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GLMS joins National Council on Problem Gambling

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The Global Lottery Monitoring System (GLMS), the platform through which state lottery operators track suspicious betting activity, has signed up as a silver member of US advocacy body, the National Council on Problem Gambling (NCPG).

The Global Lottery Monitoring System (GLMS), the platform through which state lottery operators track suspicious betting activity, has signed up as a silver member of US advocacy body, the National Council on Problem Gambling (NCPG).

GLMS will now support the NCPG with its work on help US operators to develop policies and programs to assist those affected by problem gambling.

Last year’s repeal of PASPA and subsequent legalisation of sports wagering in a number of states has widened the NCPG’s workload in terms of working with US national stakeholders to tackle gambling-related issues.

“We are looking forward to closely working with the NCPG and also join forces with the objective of disseminating a culture of integrity among key private and public stakeholders in the US, including all major sport leagues and licensed US gaming operators,” GLMS president, Ludovico Calvi, said.

NCPG executive director, Keith Whyte, added: “I am convinced that GLMS will be an extremely active and valuable member which – due to its expertise on all sports betting-related matters – will help NCPG to expand our Safer Sports Betting Initiative to help achieve the highest standards of responsible gaming and sports betting integrity in the US and beyond.”

Last month, GLMS revealed that 198 suspicious betting alerts were generated in the first quarter of 2019, of which 33 were flagged to its partners. With 129 alerts, including 82 on football, Europe accounted for the majority of this activity, followed by Asia with 30, then Latin America with 22.