The Responsible Gambling Trust has issued an invitation to tender for a new programme of research into remote gambling behaviour. The programme provides total funding for relevant research projects of up to £500,000 to be delivered over a period of 18 months.

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The overall aim of the research programme is to inform practical applications of harm minimisation for remote gambling operators serving British consumers. The research programme will explore the potential of behavioural analytics and industry-held data in the remote gambling sector to indicate markers or patterns of behaviour which may be indicative of gambling-related harm and mitigate such risks or harms.

RGT has already confirmed participation in this research programme from multiple remote operators.

Marc Etches, chief executive of the RGT, said: “Simply put the RGT’s research remit is to understand how to prevent people getting into trouble and how best to help them out of it.

“Since the charity was established in 2012, the RGT has commissioned and published a number of high quality evidence reviews focused on harm minimisation and published a significant body of independent research into B2 gaming machines in December 2014.

“It is our intention that this new programme of research will, once again, add to the UK’s reputation as a world leader in responsible gambling research.”

The deadline for applications is Friday, April 24, 2015.