04/19/21 Charity invites proposals for problem gaming research in minorities GambleAware has invited proposals for two research programmes focusing on problem gaming among women and minority communities.
04/18/21 Acroud completes acquisition of TheGamblingCabin owner The affiliate marketing company has bought the Sweden-facing tipster brand for €4.7m.
04/18/21 Entain launches employee share ownership scheme The British gaming giant Entain has announced the creation of an employee share ownership scheme across the entire group.
04/16/21 888 announces CSR committee chaired by Baron Mendelsohn The UK online betting and gaming operator 888 has formed a committee to oversee CSR strategy.
04/14/21 Trinity college SU to hold referendum on gambling sponsorship Trinity College Dublin Students’ Union (TCDSU) has voted to hold a referendum on whether it should accept advertising or sponsorship money from gambling companies.
04/14/21 Gambless gains certification and expands language options Gambless, a mobile app that provides remote support to problem gamblers, has expanded its support to include Spanish and Japanese.
04/07/21 Gamstop passes 200,000 users after record sign-ups The gambling self-exclusion scheme Gamstop has reported record sign-ups in the first two months of 2021.
04/06/21 Italian court rejects appeals by five illegal bookies The Palermo Court of Appeal has declared the appeals of the five bookmakers to be inadmissible.
04/06/21 Report blasts Irish problem gambling services as “not fit for purpose” The report commissioned by the Gambling Awareness Trust estimates that there are 55,000 problem gamblers in Ireland.
04/05/21 BGC report finds gaming contributed £7.7bn to British economy in 2019 The industry association commissioned Ernst & Young to research the size of the industry as the UK government reviews gambling legislation.
04/04/21 UK study links loot boxes to problem gambling A new report claims to have “robustly verified” the link between video game loot boxes and problem gambling.
04/01/21 The Netherlands: survey suggests limited interest in igaming The Netherlands’ Remote Gambling Act comes into force today (April 1), but a new survey suggests little public awareness or interest in igaming.
03/31/21 Nebraska cities plead for mobile keno Cities in Nebraska are concerned that casinos will eat into keno revenues which are used to fund community projects.
03/31/21 MGM Resorts appoints new VP of corporate communications MGM Resorts has appointed a Senior Vice President of Corporate Communications to oversee the company’s public affairs strategy.
