RESPONSIBLE GAMBLING PRACTICE & POLICY PILLARS FRAMEWORK
About This Framework
The proposed framework is intended to evolve over time with input from experts across sectors and jurisdictions globally.
It establishes the critical pillars for gambling harm prevention and mitigation in responsible gambling (RG), serving as a comprehensive classification system for strategies, tools, and programs. It is designed to address key sectoral partners working in responsible and disordered gambling—public health, government, regulation, treatment, industry, and research—and articulates the roles and contributions each make.
The framework serves as a foundational structure for jurisdictions creating a gold standard "how-to" guide for gambling awareness, treatment programs, responsible gambling policies, and gambling regulations. It is intended to support emerging markets by providing a phased approach to implementing known and effective tools and practices and to provide more mature markets with benchmarks and best practice.
Each pillar can be operationalized along a developmental timeline, guiding jurisdictions through progressive levels of policy and practice maturity. Each pillar defines goal(s) intended to direct organizations across sectors to define and focus their measurable and concrete actions.
This pillars framework supports better alignment, accountability, and evaluation of responsible gambling activities across sectors and provides a practical roadmap for jurisdictions seeking to build effective gambling policy infrastructure over time.