Friday, April 06, 2007

The Better Bingo Network has been thrilled by the publication of the annual
GamCare report, delivered yesterday, after it revealed that online bingo has
some of the lowest levels of problem gambling in the online gambling
industry. From a sample of 1,229 of GamCare's clients, a mere 0.6% said that
online bingo was one of their most frequently used forms of online gambling.
Dan Smyth, managing director of the Better Bingo Network, said: "While the
Better Bingo Network are by no means complacent about the level of problem
gambling among our players, it is reassuring to see that generally the
levels of addiction and problem gaming among the bingo demographic is
relatively low." "It is in nobody in the gambling industry's interest to
encourage problem gamblers and we like to think we are among the most
proactive companies in ensuring our clients see online bingo as a purely
recreational product." The report also identified that remote gambling cases
constituted 11% of total calls to the charity.