{"id":7930,"date":"2022-10-12T12:07:31","date_gmt":"2022-10-12T12:07:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.com\/blog\/\/blog\/?p=7930"},"modified":"2024-04-16T07:36:25","modified_gmt":"2024-04-16T07:36:25","slug":"safer-gambling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.com\/blog\/2022\/10\/12\/safer-gambling\/","title":{"rendered":"Safer Gambling: Your Questions Answered"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
Safer Gambling Week is entering its sixth year in October. With this year\u2019s edition fast approaching, we wanted to remind our members that we are always here to help, not just during this week! Our Safer Gambling Manager, Phil Manwaring, has two decades experience in the gambling industry, and he is here to answer some of the frequently asked questions about safer gambling and the help that is on offer.<\/p>\n\n
Safer gambling<\/a> is essentially making sure that our players gamble with us at a level that is both affordable<\/strong> and sustainable<\/strong> for them. In order to establish this, we use various forms of reporting to identify account activity. Then, we interact with the player through the numerous contact methods that we have available.\u00a0We feel the best way to do this however is to pick up the telephone and hold open and honest conversations known as customer interactions.<\/p>\n\n By picking up the telephone, and checking in with our players in this way, we can promote our Safer Gambling page, and the support tools that we offer within. Here we can also get to know our players, and better understand their circumstances. This allows us to provide bespoke support, advice and guidance to keep them comfortable with, and in control of their gambling with us.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n We try to engage with our members early in their journey. In these early interactions, we will try to establish what they do for a living and learn more about their individual circumstances. We then use these conversations to suggest appropriate limits that they may want to place on their account to protect themselves going forward.<\/p>\n\n What we want to avoid is players losing control of their gambling, and so help to stop them spending more time and\/or money than they can afford. And to also prevent them from getting into debt with banks, family, or friends which they may struggle to pay back. If we speak to our members early, we can proactively try to prevent these things from happening.<\/p>\n\nWhat are affordability checks?<\/h2>\n\n