Tags: Spelproblem
Storbritannien – Toppläkare från NHS kräver ny "beroendeavgift" på spelindustrin
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…
US – IGT promotes positive play in honour of Problem Gambling Awareness Month
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….
US – Problem Gambling Awareness Month addresses 2022 trends across Ohio
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…
Storbritannien – Bacta välkomnar kommissionens resultat om minskat spelproblem
Spelkommissionen har publicerat sin kvartalsstatistik över deltagande och problemspelande för året fram till september 2021, som visar att spelproblem har minskat markant. Siffrorna visar att den totala spelproblematiken har sjunkit till 0.3 procent, jämfört med 0.6 procent under året fram till september 2020. Den måttliga risken...
UK – Record sign-ups in 2021 push GAMSTOP registrants beyond 200,000
More than 200,000 people are now registered with GAMSTOP, the free, independent national self-exclusion scheme for online gambling, after a spike in numbers during lockdown. Registrations in February 2021 increased 21% year-on-year, with nearly 6,500 people choosing to exclude themselves from all UK-licensed sites, which followed a 14% year-on-year increase in January when more than…
USA – NCPG släpper en detaljerad studie av attityder till spel
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…
USA – New York State Senaten godkänner lagförslaget om spelproblem
Senaten i New York har godkänt lagstiftning som kommer att skapa ett utbildningsprogram för spelproblem i staten. Enligt SB 4207, sponsrad av senator Joe Addabbo, kommer Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services att skapa ett program som alla spelare måste slutföra innan de tas bort från en självuteslutning...
UK – Survey by UK Gambling Commission says problem gambling is falling
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…
US – Lia Nower invited onto the NCPG’s Board of Directors
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,”…
