Organisational Structure and Background of EASG
The year in which the EASG was founded is 1993. This means that the association has around a quarter of a century’s experience in creating dialogue and exchanging information between members related to gambling and the gambling industry. In addition, the NPO is headquartered in Amsterdam in the Netherlands. This non-profit organisation gathered one of the brightest specialists, who are divided into two committees – the Executive & Scientific Committees, where each has a chairman. In both, we can find well-known names from reputable universities in Europe or even from governmental structures like, for example – Jonny Engebø, Norwegian Gaming Authority. The organisation specialises in creating and hosting conferences as well as improving knowledge on all matters regarding gambling in Europe, which includes numerous publications in several languages.
The Structure of the Website
The structure of the EASG’s website is very user-friendly and easy to navigate with eight separate tabs to take you to the right place. The first tab is titled ‘Home’ where you can see some of the latest and most recent publications and results of gambling-related conferences in Europe. The second tab, ‘General Information’ takes you to the excerpt from the EASG’s Constitution, which sets out what the website is for and what functions it fulfils. Under the third tab ‘News’, you will see several news resources which the EASG has linked to related to gambling. These resources range from Gaming Floor (an online resource for casino trade and industry news) to WannaBet? (a magazine for kids concerned about gambling). Of course, there are many other resources for you to check out. The fourth tab is called ‘Publications’ and contains several pages worth of publications and articles related to gambling. These are in English and German, as well as other European languages such as Italian. Some of the titles you will see here are ‘Gambling Regulation and Vulnerability’. The fifth tab is called ‘EASG Conferences’ and it provides a brief overview of past conferences that have taken place under the EASG umbrella. The sixth tab is called ‘Other Conferences’, which takes you to a series of other gambling-related European conferences. The seventh tab is titled ‘Links’ and we must highlight that this area is relatively sparse, with very few links being provided for except in the European category. Finally, you can contact the EASG online through its ‘Contact’ tab, which takes you directly to an online form you can submit together with your query. You can, alternatively, contact the NPO through its email address, which we provide in our concluding section below.
List of Publications in English Relating to Gambling
Under this category, you will find three publications in Dutch, 25 in English, two in French, 23 in German, four in Italian, four in Romanian, one in Spanish, and one in Swedish. Since we are an English blog, we’ll focus on the English publications. This is what you’ll be able to find there:
- The territorial issue: Prohibition on legal gambling as set forth by local regulations (e-book)
- Understanding Problem Gamblers
- The Age of Chance
- Global Gambling
- The Leeway of Lotteries in the European Union
- How to stop gambling
- Problem gambling in Europe
- Integrated Resort Casinos
- Blackjack and the Law
- Gambling Balance
- Gambling, Space and Time
- Teen Gambling
- Routledge International Handbook of Internet Gambling
- Women and Problem Gambling
- Fair Game: Producing Gambling Research
- Compulsive Gambling
- Gambling in Finland
- Gaming Law
- What Stays in Vegas
- Empirical Views on European Gambling Law and Addiction
- Pathological Gambling in Romania
- UNLV Gaming Law Journal
- Cultures of Casino Gaming
- And many more
As you can see from these titles, the scope of the publications is very broad and ranges from problem gambling to legislation related to gambling. This is a comprehensive overview of all topics related to gambling, making this organisation a leader in the field regarding gambling-related issues. It is also an authority that has been consulted on various issues and is able to provide sound advice to people and institutions of interest.
EASG Conferences
The 12th European Conference on Gambling Study and Policy Issues took place from 11 to 14 September at the Grand Hotel Excelsior in Valletta, Malta this year. As yet, the outcomes of the conference have not been published and we expect some of these results to be published soon. Meanwhile, the 11th European Conference on Gambling Studies and Policy Issues have been given the working title of “Development of the Invisible and Unknown: Research, Responsibilities and Regulation.” It took place in Lisbon in December 2015.
The conferences have been going on since around 2005, with the Sixth European Conference on Gambling Studies and Policy Issues, which looked at legislation and government policy related to gambling. It has subsequently been held every two years in various cities around Europe. This conference was followed by the EASG Seminar two years later, in 2007, with a focus on the Changing Landscape of Gambling in Europe, which took into account changes in the gambling situation across various countries on the continent – addressing change and development of the gambling industry. Meanwhile, in October 2013, the EASG held another Seminar on Social Gaming and Gambling, becoming a sure authority in the field of gambling and gambling-related studies in Europe.
Other Conferences Promoted
Other conferences supported and endorsed by the EASG are the Prague Gaming Summit 3, which is scheduled to take place in March 2019 in Prague. Another conference scheduled for 2019 is the ICC/ICE VOX 2019, which is scheduled to take place in London in the UK. Then we also look at some of the past conferences during the year. These are the GambleAware’s 6th Annual Conference, which took place in London on the 5th of December in 2018. The Gaming Law & Culture Konferenz – Social Lotteries also took place in December 2018 in Germany, while the New Horizons in Responsible Gambling Conference is scheduled to also take place in March 2019 in Vancouver. The Alberta Gambling Research Institute’s 18th Annual Conference: Blurred Lines in Gambling Research is also going to take place from 28 to 30 March 2019 in Alberta. Meanwhile, the 17th International Conference on Gambling & Risk Taking is due to take place from 27 to 30 May 2019, in Las Vegas Nevada. These conferences just go to show the reach and scope of the EASG and the broad categories of knowledge they function under.
Conclusion About EASG
As a result of all the publications, conferences organised, and conferences promoted, the EASG is certainly one of the top NPOs dealing with all facets related to the study of gambling in Europe. You can contact this organisation online through its contact form on the website in order to place your query or ask a question regarding a publication or an upcoming conference. Alternatively, you can send an email to easg@easg.org for more information. You’re likely to find that you will receive useful information on any subject related to gambling across Europe.
