GiG, together with ComeOn!, iGen, Kindred and the Malta Gaming Authority (MGA) are joining forces to run Responsible Gambling Week 2019 – Malta Event. The week is a catalyst for raising awareness on safer gambling and responsible gambling issues. Together, the organisations have set up a range of workshops targeted toward RG professionals, held in Malta from 7-13 November and which are free of charge to attend.
Responsible Gambling Week is a campaign led by the Industry Group For Responsible Gambling (IGRG) which aims to act as a conversation catalyst on responsible and safer gambling.
The RG Week is a UK focused campaign and since a number of UK licensed gambling operators have offices located in Malta, and many of the issues and information are relevant and valuable in multiple jurisdictions.
During the week, sessions run by organisers GiG, ComeOn!, Kindred and the MGA will provide training, panel discussions, and Q&As to support professionals share knowledge about understanding the risks associated with gambling, the choices which can be made to gamble responsibly and what tools are available to help manage behaviour.
Program
7 Nov @Kindred ‘EPIC Risk Management will be delivering: Unlocking the challenge of Responsible Gambling Session’
14.30 – 15.00 Coffee and registration
15.00 – 18.00 Unlocking the challenge of Responsible Gambling; how combining lived experience and research is the key to effective identification, interaction and evaluation
8 Nov @GiG ‘Bournemouth University’ and ‘SafeTALK training’
09.30 – 10.00 Registration & Coffee
10.00 – 10.10 Opening of GiG RG Day
10.10 – 11.00 Talent Acquisition for Sustainability and Safer Gambling
11.00 – 12.00 Bournemouth University Presentation ‘GamInnovate’. Using research to improve RG communications with customers at risk
12.00 – 13.00 Lunch
13.00 – 16.30 SafeTALK training – Suicide awareness and prevention training
16.30 – 17.30 Networking Drinks
11 Nov @ComeOn ‘Motivational Interviewing Workshop’
15.00 – 17.00 Motivational Interviewing Workshop: Promoting Positive Change
17.00 – 19:00 Networking Drinks
12 Nov @GiG ‘SafeTALK Training’
09.00 – 09.30 Registration & Coffee
09.30 – 13.30 SafeTALK training – Suicide awareness and prevention training
13 Nov @MGA ‘Workshop, Panel, Closure of Week’
10.00 – 10.30 Presentation by MGA on its plans for RG. This will include a spotlight on the ways in which the industry could raise the player protection and RG bar further
10.30 – 12.00 Discussion on the possibility of creating an industry-led RG standard
12.00 – 12.20 Closing of RG Week
12.20 Networking refreshments and snacks
More info and sign-up for the sessions here and read more here on the Responsible Gambling Week official website.