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The ‘Responsible Affiliates in Gambling (RAIG)’<\/a>, a new UK industry trade association has been formed in recognition of the roles that ‘affiliate marketing providers must play’<\/strong> as part of the wider United Kingdom gaming industry initiatives to promote social responsibility and safer gambling standards.<\/strong> Launched on Monday, May 20, the new trade association will initially comprise of its founding members who happen to be major players in the United Kingdom’s gambling affiliate sector. These organizations include the Racing Post, Oddschecker and Better Collective.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n RAIG hopes to grow further as more like-minded companies\njoin in due course. For all the members of the trade association, there will be\na mandatory annual social responsibility audit that that will be conducted by\nGambling Integrity which is a team of experts in almost all aspects of gambling\ncompliance \u2013 they mostly specialize in player protection, anti-money laundering,\nand financial crime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Gambling Integrity audit is designed to ensure that the members\nof RAIG are not only compliance with a range of existing regulatory and non-statutory\nregulation but also any other additional measures that may be adopted along the way. Some of these regulations\ninclude:<\/p>\n\n\n\n In addition to all that, the newly formed trade association\nis also committed to proactive engagement with politicians as well as other stakeholders\nin both consultations and discussions pertaining to the responsible marketing of\ngambling products in the United Kingdom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Moreover, RAIG will also be tasked with giving early consideration\nto matters relating to supporting relevant projects in the spheres of research,\neducation, and treatment as well as\ntraining facilities and services for those working in the gambling affiliate\nsector. The trade association will decide whether or not to partake in these\nprojects in collaboration with relevant stakeholders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The formation of Responsible Affiliates in Gambling comes at a very crucial point where responsible gambling in the UK<\/a> is being taken very seriously by the responsible parties. The situation is quite bad with a recent study even revealing that the number of underage gamblers in the country has increased four times since 2016. Also, an updated version of the License Conditions and Codes of Practice (LCCP) <\/strong>have recently been introduced with the hopes that it will make things better. Furthermore, the UKGC and other regulators have also been cracking down on erring organizations<\/a> but there is certainly a lot more that needs to be done.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The ‘Responsible Affiliates in Gambling (RAIG)’, a new UK industry trade association has been formed in recognition of the roles that ‘affiliate marketing providers must play’ as part of the wider United Kingdom gaming industry initiatives to promote social responsibility and safer gambling standards. Launched on Monday, May 20, the new trade association will initially […]","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":281,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[68,70,73,74,83,84],"class_list":["post-280","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-industry","tag-raig","tag-regulations-2","tag-responsible-advertising","tag-responsible-gambling","tag-uk","tag-ukgc"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nAnnual Audit for Members<\/h2>\n\n\n\n