Dispute Over 1-800-GAMBLER Hotline Deepens Summary The long-running 1-800-GAMBLER helpline — a key resource for people with gambling problems — is embroiled in a dispute about who should run it and whether call centres should collect survey data from callers. The number has been owned by the Council on Compulsive Gambling of New Jersey (CCGNJ) […]
DOJ Ransomware Indictment 2025: $1.2M Insider Betrayal Summary The U.S. Department of Justice has indicted Kevin Tyler Martin (DigitalMint) and Ryan Clifford Goldberg (ex-Sygnia), along with an unnamed accomplice, for allegedly using insider access to launch ALPHV/BlackCat ransomware against five U.S. companies between May 2023 and April 2025. One Florida medical device company reportedly paid […]
FDJ United makes fresh pledge following UKGC AML sanction Summary FDJ United has committed to improving anti-money laundering (AML) and safer gambling controls after the UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) fined Platinum Gaming Limited – the operator of Unibet in the UK – £10m for failures identified in a review covering January 2023 to May 2024. […]
Gambling Commission GSGB: A statistical shock and its political fallout Summary The Gambling Commission’s 2024 Gambling Survey for Great Britain (GSGB) has been recast as “official statistics” after the regulator removed earlier methodological caveats. Headlines have focused on a reported 2.7% problem-gambling (PGSI 8+) rate — widely extrapolated to about 1.4 million people — but […]
Deposit limits and self-exclusion tools are only the visible layer of responsible gambling. Behind them sits a complex system of data, algorithms, and human oversight that determines when and how operators intervene. This guide explains how those systems really work, where they can fail, and how leadership teams can use them not just for compliance, […]
UK Gambling Commission set to redefine deposit limits Summary The UK Gambling Commission will introduce a new, strict definition of “deposit limits” to come into force in stages ahead of full implementation on 30 June 2026. Under the change, only limits based on the total amount a customer deposits into their account over a given […]
Europe Gets Closer to a Single Standard for Spotting Gambling Problems Summary National standardisation bodies have backed a draft European framework designed to identify risky gambling behaviour. The European Committee for Standardisation (CEN) approved the draft on 25 September; it will undergo CEN’s formal completion steps, including translation and administrative checks, with a planned release […]
Exclusive: GamCare and Gordon Moody urge government action on funding crisis Summary Two leading UK gambling-harms charities, GamCare and Gordon Moody, have issued a joint plea to the government and stakeholders to resolve urgent funding uncertainty caused by the chaotic rollout of the new statutory levy. The chairs — Margot Daly (GamCare) and Claire Arnold […]
The Security Ripple Effect of End-of-Life Packages and Their Dependencies Summary When an open-source component reaches end of life (EOL) the security risk rarely ends with that one package. Most components depend on third‑party libraries, forming deep transitive dependency chains. A vulnerable or unsupported package anywhere in that chain can expose the entire application — […]
Gaza War Linked to Rise in Problem Gambling in Israel Summary A longitudinal study from the Israel Center for Addiction and Mental Health (ICAMH) at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, supported by researchers from other Israeli universities and medical centres, links the October 7 2023 attacks and the ensuing Gaza war to a rise in […]
