Epic Risk Management has joined forces with the Global Institute of Sport (GIS) to explore gambling and addiction among professional athletes.
Together, they will reach out to sports industry leaders worldwide as they seek to understand “current challenges, opportunities and threats.” From this, Epic and GIS will create research designed to help minimise gambling-related harm.
To formalise their relationship, Epic has been named an official industry partner of GIS, while GIS has been named Epic’s official education partner.
“Problem gambling can affect any individual from any walk of life, but several academic studies have reached the same finding that athletes are up to four times more likely to suffer its consequences,” explained John Millington, Senior Director at Epic Risk Management.