South African Responsible Gambling Foundation:

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South African Responsible Gambling Foundation

• Prof Peter Collins
• Executive Director (NRGP)

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A Public Private Sector Partnership in SA to
address problem gambling

• Industry (except for National Lottery) pay 0.1
  of GGR (supplemented by R4.5m of public money) to
  SARG Foundation and have 4 out of 10 seats on the
  Board
• Government regulators have four seats on Board,
  including Chair and CEO of National Gambling
  Board
• There is an independent Chair, who represent
  nobody
• There is an Executive Director who commissions,
  co-ordinates and oversees the work of services
  providers in three areas academic research and
  programme and education public awareness
  including public service advertising, liaison
  with media and stake-holders, and industry
  training treatment, including telephone
  counselling line and face-to-face counselling by
  qualified treatment professionals

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Deliverables Treatment

• 24 hour free, confidential, expert telephone
  counselling
• 6-9 free structured counseling sessions by
  qualified treatment professionals (psychologists
  or social workers) for PGs and families
• Group therapy
• Debt management services
• Professional development for counsellors and TPs

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Deliverables Public Awareness

• Ads in local newspapers and on radio
• Brochures etc made available in gambling venues
• All gambling ads carry NRGP strapline and free
  phone number
• Brochures given personally to recipients of state
  benefits at All-Pay points
• Edutainment in selected schools
• Large number of interviews given to media (to get
  them not to tell lies about gambling but to tell
  the truth)
• Briefings for politicians, regulators, compliance
  officers etc
• Industry training for all staff and advanced
  training for compliance managers and those
  dealing with e.g. exclusions

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Deliverables Academic

• Research
• Prevalence Study
• Panel study
• Poverty Study
• Cognition Study
• Schools
• Text and audio-visual material on taking risks
  wisely made available to all schools in SA in
  hard copy, CD-Rom and on web.

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Total Cost

• /- 3m p.a.

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Thank you

• Website and correspondence addresses
• www.responsiblegambling.co.za
• execdir_at_responsiblegambling.co.za