GVC inks responsible gambling training partnership with RG24seven
FTSE-100 operator deepens RG efforts as Martin Lycka takes up advisory board chair role at newly launched training firm
GVC has agreed a partnership with newly launched video responsible gambling training firm RG24seven.
The partnership will see the firm deliver RG-related training to GVC’s US staff under the umbrella of the GVC Foundation US.
As part of the agreement, GVC Foundation US trustee and director of regulatory affairs Martin Lycka will assume the position of chairman to the RG24seven advisory board.
The board will meet on a quarterly basis to discuss educational content, potential contributors, partnerships and forging links with charitable organisations within the research, education and treatment sector.
Addressing his new role, Lycka highlighted GVC’s need to train its US employees to allow them to gain a greater understanding of gambling-related harm.
“It’s so simple and easy to use and, for compliance purposes, we are able to track, measure and monitor that our staff have not only taken the training, but that they understand the concepts of responsible gaming,” Lycka explained.
RG24seven is headed up by former BMM chief of staff Wendy Anderson who left her role at the international gaming testing laboratory earlier this month after more than a decade with the firm.
It aims to ensure multi-jurisdictional compliance, as well as providing assistance on CSR and features several courses aimed at reinforcing responsible gambling by operators.
“As the global gaming industry grows and evolves, every single jurisdiction that has not already done so, will require organisations to provide responsible gaming training,” Anderson explained.
“Just as important, our growing workforce of millennials and gen Zs are demanding that the places they work and frequent as patrons are good corporate citizens.
“We look forward to a successful partnership with GVC and continuing to serve the gaming industry through responsible gaming training,” she added.