The Michigan Gaming Control Board has purchased 100 additional Gamban licences for residents, the regulator said. More than 80 of the first 100 licences were claimed shortly after the programme began last month.
The expansion increases free access to gambling-blocking software for Michigan residents seeking support.
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The Michigan Gaming Control Board launched the Don’t Bet on Your Future campaign in Michigan to educate teenagers about gambling risks. Its High School Boosters Program offers participating school-affiliated clubs up to $4,000 to share board-approved prevention messages, while the board said its Gambling Education and Prevention Grant Program is expected to begin accepting applications this summer.
Gamban said it has returned its gambling-blocking service to free access in England after receiving funding approved by the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities. The company said it had previously switched to subscriptions and had already restored free service in Wales earlier in the year.
Gamban has announced that its service in England will be free again, after it did the same in Wales earlier in the year. The company reversed the change following funding approved by the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID).
The Office for Health Improvement and Disparities awarded more than £9.4m to gambling harms organisations in the UK, according to a report. Recipients include Gambling with Lives, Gamban, GamLearn, Chapter One and Beacon Counselling Trust; the funding page puts total provision through 2028 at £39.7m.
The Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID) has awarded more than £9.4m to gambling harms groups, following legal challenges to earlier funding decisions, according to the report.
Reportedly, Bidding has opened in Wales for the second year of a gambling blocking contract. The invitation follows an initial direct award to Gamban eight months earlier, which prompted an objection from lawyers acting for charity BetBlocker.
The Kansspelautoriteit withdrew its provisional award of a Dutch tender to BetBlocker, which confirmed the decision and said a new award decision would follow verification. BetBlocker said Gamban had challenged verification of its bid; the regulator declined to comment while the procedure remained ongoing, and the timing and outcome of the next decision were unknown.