Hej allihopa!
Jag heter Simon och ?r en del av Casino Guru-teamet inom ansvarsfullt spelande. Mitt jobb ?r i grunden att leda v?ra satsningar inom omr?det s?krare spel och minskning av spelskador. Min huvudsakliga oro ?r Global Self-exclusion Initiative , som har f?r avsikt att skapa ett globalt system som inkluderar alla speloperat?rer.
Anledningen till en s?dan satsning ?r att vi ser nuvarande sj?lvuteslutningsm?jligheter som otillr?ckliga. ?ven om en spelare lyckas utesluta p? nationell eller licens?vergripande niv? ?r m?nga andra operat?rer som inte har n?gon aning om det villiga att acceptera spelaren. Vi vill ?verbrygga denna klyfta genom att skapa ett p?litligt system och ?vertyga resten av branschen att ansluta sig till det. Du kan ta reda p? mer om det h?r .
Jag vill f?ra det h?r projektet n?rmare samh?llet . ?nda sedan vi skapade initiativet har vi b?rjat f? f?rfr?gningar om sj?lvuteslutning globalt. Tyv?rr ?r detta inte m?jligt ?nnu, men det fick mig att t?nka mer p? de individuella ber?ttelserna om spelare som k?mpar f?r att bygga en p?litlig barri?r fr?n onlinespel. Det var d? Charlie n?dde ut med sin erfarenhet av spelberoende och problem med sj?lvuteslutning. Han var modig nog att dela sin historia med mig och v?rlden f?r att hj?lpa andra i liknande situationer. Jag vill betala vidare h?r.
L?t mig g?rna veta dina tankar om detta eller dela dina egna ber?ttelser . Jag tror starkt p? samh?llsst?d n?r spelande blir problematiskt. Jag hoppas ocks? att du kan hitta inspiration i Charlies ber?ttelse och eventuellt g? till en b?ttre v?g.
Simon
Hello everybody!
My name is Simon, and I am part of the Casino Guru team in responsible gambling. My job is basically to lead our efforts in the area of safer gambling and the reduction of gambling harm. My main concern is the Global Self-exclusion Initiative, intending to create a global scheme including all gambling operators.
The reason for such an initiative is that we see current self-exclusion options as insufficient. Even if a player manages to exclude on a national or license-wide level, many other operators with no clue about it are willing to accept the player. We want to bridge this gap by creating a reliable system and convincing the rest of the industry to join it. You can find out more about it here.
I want to bring this project closer to the community. Ever since we created the initiative, we started receiving requests for self-exclusion globally. Unfortunately, this is not possible yet, but it made me think more about the individual stories of players struggling to build a reliable barrier from online gambling. That's when Charlie reached out with his experience with gambling addiction and troubles with self-exclusion. He was brave enough to share his story with me and the world to help others in similar situations. I want to pay it forward here.
Feel free to let me know your thoughts about this or share your own stories. I am a firm believer in community support when gambling becomes problematic. I also hope you might find inspiration in Charlie's story and possibly move to a better path.
Simon
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