About the Responsible Gaming Project

Through the Responsible Gaming project, we would like to offer you a so-called harm reduction approach.
This means prevention focused on reducing risks and minimizing the harm caused to oneself or others as a result of excessive gambling. It is not a ban on gambling, nor is it a condemnation of those who gamble in their free time for entertainment.
The goal is to ensure that it remains entertainment and that gambling does not become
a personal or societal problem.

Companies operating in the gambling industry recognize their social responsibility and have therefore adopted self-regulation.

As part of the Responsible Gaming project, we connect socially responsible companies that contribute to modern and targeted support tools, and we lend a helping hand to those who need it.

A tool that identifies risky behavior in players

Broad-based preventive measures are not always fully effective. Our globally unique tool, which detects the first signs of risky behavior among players, will demonstrate that player protection can be implemented in a smart and targeted manner exactly where it is truly needed.

Using artificial intelligence and big data analysis, we are creating a predictive mathematical model
that will evaluate changes in a gambler’s behavior in real time. It will be able to recognize the moment when a player begins to gamble riskily and will immediately alert the player to this fact.

In collaboration with leading Czech scientific institutions (the project is being developed under the auspices of the National Institute of Mental Health), we are also addressing follow-up intervention and immediate assistance designed to help players regain control over their gambling.

Advisory Board

It is an independent, consultative, and advisory body for the project, composed of renowned experts with diverse specializations and expertise. These experts, who bring insight and experience from the fields of addiction studies, psychology, and economics, help to effectively develop measures to prevent and mitigate the impacts of problem gambling on players.

The Expert Advisory Board of the Responsible Gaming project consists of a chairperson and six regular members.

doc. MUDr. Viktor Mravčík, Ph.D.

Chair of the Expert Council

Director of Research and Education at Podané ruce o.p.s.

Until 2021, he served for many years as the head of the National Monitoring Center for Drugs and Addiction (NMS) at the Secretariat of the Government Council for Drug Policy Coordination within the Office of the Government of the Czech Republic. He currently serves as a scientific advisor to the National Drug Policy Coordinator and as the director of research and education at the Podané ruce organization.
PhDr. Ladislav Csémy

Member of the Advisory Board

Head of the Research Program at the National Institute of Mental Health

A psychologist whose professional interests include the psychological and sociomedical aspects of addictive behavior, psychiatric epidemiology, and health psychology. He has published articles in international and domestic academic journals, contributed to more than ten monographs, and participated in numerous collaborative research studies.
Ing. Aleš Rod, Ph.D.

Member of the Advisory Board

Director of Research at CETA—Center for Economic and Market Analysis, z. ú.

Economist, entrepreneur, and university professor. At the Center for Economic and Market Analysis (CETA), he manages research projects and provides consulting on strategic plans for the public and private sectors in the Czech Republic and abroad. He is also a new member of the Government’s National Economic Council (NERV).
PhDr. Eva Aigelová, Ph.D.

Member of the Advisory Board

Psychologist, Secretary of the Department of Psychology at Palacký University in Olomouc

Research Assistant and Department Secretary at the Department of Psychology at UPOL. She has long been interested in issues related to substance and non-substance addictions.
Bc. Marcel Ambrož

Member of the Advisory Board

Head of the SANANIM z.ú. Outpatient Clinic

She has been working in the field of gambling since 2015, when Gambling Ambulance was founded. In addition to individual and group therapy, her practice focuses primarily on issues related to sports betting among the clinic’s clients, particularly athletes.
Mgr. Lukáš Carlos Hrubý

r of the Advisory Board

Director of Programs at Společnost podané ruce o.p.s.

Psychologist working as a therapist, supervisor, and lecturer. Professional Director of the Podané ruce o.p.s. organization in the Olomouc and Zlín Regions. Founder and Director of Mana, o.p.s., in Olomouc. He runs his own psychotherapy practice focused primarily on working with gamblers and couples therapy. In his lecturing activities, he focuses primarily on crisis intervention and the issue of pathological gambling.
doc. Mgr. Kateřina Lukavská, Ph.D.

Member of the Advisory Board

Psychologist and researcher. Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at the Faculty of Education, Charles University

Psychologist and researcher. Associate professor in the Department of Psychology at the Faculty of Education, Charles University. She also works at the Clinic of Addictology at the First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University. Her research focuses on problematic use of digital media and parental mediation. She participates in the International Sex Survey and the Global Videogame Study.