The Betting and Gaming Council (BGC) is the single industry association for betting and gaming, representing betting shops, online gaming businesses and casinos.
The BGC has made an announcement that it will unveil new code of conduct rules for regulation of online games. The focus of the Code of Conduct would be on the design of online games.
The BGC, through its code, aims to tackle problem gambling and ensure player safety. The BGC demands certain features in the game that can detect the signs of problem gambling and intervene, if required.
The BGC also desires the features to incorporate the option of multi-play, which would allow ths player to play several games at the same time.
The Code of Conduct is a follow up on commitment done by BGC last year which was the BGC’s Safer Gambling Commitments, which were published by the industry group last year.
Michael Dugher, CEO of the BGC commented that, “The BGC was set up last year with the aim of leading a race to the top in terms of standards within the regulated betting industry. The new Game Design Code of Conduct is yet another example of our determination to address concerns head on and meet our safer gambling commitments”, as reported by Gambling Insider.