Game
Planit
is the leading authority on consumer
(player) protection policies, strategies, information,
products and services, for all stakeholders
with an interest in regulated gaming.
Game
Planit is an ethical and socially conscious company
that takes the position that “consumer protection”
in gaming requires the adherence to the highest possible
standards for disclosure of information and education
of gaming consumers by all stakeholders. These standards
provide for comprehensive consumer protection information,
codes of conduct and product safety standards and
guidelines on the part of each stakeholder (including
consumers but not exclusive to them) with respect
to their individual roles and responsibilities within
the regulated gaming sector. These standards will
provide the essential basis for protection and informed
consent by all stakeholders, including players.
Mission
Game
Plaint’s expertise, products & services will create
the highest possible standards of excellence for
consumer & community protection and education
for all gaming stakeholders to assure appropriate
protection of consumers.
Philosophy
Game
Planit does not view its products or services to be
beneficial to one stakeholder at the expense of another.
Game Planit’s products and services are designed to
assist each stakeholder to fulfill their specific
standards and codes of conduct, which ultimately contributes
to an assessed obligatory move to an honest and safer
gaming environment.
Who
We Are
Game
Planit is a business partnership of multimedia, problem
gambling, and educational specialists. The primary
business of consulting and education is lead by the
President of Game Planit, Roger Horbay, who is a seasoned
manager, electronic gaming machine expert, problem
gambling specialist, trainer and researcher. Game
Planit also has expert associates in the fields of
Public Health, Communication, Gaming Market Strategies,
Problem Gambling Training and Research, Criminal Justice,
Policy Development and Consumer Protection. This comprehensive
array of expertise, skills and resources allows Game
Planit to meet the challenges faced by all stakeholders
to conform to ethical standards and codes of conduct
as the courts, regulators and the public demands full
consumer protection in gaming.
Leading
the Way in Innovation, Player Protection and Education
In
1998, Game Planit was the first company to develop
comprehensive educational modules for use on Video
Lottery Terminals based on empirical data into problem
gambling risk factors. The safe@play Customer
Assistance Software was designed to meet operators'
duty-of-care obligations by providing players with
a base level of information and warnings for player
protection. Game Planit has also designed customer
"risk management" interfaces for electronic
gaming machines drawing on leading-edge research in
problem gambling prevention. Additionally, Game Planit's
partner company is developing a comprehensive and
exclusive Safe
Gaming System that will revolutionize gaming as
we know it today. In the interim, Game Planit has
other tools available such as the Safe@Play
Risk-Quiz that allows both patron and staff to
self-determine if they're at risk or if they have
a problem. Staff training can be customized depending
on the risk profiles exhibited by employees. Awareness
programs and messages can be tailored depending on
risk profiles of patrons. Overall, everyone wins by
minimizing risks that can eventually lead to tragedies
and costly and hard to manage problems and litigation.
In the
fall of 2001, Game Planit released the safe@play
Slot Machine tutorial. This CD-ROM reveals concealed
game features and teaches people how Slot Machines
work, from the fundamentals to the advanced. This
has lead to Game Planit providing extensive training
and workshops related
to player protection and electronic gaming machines.
Product
Safety & Game Evaluation Services are also
part of Game Planit's comprehensive array of products
and services. This services allows various stakeholders
to fulfill their duty-of-care obligations to implement
product safety warnings and other needed protective
measures.
Overall,
Game Planit is forging the Standards
of Excellence for Player Protection by
providing all stakeholders with the highest possible
prevention and problem gambling solutions based on
innovation and empirical data into problem gambling
risk factors from the most recent and leading-edge
research into the games and problem gambling.
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