Friday - 9 September 2022
09.00 – 10.40 Parallel Sessions
Session 1 –Business as usual?
location: Meet Hall 1
Moderator: Willem Keessen
Cesar Sanchez-Bello, APAL, Venezuela
• Gambling harms from electronic gambling machines are better prevented with state control
Johanna Järvinen-Tassopoulos, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, Finland
• Duty of care in the Swedish gambling act – implementation and supervision
Maria Vinberg, Swedish Gambling Authority, Sweden
• Experiences from introducing a mandatory loss limit at Paf
Jenna Ekström, Paf, Finland
Session 2 – Responsible gambling strategies
location: M6
moderator: Malcolm Bruce
• Transparency in responsible gambling: A systematic review
Reece Bush-Evans, Bournemouth University, United Kingdom
• Responsible gambling in the digital evolution
Jade Luchauer and Jesse Saccoccio, IGT PLC, United States
• Efforts of minimizing the potential harms of loot boxes: Case Finland
Sari Castrén, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, Finland
• Development of Canada’s national lover-risk gambling guidelines
David Hodgins, University of Calgary and Matthew Young, Greo, Canada (2x20 minutes)
Session 3 – Research and problem gambling
location: M2/M3
moderator: Nathalie Smit
• Do increased financial resources predict gambling behaviour?
Tuomo Kainulainen, University of Eastern Finland, Finland
• A review of help seeking for gambling support in the UK pre and post covid pandemic
Rachel Hassan, GamCare, United Kingdom
• Clinically supervising an online team globally supporting problem gamblers
Paul Dent and Rob Mabbett, Gambling Therapy, United Kingdom
• Engagement framework and strategies for the lived experience of gambling harm
Aino Suomi, Institute of Child Protection Studies, ACU, Australia
• Materialist Values, Wellbeing and Gambling Addiction: A Socioeconomic Comparison
Ilkka Vuorinen, Tampere University, Finland
Session 4 – Lost in diversity
location: M4/M5
moderator: Jonny Engebø
• Gambling as cultural heritage: The case of Venice
Marta Soligo, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Nevada
• Change and constancy in defining at-risk gambling
Riitta Matilainen, EHYT Finnish Association for Substance, Finland
Mina Hazar and Adela Colhon, YMCA of Greater Toronto, Canada
• RG-innovations – based on design thinking and learning from data
Tanja Sveen, Norsk Tipping AS, Norway
• Consumer profile segmentation in online lottery gambling utilizing behavioral tracking data from the Portuguese National Lottery Bernardo Chagas, SCML / ISEG, Portugal
Session 5 – Latest updates
location: M1
moderator: Ynze Remmers
• The importance of Accurate Location Detection to Protect Players and Fight Fraud
Sarafina Wolde Gabriel, GeoComply, United Kingdom
• Gambling and spending money on in-game items – children within the UK
Anca Mara Gherghel, Epic Risk Management, United Kingdom
• Content provider as a (driving) factor for a sustainable and responsible gaming ecosystem
Stefano Fregoni, FilsGame, United Kingdom
10.40 – 11.10 Coffee/tea break
location: Outside M Room
11.10 – 12.45 Plenary session – wrap up
The three M’s; not being musketeers
location: M4/M5
moderator: Arjan van ‘t Veer
• Holistic RG Approach – Detection Proactivity and Harm Minimisation
Maris Catania, Kindred Group, Malta
• Prediction of self-reported problem gambling in a sample of online casino players
Michael Auer, Neccton, Austria
• Academics working collaboratively with the gambling industry. A personal view.
Mark Griffiths, Nottingham Trent University, United Kingdom