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First award of GamCare Certification to gambling affiliate website
17 June 2009
In recognition of its implementation of the GamCare Code of Practice for Remote Gambling, FreeBingoHunter.com, the web’s premier free bingo finding website has today been awarded GamCare Certification. GamCare, the UK’s leading problem gambling support charity, has worked closely with FreeBingoHunter.com to establish a framework for the Certification of gambling marketing websites. FreeBingoHunter.com is now the first ever affiliate marketing business to have been awarded GamCare Certification.
As part of the Certification process, FreeBingoHunter.com was the subject of a Social Responsibility assessment by GamCare and acted upon the recommendations made by GamCare for improvements to their services. These included social responsibility training for the customer service team, provision of comprehensive information on responsible gambling, the implementation of age verification systems and the ability for Freebingohunter members to self-exclude from their services.
Tom Gooding, Operations Director at FreeBingoHunter.com commented: “We are delighted to be the first online gambling affiliate to be awarded GamCare Certification. The award of the Certificate is recognition of the responsible approach that FreeBingoHunter.com takes to the promotion of legal online bingo sites in the UK.”
He went on “It is clear that operating in a socially responsible manner is something which the entire bingo industry including bingo affiliates is rightly focussed on and we are pleased to have been instrumental in setting the standard for affiliate marketers.”
Stella Dalton, Business Development Manager at GamCare said: “At GamCare we actively seek opportunities to promote a socially responsible approach in all areas of gambling and we are pleased to award GamCare Certfication to recognise that FreeBingoHunter.com implements best practice in player protection. We look forward to further opportunities to extend our audit and certification service to other online gambling affiliates.”
Press contact: Eileen Kinghan, GamCare 020 7801 7003, eileen@gamcare.org.uk
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About GamCare and GamCare Certification: GamCare is well-known internationally as the UK’s leading national provider of advice, support and treatment for anyone affected by problem gambling. Running the national phone and online helplines, the charity also offers face to face and online counselling. To help ensure best practice in player protection, GamCare offers its expertise to the European gambling industry, affiliates and related industries through GamCare Trade Services, delivering tailored training programmes in corporate social responsibility and awarding the internationally-recognised GamCare Certification to operators and their staff. A list of all GamCare Certified remote gambling companies is available on the GamCare Trade Services and GamCare websites.
About FreeBingoHunter.com: FreeBingoHunter.com is the web’s number resource for online bingo players to find free bingo games for real money. Each week FreeBingoHunter.com lists over 2000 free bingo games in the UK bingo market at online bingo sites like Cheeky Bingo and 888 Ladies Bingo.