Tag-Archiv: 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…

Nach einem Anstieg der Zahlen während der Sperrung sind mittlerweile mehr als 200,000 Menschen bei GAMSTOP registriert, dem kostenlosen, unabhängigen nationalen Selbstausschlusssystem für Online-Glücksspiele. Im Februar 2021 stiegen die Registrierungen im Vergleich zum Vorjahr um 21 %, wobei fast 6,500 Menschen sich dafür entschieden, sich von allen im Vereinigten Königreich lizenzierten Websites auszuschließen, gefolgt von einem Anstieg von 14 % im Vergleich zum Vorjahr im Januar, als mehr als…

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…

Der Senat des Staates New York hat ein Gesetz verabschiedet, das die Schaffung eines Aufklärungsprogramms für problematisches Glücksspiel im Staat vorsieht. Gemäß SB 4207, gesponsert von Senator Joe Addabbo, wird das Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services ein Programm erstellen, das alle Spieler absolvieren müssen, bevor sie von einem Selbstausschluss ausgeschlossen werden …

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,”…