Tag Archives: Probleem Gokken
VK – Topartsen van de NHS eisen een nieuwe 'verslavingsheffing' op de gokindustrie
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…
VK – Bacta verwelkomt de bevindingen van de Commissie over het terugdringen van gokproblemen
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…
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…
VS – NCPG publiceert een gedetailleerd onderzoek naar de houding ten opzichte van gokken
De National Council on Problem Gambling (NCPG) heeft een nationaal gedetailleerd rapport en gedetailleerde staatsrapporten uitgebracht als uitgebreid vervolg op de National Survey of Gambling Attitudes and Gambling Experiences (NGAGE) 1.0, die een overzicht gaf van trends op nationaal en staatsniveau. niveaus. Met bijna de helft van de staten in het hele land...
VS – Senaat van de staat New York keurt wetsvoorstel over probleemgokken goed
De Senaat van de staat New York heeft wetgeving goedgekeurd die de creatie van een educatieprogramma voor probleemgokken in de staat mogelijk maakt. Onder SB 4207, gesponsord door senator Joe Addabbo, zal het Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services een programma opstellen dat alle spelers moeten voltooien voordat ze worden verwijderd van een zelfuitsluiting...
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…
VS – Lia Nower uitgenodigd voor de raad van bestuur van de NCPG
Lia Nower, JD, PhD, Rutgers University Professor en directeur van het Centre for Gambling Studies, is toegetreden tot de Raad van Bestuur van de National Council on Problem Gambling. “De Nationale Raad voor Probleemgokken werkt nauw samen met onze Raad van Bestuur om beleid en programma’s te bevorderen die mensen en gezinnen helpen die getroffen zijn door probleemgokken,”…
