Sydney Man Contemplates Life After Considering His Cat Instead of Suicide

Sydney Man Contemplates Life After Considering His Cat Instead of Suicide

Australia is currently the country with the highest number of gambling machines per capita in the world. Poker machines, popular as pokies, are everywhere. People can engage in betting on those machines in pubs, bars, clubs and even hotels. This widespread availability helped increase the popularity of the pokie machines and sadly, results in millions […]

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7,000 Individuals Sign Up for Bulgarian Gambling Self-Exclusion Program

7,000 Individuals Sign Up for Bulgarian Gambling Self-Exclusion Program

The country’s regulator, the National Revenue Agency (NRA), hopes that the program can help vulnerable and at-risk gamblers use the self-exclusion program to steer clear from harmful gambling practices. Registrations Top 1,700 People Per Month Since December The fact that 7,000 people have registered since December, though is worrying and points to a deeper problem […]

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GamCare: Layering Self-Exclusion Tools Prevents Harmful Gambling

GamCare: Layering Self-Exclusion Tools Prevents Harmful Gambling

GamCare published the results of a recent study, probing into the efficiency of multi-operator self-exclusion schemes. IPSOS specialists held follow-up interviews with 30 people who have signed up for these programs, asking them about their experiences. These interviews were taken almost three years after the baseline study, with 71% of the original cohort participating in […]

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