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Living in a virtual world.

April 3, 2020 knownow-admin

It’s no surprise that Aintree was called off this week. Matthew Holley reflects on what could have been and with a Virtual Grand National what could still be…

With recent global events The Cheltenham Festival really does seem like a distant memory. I’m going to be honest here. The festival is one of the highlights of my year. However this year felt strange. Looking back it feels like the last week of normality for me. As I avidly tuned in daily I knew that we were heading for a global crisis. However by watching the racing daily everything seemed normal.

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We can and will be a responsible industry even when times are so very tough

March 24, 2020 knownow-admin

What a crazy time we all find ourselves in. This unprecedented international crisis that leaves many of us on lockdown in our homes has certainly taken its toll on our industry and our businesses.

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Psychology of problem gambling in women

March 12, 2020 knownow-admin

Welcome to Liz Karter who joins our line up of speakers at our Player Protection Forum. She’ll be talking about the Psychology of problem gambling in women. It really is time to take note. Statistics show that the number of female problem gamblers is increasing at a faster rate than men.

Liz is as a Leading UK Therapist in Gambling Addiction in Women, Author and Consultant Therapist to TV & Radio.

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Player protection – It’s important so let’s work together on this!

February 25, 2020 knownow-admin

Player protection and the promotion of safer gambling feature high on the agenda for operators. Pressure is increasing on operators to improve efforts in this area. Here’s KnowNow MD, Paula Murphy with a look at a recent news story and an introduction to our forthcoming Player Protection Forum.

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Delivering a national education programme.

February 25, 2020 knownow-admin

Don’t miss YGAM and GamCare at the Player Protection Forum. Lee Willows, YGAM and Mike Kenward, Gamcare will delivering a joint presentation on the UK’s first national education programme. They will be covering the programmes progress to date, intended impact and how the programme will be evaluated.

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Player Protection at the core of our business…

February 20, 2020 knownow-admin

We’ve got a great afternoon panel discussion at the Player Protection Forum with Peter Murray, Director of Alexem Services moderating. The panel will discuss how to get our commercial teams to work closely with player protection. How can we build it into the core of our business rather than simply seeing it as an annoying box to tick?

So time to introduce the moderator and two confirmed panellists.

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Chair announced for Player Protection Forum.

February 17, 2020 knownow-admin

We’ve got a packed agenda for our Player Protection Forum in May and we’re delighted to announce our chair. Welcome back to David Clifton, Director and co-founder of Clifton Davies Consultancy Limited. What’s more David will be opening the day with a review of the Player Protection landscape with his colleague, and co-founder, Suzanne Davies.

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Player Protection. Sorry but there is no simple solution.

February 12, 2020 knownow-admin

Yes! We’ve got a full agenda up for our Player Protection Forum May 21^st. Last years event was a great success. So to provide a subtle introduction and a few thoughts on gambling in general we hand over to our Marketing Director Matthew.

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Swimsuits and sensibility

February 11, 2020 knownow-admin

So following our successful 3rd Annual conference in January our MD Paula couldn’t wait to get to ICE 2020. Here’s her take on some of the negative post press coverage…