The educational project „Browsing safely”, implemented by the Responsible Gambling Association, has reached more than 3000 pupils in Sector 2 and 1000 parents of teenagers
Between August and October 2023, in schools and high schools in Sector 2, Bucharest, the Responsible Gambling Association ran the educational project „Browsing safely: Preventing gambling addiction, technology and fighting bullying for young people”, a project carried out with the support of the Sector 2 School Inspectorate and co-financed by the Municipality of Sector 2. The whole approach was aimed at pupils from schools and high...
The evolution of Responsible Gaming Association and gambling addiction in Romania
The Responsible Gaming Association has responded in the last year to almost 6,000 calls from people requesting free psychological counseling or simple information about gambling and addiction. 4,000 of them received free counseling and psychotherapy from the Responsible Gaming team specialists. Specifically, approximately 3,500 people accessed the 24/7 online counseling program, respectively the chat available on the website...
Parliament’s self-exclusion bill has more negative than positive effects
We learn directly from specialists why such a legislative initiative, in the form proposed in Parliament, will bring gambling organizers an unbearable operational burden, but also what it entails, from a psychological perspective, if, indeed, the underlying problem of a player who has exceeded the limit is solved. In the circuit of the Chamber of Deputies, with an adoption report proposed by the allocated rapporteur committee,...
