Author: Anna Kamber

Macau’s Integirty Bid Pays Off Time and Again

Macau has not been just a place to gamble. It has been a place to gamble responsibly. Even the United Kingdom where such practices are taken seriously, there have been some players who have decided to flaunt the rules quite grotesquely. But Macau is a different beast altogether. It was ten years ago that David Fong managed to win a landmark victory for customers by forcing casinos to advertise responsibly and not mislead patrons. Ten years later, the initiative is very much in place. David Fong’s Thoughts on Gambling The launching of responsible gaming initiatives in 2009 have been...

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MGM Springfield Introduces Responsible Gambling

MGM Springfield may as well be becoming a lodestar of the responsible gaming community. A community that consists not only of concerned NGOs, but also of players, former addicts, and businesses. With the adoption of GameSense as its new program on the territory of the MGM Springfield Hotel and Casino, the brand is bolstering its efforts to provide players with a safe gaming environment. MGM Springfield and GameSense Shake Hands MGM Springfield is taking significant steps to curb gaming addiction and teach its players how to gamble smartly and safely. Aware that gambling is before all a sort of...

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Silverfish’s New Platform Allows Business Develop, Meet Social Checks

Business has a stake in making sure that all its operations meet social responsibility checks. This applies for every segment imaginable out there, and you will be hard pressed to find an industry where integrity is more sorely needed than in iGaming. Silverfish CSR is now bringing a new tool, which, the company believes, may help the industry to find its much needed integrity boost. The Do-Gooders from Silverfish Silverfish CSR is a big name in the iGaming industry. With an established reputation for upholding all responsibility checks, Silverfish has recently introduced a new platform that has already undergone...

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Responsible Gambling in Ohio Needed

It’s definitely good news that the casino industry has been booming in the State of Ohio. But at what cost? Gambling addiction has been palpable and well-pronounced through the individual stories of vulnerable people who haven’t been able to extricate themselves from their addiction. A Look at Gambling Addiction in Ohio There is a fair number of people who suffer from gambling addiction in Ohio. In fact, it’s easy to pinpoint the number. Estimated 76,000 people are addicted to some form of gambling, or 1 percent of the population in the state. The information comes from a credible source,...

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Ladbrokes Wants Anti-Addiction Scheme to Start Sooner

Ladbrokes have been stepping their efforts to help people gamble responsibly. In its most recent move, the betting agency has decided to go it alone and drop its partners to work on a new scheme, allowing the bookie to focus on a self-exclusion scheme that will help problem gamblers ween off or altogether quit. Australia – Land of the Problem Gamblers Australia has known its fair share of problem gamblers. A country where adolescents start gambling and children think that sports betting is normal, there is a lot of work to be done, especially insofar as problem gamblers are...

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