SMART ANTI-PROBLEM GAMBLING MEASURES FOR SVENSKA
SPEL
6 July 2007
Swedish online gambling organisation debuts new
system
Radio Sweden is reporting that the Swedish government
online gambling orgnaisation Svenska Spel is to
introduce advanced artifical intelligence software in a
bid to combat problem gambling.
Svenska Spel CEO Jesper Kärrbrink told the station that
the system, designed by Sweden’s ICU Intelligence firm,
analyses how each player places bets, how much money
they bet with, under which circumstances, and how often.
Use of the system is voluntary, and is currently
designed to monitor online gambling, and bets placed by
people using their personal Svenska Spel betting cards.
By comparing how those with a gambling problem wagered
before they were hooked, ICU says the technology
identifies individuals with a growing habit, before it
becomes a serious problem by analysing playing patterns.
ICU claims that extensive testing has shown that the
system spots problem gamblers in 90 percent of cases.
Once a person is identified by the system as being at
risk, Svenska Spel has pledged to shut-off all marketing
to that person, urge the gambler to consider his or her
gambling habits, work out the cost of personal gambling,
and take a test for gambling addiction.
The player is also offered the chance of self exclusion
from Svenska Spel’s betting products. As a state-run
monopoly the government has attracted criticism for
encouraging betting, while berating people who develop a
gambling addiction.
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