The International Gaming Standards Association Tuesday announced the creation of a responsible gaming committee. The IGSA’s board of directors unanimously approved the creation of the committee, with Alan Feldman, professor emeritus at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas and chair emeritus of the International Center for Responsible Gaming, also agreeing to participate.
“The time has come to create a global standard, process and path for predictive responsible gaming,” said IGSA Chairman Earle G. Hall in a statement. “Regulators have done an incredible job of creating their individual approaches. It is now time to pull the best practices together into a journey from discovery to quantitative management. Moreover, it is time to shift the paradigm to a data-driven predictability model to remove the tremendous burden on regulators and operators. We are excited by the overwhelming response by our members, affiliates, and partners to be a part of this movement.”
The committee will provide support for regulators and operators through the Responsible Gaming Maturity Model, a multi-tier framework. The RGMM offers regulators and operators a path from discovery to quantifiable and predictable responsible gaming models, and will assist regulators and operators to implement basic policy and manage a precise dashboard of KPIs generated from quantitative data. The final level will embrace the power of prediction and preventive detection.
