Tag Archives: Dr. Adrian Parke

£2 stake restriction would be ‘massively premature’

SBC News £2 stake restriction would be 'massively premature'

A leading researcher on a study that found higher staking levels impairs a player’s decision making abilities has said that its findings shouldn’t be used as proof that problem gambling would decline if FOBTs were restricted to a £2 stake. Interviewed in the latest issue of Betting Business interactive (available here), Dr Adrian Parke of the University of Lincoln said …

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RGT publishes Machines Research Programme for problem gambling guidance

SBC News RGT publishes Machines Research Programme for problem gambling guidance

The Responsible Gambling Trust has called for operators to engage players with problem gambling guidance, offer self-exclusion mechanisms and ensure that staff are properly trained, in a review published today. Forming part of the rolling Machines Research Programme, ‘Operator-Based Approaches to Harm Minimisation in Gambling’, the publication reviews the nature and effectiveness of harm minimisation and proposes areas of further study. In particular, the …

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