Responsible Gaming

The European Gaming and Betting Association (EGBA) has unveiled a major leadership change, confirming that Maarten Haijer is stepping down as secretary general after roughly two decades with the association. The body also stated that Pierre Tournier has been appointed as Haijer’s successor on an in…

Maarten Haijer will step down as secretary general of the European Gaming and Betting Association (EGBA) after 13 years leading the Brussels-based online gambling trade body. Haijer, who joined the EGBA in 2008 and became secretary general in 2013, will leave the role at the end of August. He will…

Ontario’s youth have been doing much better since the pandemic, when mental health issues were a major concern. The Ontario Student Drug Use and Health Survey noted that the 2025 survey indicated that 46% of youth in grades 7 to 12 reported a “moderate to serious level” of psychological distress. O…

GamCare said its financial position had improved but warned that the introduction of a statutory gambling harm levy in the UK caused major disruption to support services in the 2025/2026 financial year. GamCare Boosts Reserves to Nearly £16M as Levy System Changes GamCare’s most recent annual repor…

In a pioneering initiative for Brazil’s regulated betting market, Esportes Gaming Brasil (EGB), owner of the Esportes da Sorte, Onabet and Lottu brands, launched the Playbook “Responsible Gambling: Your Guide to Ethical Partnerships”. The publicly available material is the first practical and bindi…

GamCare reported £19.9m income and £16m reserves for 2025/26, its last year of GambleAware funding before statutory levy… The post GamCare posts £19.9m income in final year of GambleAware funding appeared first on European Gaming Industry News.

According to new research from the University of Nottingham, football highlight viewers are significantly exposed to gambling branding, which appeared during nearly one third of Premier League highlight footage analyzed. The Most Prominent Unhealthy Commodity The pre-print study looked at the frequ…

The Curaçao Gaming Authority (CGA) has announced new Provisions for Identification and Verification without physical contact, alongside with the Central Bank of Curaçao and Sint Maarten (CBCS) and the Financial Intelligence Unit Curaçao (FIU). The rule will allow remote client verification to stren…

GamCare has vowed to continue to support the wider gambling harm treatment sector’s ongoing transition under the statutory levy on gambling harms. The UK’s biggest frontline charity and provider of treatment, support and intervention services of gambling harms/addiction has published its Trustee Re…

Look around most gambling conferences in 2026 and you will most likely find several big brands working with mixed martial arts fighters or companies. Whether brand ambassadors or commercial partners, iGaming is increasingly becoming linked with professional fighting organisations owing to the meteo…

Brazil is dealing with a growing gambling addiction problem as online sports betting and casino gambling rapidly expand across the country, says a new BBC report. Concerning Numbers The program, published on August 25, highlights the scale of the problem in one of the world’s fastest-growing gambli…

A slots vlogger with more than 1.6 million YouTube subscribers confirmed on Tuesday (Aug. 25) that he was escorted out of The Venetian Las Vegas days after hitting a $400,000 jackpot. Although Stephen Matt Morrow (better known as Vegas Matt) says he wasn’t told why, he disputes any allegations of a…

The New South Wales government will introduce mandatory facial recognition technology at gaming room entrances from 2028 and establish a statewide self-exclusion register under a new gambling reform package covering machine numbers, marketing restrictions and online gambling harm. The NSW Statewide…

The Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) is preparing to launch an app that will let players verify whether online gaming sites are licensed. The app is expected to go live later this year as part of a broader government campaign against unlicensed operators and their payment channe…

In Ukraine, the gambling regulator PlayCity has started the process of tendering for the creation of a software module to bar military personnel from availing themselves of gambling activities. This move is in line with the government initiative to limit the gambling activities among military perso…

The Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) is reportedly developing a new app that will help online gamblers tell licensed operators from illegal gaming platforms. PAGCOR App Set to Strengthen Player Protection in the Philippines PAGCOR Chairman and CEO Alejandro H. Tengco told the Ho…

The proliferation of sports betting has raised mixed responses in people, with some seeing the activity as innocuous, others welcoming it as a chance to replace seedy offshore websites, and others still – echoing the words of Vice Admiral Jerome Adams, who served as Surgeon General of the United St…

Self-exclusion specialist Gamban has unveiled a major new partnership with Lewes FC, a semi-professional soccer club based in Lewes, East Sussex, England. The partnership highlights both parties’ desire to keep players aware of the dangers of excessive gambling and the tools available for mitigatin…