive behavior,” said Stacey Frohnapfel-Hasson, bureau chief, Ohio Department of…

The Gambling Commission has published its quarterly statistics on participation and problem gambling for the year to September 2021, showing that problem gambling has decreased significantly. The figures show that the overall problem gambling rate has dropped to 0.3 per cent, compared to 0.6 per cent in the year to September 2020. The moderate risk…

Più di 200,000 persone sono ora registrate presso GAMSTOP, il programma nazionale di autoesclusione gratuito e indipendente per il gioco d'azzardo online, dopo un picco di numeri durante il blocco. Le registrazioni nel febbraio 2021 sono aumentate del 21% su base annua, con quasi 6,500 persone che hanno scelto di escludersi da tutti i siti con licenza nel Regno Unito, a seguito di un aumento del 14% su base annua a gennaio, quando più di...

The National Council on Problem Gambling (NCPG) has released a National Detailed Report and State Detailed Reports as a comprehensive follow up to The National Survey of Gambling Attitudes and Gambling Experiences (NGAGE) 1.0, which provided an overview of trends at the national and state levels. With nearly half of the states across the nation…

Il Senato dello Stato di New York ha approvato una legislazione che vedrà la creazione di un programma educativo sul gioco d'azzardo problematico nello stato. Secondo l'SB 4207, sponsorizzato dal senatore Joe Addabbo, l'Ufficio per i servizi di alcolismo e abuso di sostanze creerà un programma, che tutti i giocatori dovranno completare, prima di essere rimossi dall'autoesclusione...

A survey by the Gambling Commission showed that the rate of problem gambling in 2020 was 0.3 per cent, down from 0.6 per cent in 2019. Although the regulator said the fall was not “statistically significant”, it does suggest that the BGC’s work over the past 12 months on promoting safer gambling is having an…

Lia Nower, JD, PhD, Rutgers University Professor and Director of its Center for Gambling Studies, has joined the Board of Directors of the National Council on Problem Gambling. “The National Council on Problem Gambling works closely with our Board of Directors to advance policies and programs that assist people and families affected by problem gambling,”…