Tag Archives: EPIC Risk Management

Entain has celebrated the development and coverage of its ‘Advanced Responsibility and Care’ (ARC) programme which operates across 22 active markets.  Hosting its second annual ‘Entain: Sustain’  ESG event, ARC was branded as a game changer for safer gambling, providing real-time predictive modelling on customer behaviour and engagement with products. The programme’s proprietary built ‘Protector Model’ is reported to have …

As Safer Gambling Week gets underway, gambling harm minimisation consultancy group EPIC Risk Management has revealed its itinerary for the seven days.  The firm states that lived experiences will ‘be at the heart of all’ of its planned events’, deploying staff members with first-hand knowledge of the effects of gambling harm and delivering insight and understanding on this topic. Specific …

EPIC Risk Management has updated its Interactions Masterclass training, ahead of the implementation of new regulatory standards on customer protection. The gambling harm minimisation and prevention consultancy has made efforts to ensure the modules are in line with newly issued UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) guidelines. The group has incorporated an additional focus on helping operators identify key signs of harm …

EPIC Risk Management doubled down on its sports engagement this week, announcing a continuation of its collaboration with Preston North End and a new Summit at Wembley Stadium. The arrangement with PNE will see EPIC’s Man of the Match Award return to the EFL Championship club, which will deliver financial benefit to a range of charities over the course of …

EPIC Risk Management will work with the UCFB’s Global Institute of Sport (GIS) to examine the impacts of gambling-related harms on sports development.  The partnership will see the safer gambling and harm minimisation consultancy become an official partner of GIS – the UCFB’s Masters Degree program for professional sports management. Both organisations have pledged to bring together industry leaders from …

Steve Birch, Sky Bet Chief Commercial Officer, has stated that the operator’s partnership with the English Football League (EFL) will continue to focus heavily on responsibility.  Approaching the 10-year mark, the Flutter Entertainment sportsbook brand’s collaboration with England’s second-to-fourth flights of football continues amid a debate on betting’s relationship with sports.  Gambling reform advocates have repeatedly encouraged a distancing between …

In tandem with an expansion of its transatlantic operations, EPIC Risk Management has reported success in its founding country. The gambling harm minimisation consultancy detailed that during the 2021/22 financial year it reached a total of 34,759 students across UK schools and colleges with educational material, funded independently without industry contributions. Of this total, 13,821 students across 84 state schools …

DCMS has come under fire for not being tough enough on its policy related to loot box engagements and the safety of children and minors playing video games. On Monday, DCMS announced that video game platforms must ensure that parental locks are applied to loot box purchases – requiring children/minors to get parental consent to purchase loot boxes and in-game …

The White Paper on the 2005 Gambling Act review has been highly anticipated for some time now, with a government announcement expected earlier this spring. With reports circulating in the press as to the result of the over one-and-a-half year-long process, UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) CEO Andrew Rhodes issued an update on progress whilst addressing the Westminster Media Forum Gambling …

EPIC Risk Management has cited an ‘apparent’ convergence between video games and gambling in the form of loot boxes, calling for greater restrictions on the controversial assets.  The gambling harm prevention consultancy organisation has argued in favour of a ban on sales of the products to under-18s as well as improved education for parents and guardians.  Prohibition of loot box …