The Social Gaming Association will work with the UK Gambling Commission to analyze the risks of social gaming. The Association will provide industry data to assist the Commission as it considers a report on social gaming and develops future policy. The Association supports the Commission's balanced approach and welcomes the opportunity to address any consumer protection concerns through data and social responsibility initiatives.

1. PRESS RELEASE
Social Gaming Association to work with the UK Gambling
Commission on Social Gaming Analysis
23 May 2013 (London, UK) - Following the release by the UK Gambling
Commission of its report commissioned to research and analyse the
potential risks posed by social gaming, the Social Gaming Association is
pleased to announce that it will be assisting the Commission over the
coming months with the collation of industry data as the Commission
considers the report's conclusions and begins to formulate its future
policy regarding social gaming.
Stuart Tilly, Chairman of the Association commented: "We firmly
support the balanced and considered approach taken by the
Commission in its attempts to understand the social gaming industry and
its pro-active attempts to engage with the industry through out. We
welcome the opportunity to assist the Commission in seeking to address
any consumer protection concerns raised in the report both through the
provision of more detailed and targeted data and by the further
promotion of the Association's social responsibility initiatives within the
industry."
For further information on the Association, please visit
www.socialgamingassociation.org
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Lyceum Media
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2. Stuart Tilly
stuart.tilly@socialgamingassociation.org
About Social Gaming Association (www.socialgamingassociation.org):
The SGA has been established to protect and further the interests of its
members. Its key aims and objectives are to:
1. Define and promote policies of self regulation and social
responsibility; 2. Educate and maintain dialogue with regulators and
other key policy decision makers on behalf of its members; 3. Challenge
discriminatory legislation (with legal action where necessary); 4. Monitor
and keep its members informed of key legal, regulatory and commercial
developments within the industry; 5. Provide a forum for members to
openly share opinions and debate issues that affect the industry; 6. Hold
regular meetings to provide greater education and raise awareness of
the issues affecting the industry; and 7. Support industry focused
charitable causes and other socially responsible initiatives.