History an future expansion in The European Gambling Market. Global economic and regulatory impact of gaming interests based in Europe. By General Director Atle Hamar.
11. Our future
Social gaming -
is this the regulators’
biggest challenge
in the future?
12. Definition of social games
It is a game
– with freemium access
– with symbolic rewards
– played via an established distribution
network account
– that uses the social graph for promotion,
retention and gameplay
Nicolas Aquilina
17. We regulate games so that as few as
possible develop gambling problems
• Games assessed as most problematic are regulated
stricter than games with lower risk for developing
gambling problems among vulnerable groups
18. Two approaches
• Two approaches when there is high risk:
– Change characteristics of the game
– Implement tools for responsible gambling
• No games or regulation are introdused without
considering the impact of problem gambling
19. Measures to prevent problem gambling
• Action plan to prevent problem gambling
• National helpline
• Registered gambling on most kind of gambling
• Personal players card on all games offered by the
monopoly Norsk Tipping – including IVTs
• Spending limits
• Payment ban on online gambling
20. Use of regulation tools
VLTs have stake limits set by both the authorities and the
gambler. In addition there are
- mandatory loss limits
- mandatory break after one hour
- permanent exclusion
- maximum stake
- maximum price
- cash less (player use player account
through the player card)