888 appoints Andrew Anthony to new role

888 Holdings, one of the top online gaming and entertainment providers have appointed Andrew Anthony to the new role of Responsible Gaming Director, which will consist of overseeing customer protection.

Andrew has held a number of position at 888 Holdings in the last 15 years and will be in charge of the responsible gaming division, with the aim of ensuring the protection of their players by improving the responsible gaming processes.

888 already have an in-house system which monitors the player’s behaviour and it will flag up any unusual activity to the Responsible Gaming team, who will then decide on a plan of action.

In his new role, Anthony will report to Yaniv Schwartz, SVP Customer Risk Management, who praised the new appointment: “During the course of his career at 888, Andrew has gained numerous insights into the behaviour of the Company’s player base.

“In addition to this, he brings a wealth of quantitative experience and methodology to his new role heading up our Responsible Gaming team.

“888 strives to ensure that those for whom our games are not intended will not be drawn into the gaming environment and that those customers who develop a gambling problem are quickly identified and helped.

“I am looking forward to the successful delivery of the responsible gaming initiatives we have planned and continuing to drive Responsible Gaming culture throughout the organisation.”