The 2023 version of the once a year European Safer Gambling Week noticed a document eight million more secure playing messages shared on social media systems throughout 20 European countries.
The annual European Safer Gambling Week, which occurred from 13-19 November, introduced collectively a document wide variety of participants, and caused document ranges of more secure playing promoting throughout many European countries, in step with an evaluation via way of means of the European Gaming and Betting Association (EGBA).
Various stakeholders from throughout Europe supported this yr’s initiative to elevate recognition approximately more secure playing and offer realistic recommendation to gamers and the broader public. This 0.33 version noticed a sequence of enticing occasions throughout Europe, along a committed social media marketing campaign, which blanketed fundamental systems and noticed remarkable ranges of participation and engagement.
More than a hundred and sixty extraordinary companions actively participated, consisting of many operators, alternate associations, harm-prevention establishments and country wide playing authorities, signifying a excellent boom in participation in comparison to the preceding yr. The marketing campaign spanned 20 extraordinary countries, greater than ever before, and introduced a document eight million more secure playing messages to social media audiences, marking a huge 430% boom from 2022. These messages helped to signpost realistic resources, inclusive of protection equipment and tips, to gamers and the broader public, and had been translated into over 20 country wide languages to enhance their accessibility.
The initiative additionally noticed the a hit coordination of 18 nearby more secure playing-themed occasions at some point of Europe. These occasions offer a treasured platform for significant discussions and insights into the cutting-edge more secure playing practices, regulation, and research. Speakers blanketed enterprise specialists, academics, harm-prevention establishments, specialists via way of means of enjoy and representatives from numerous country wide playing authorities.
“We’re thrilled to document that this yr’s European Safer Gambling Week become a powerful success, putting new information for participation and engagement throughout Europe. From Spain to Latvia, establishments got here collectively at some point of the week with the not unusualplace motive of elevating recognition approximately more secure playing. We’re endorsed via way of means of the multiplied participation and assist from various stakeholders this yr and we accept as true with this displays a developing popularity of the significance of more secure playing throughout Europe. At EGBA, we’re devoted to selling a sturdy way of life of more secure playing, and the discussions we had in the course of the week will assist set our schedule for the following yr. We’re searching ahead to constructing in this momentum in 2024,” Maarten Haijer, Secretary General of EGBA, said.