Better Gambling Forum Launches Global Framework for Safer Play

A new international effort is pushing gambling discussions into fresh territory. The Brain Capital Alliance, working with G7/G20, the United Nations, and the World Economic Forum, has rolled out the Better Gambling Forum and introduced the Responsible Gambling Practice and Policy Pillars (RG3P).

Good to know

• RG3P is designed to complement existing responsible gambling programs, not replace them.
• Research connected to the Forum is reviewed by an independent Scientific Oversight Committee.
• Six key pillars guide the framework, covering everything from education to accountability.

Why the Forum Was Created

Around the world, regulators and public health bodies continue to wrestle with how to handle gambling-related harm. Many efforts exist, but they’re often fragmented. The Better Gambling Forum was formed to bring a sense of coordination and long-term planning to the issue.

Shawn Fluharty, Chair of the Forum’s Steering Committee, explained the motivation:

“This initiative, a response to the growing need for coordinated, evidence-based responses to gambling-related harm, aims to future-proof gambling and public health policy by identifying and elevating scalable, evidence-informed practices.”

The Six Pillars of RG3P

At the core of the launch is the RG3P framework, which lays out six central pillars:

1. Education
2. Informed choice and harm prevention
3. Risk detection and intervention
4. Support, treatment, and recovery
5. Gambling environment, product, and marketing
6. Ethical industry practices, accountability, research, evaluation, and sustainable funding

These focus points are meant to help policymakers and regulators design approaches that balance industry growth with brain health and public health.

Building a Global Guide

Kevin Winters, a member of the Better Gambling Forum, described the framework as a practical roadmap:

“Our mission is to create a practical, comprehensive framework that can be adopted across jurisdictions to strengthen existing player protection measures. By focusing on these six pillars, we can provide a clear and actionable path forward that puts public and brain health first.”

The organizers made clear that RG3P is not about competing with existing initiatives. Instead, it’s positioned as a flexible guide that governments, regulators, and health bodies can adapt to their own environments.

With major organizations like the G7/G20, the UN, and the World Economic Forum involved, the initiative has global reach. The hope is that RG3P can help standardize evidence-based practices across different regions and create sustainable funding models for ongoing player protection research.

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