Bonus Boss is proud to take part in Safer Gambling Week this year. The nationwide event is designed to raise awareness of safer gambling, as well as encourage conversations about it.
So you’re in the know, we’ve created a Q&A to help explain a little more about Safer Gambling Week 2021.
What is safer gambling?
Safer gambling means being able to gamble without putting yourself or others at risk. It’s about treating gambling as a leisure activity, rather than as a way to make money. It’s about understanding the risks and making an informed choice as to whether to participate, and if you do, about how much you can afford to gamble.
What is Safer Gambling Week?
Safer Gambling Week is an industry led campaign designed to promote awareness of safer gambling running 1st-7th November 2021. The initiative is led by the sector trade bodies.
Who is involved in Safer Gambling Week?
Safer Gambling Week is a national cross-industry initiative, led by the sector trade associations.
Safer Gambling Week has participation from operators from across the entire industry, including arcades, bingo clubs, bookmakers, casinos and online operators. This is in addition to organisations outside the sector, like the EFL, the Racecourse Association and Punch Pubs. By coming together with one voice, the UK and Irish gambling industry wants to raise awareness about safer gambling.
What are we doing about safer gambling?
At Bonus Boss, we have a range of tools that can be used to help you gamble safely:
Cool Down Periods – If you ever feel the need to take a break from gambling but are worried you could be drawn back in, use our Cool Down Period function. You can set how long you would like to remove yourself for, from 1 day to 6 weeks.
Session Limits – When gambling, it can be easy to lose track of time. That’s why we have Session Limits in place that can be set by you. These will alert you when you have been playing for a set amount of time.
Deposit Limits – Along with losing track of time, gambling for an extended period of time can also mean you lose track of how much you have spent. Deposit Limits are a great way to only bet what you can afford to lose.
Self Exclusion – If you believe your gambling habits are becoming a serious problem and you need to stop for an extended period of time, the Self Exclusion function is available to all players. Activating this feature will mean you can no longer access any of our sites while you Self Exclude. You will also not receive any marketing material from us in that time either. Self Exclusion can last from 6 months to 5 years.
For more information on how to use these features, visit the Safer Gambling page on the Bonus Boss site.
