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We can’t wait to welcome our delegates to the New Horizons in Safer Gambling Conference this October 28 - 30, 2024 at the Vancouver Convention Centre, in beautiful Vancouver, British Columbia.

Safer Play: The Competitive Advantage
What if we looked at safer play as an opportunity rather than an obligation? What if we focused on what we want to do rather than what we can’t change? As an industry, we know we can’t eliminate all harms from gambling, but we can certainly take steps to make it safer. Happy, healthy players who are having fun with their play are key to a sustainable industry and responsible growth. So how do we make safer play a competitive advantage?

Safer play can take many forms: it is gamifying tools that help players set limits; it’s choosing products where risks are reduced or mitigated; and it’s determining how to market to players of varying risk levels. Safer play is also about how we support our players through challenging conversations, and understanding how to interact with those who demonstrate high-risk behaviours.

Plain and simple, safer play is good for business. So, let’s shift the conversation. Let’s make safer play the competitive advantage.

This year’s New Horizons Conference will explore the best and promising practices in the safer play journey. We welcome you to join us at New Horizons as we explore these four key areas of the safer play journey: acquisition, player growth, player retention and support.


Tuesday October 29, 2024 2:15pm - 3:15pm PDT
The GRIN (Gambling Recovery Information Network) initiative is a collaboration between BetKnowMore and the Mass Council on Gaming and Health (MACGH) that encompasses lived experience of gambling harm to support regulators, operators, and treatment providers in future efforts around player protection. It was born from a necessity for improved models that involve affected individuals in the UK to be shared in the United States, Canada and around the World, and celebrates real-life experiences and amplifies the voices and resilience of those individuals amid significant gambling expansion.
We believe this work can influence operators to innovate for safer gambling (limit setting, transactional data requirements, advertising regs, etc), while using community voices and lived experience to guide their language, programs, and education.  
Speakers
avatar for Marlene Warner

Marlene Warner

CEO, Massachusetts Council on Gaming and Health
Marlene D. Warner has 21 years of experience in the fields of problem and responsible gambling. As CEO of the Massachusetts Council on Gaming and Health for the past 11 years and program director for the first ten, Warner has successfully advocated for consumer protections and robust... Read More →
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Matt Smith

Head of External Affairs, Betknowmore
Matt Smith is Head of External Affairs for UK charity Betknowmore and has lived experience of gambling harm with 10 years in continuous recovery.   Matt is part of the senior management team at Betknowmore, building relationships with stakeholders across the gambling sector... Read More →
Tuesday October 29, 2024 2:15pm - 3:15pm PDT
Room 220-222 - Level 2

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