Hard Rock International and Seminole Gaming Mark Responsible Gambling Education Month by Increasing Industry-Main PlayersEdge Initiatives

New ‘Chance’ marketing campaign, analysis partnerships and participant well being improvements proceed to advance constructive play throughout the gaming trade

HOLLYWOOD, Fla. – Hard Rock International and Seminole Gaming are recognizing Responsible Gambling Education Month (RGEM) by the corporate’s accountable playing program, PlayersEdge, by highlighting new initiatives, analysis partnerships and education schemes that proceed to advance constructive play and inform decision-making.

RGEM is an annual September marketing campaign led by the American Gaming Association (AGA) to advertise playing literacy, consider crew member coaching, and improve consciousness of downside playing assets. Using a segmented schooling technique, PlayersEdge helps all participant profiles from new and informal gamers to seasoned regulars. The program combines participant schooling, crew member coaching, analysis, and intervention assets to make sure friends follow wholesome playing habits, whereas supporting these in danger for downside playing.

Responsible playing schooling has been built-in into Hard Rock Casino and Seminole Gaming crew member coaching since 2021 and continues to evolve by partnerships with researchers, healthcare professionals and trade organizations.

“Responsible gambling is about empowering players, team members and guests with knowledge, research and support so they can make informed choices that work for them,” stated Paul Pellizzari, Vice President of Global Social Responsibility for Hard Rock International and Seminole Gaming. “Through PlayersEdge, we continue to invest in innovative education, research and training initiatives that help advance positive play while strengthening our ability to support guests who may need assistance.”

Hard Rock and Seminole Gaming’s efforts proceed to broaden programming attain and affect:

• ‘Chance’ Campaign: Introduced throughout Hard Rock Casinos throughout RGEM, the brand new ‘Chance’ Campaign helps gamers higher perceive one in every of playing’s most elementary ideas: probability itself. Built across the perception that many gamers consider outcomes could be predicted or influenced, the marketing campaign reinforces a easy message: you may’t management probability, however you may management the way you play. For extra data on the ‘Chance’ Campaign, go to https://playersedge.org/RGEM2026.
• Almond Digital Health App Pilot: Hard Rock International piloted the Almond Digital Health App at Hard Rock Casino Cincinnati as a digital extension of the PlayersEdge program. The three-month pilot supplied friends and gamers with entry to a multilingual, nameless platform designed to help more healthy playing behaviors and join people with extra assets and help choices. Building on the pilot’s constructive reception, Hard Rock is evaluating alternatives to proceed this system in Cincinnati and exploring enlargement entry to extra Hard Rock Casinos.
• Leadership by Collaboration: Hard Rock and Seminole Gaming grew to become a founding member of the Better Gambling Forum, a multisector coalition searching for coordinated, evidence-based world responses centered on mind well being, psychological resilience and cognitive capital. As an initiative of the Brain Capital Alliance, in collaboration with the G7, the United Nations and the World Economic Forum, the Forum’s work focuses on making a complete framework to assist all sectors concerned in playing.
• Research & Evidence-Based Practice: PlayersEdge continues to use main analysis into its program methods. Working with Dr. Michael Wohl and his crew at Carleton University, 5 Hard Rock and Seminole Gaming casinos will take part in analysis to higher perceive the experiences and views of on line casino supervisors and managers who work together with gamers. The analysis, funded independently by the International Center for Responsible Gaming (ICRG), will present insights into the organizational components which will assist or hinder the efficient supply of RG initiatives.

Amplified Impact

Hard Rock and Seminole Gaming lately launched the most recent Social Responsibility Report, Amplified Impact, highlighting how the corporate mottos proceed to information motion throughout the group and communities worldwide. The report contains extra data on accountable playing, anti-human trafficking, environmental sustainability, crew members & tradition, and neighborhood affect.

To learn the complete Social Responsibility Report, or for extra data on Hard Rock’s Social Responsibility, go to

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Hard Rock International (HRI) is among the most globally acknowledged corporations, with venues in practically 80 international locations and greater than 300 places, together with owned/licensed or managed Hotels, Casinos, Rock Shops®, Live Performance Locations, and Cafes. Beginning with an Eric Clapton guitar, Hard Rock owns the world’s largest and Most worthy assortment of genuine music memorabilia with greater than 89,000 items displayed at places across the globe. The Unity™ by Hard Rock world loyalty program rewards members for doing the issues they love throughout taking part properties. In addition, Hard Rock Digital spotlights the sports activities betting and that iGaming expertise with merchandise remixed within the spirit of Hard Rock for gamers worldwide.

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