JOC RESPONSABIL (RESPONSIBLE GAMBLING) PROGRAM
How it started?
„Joc Responsabil” is the only program dedicated to people who face gambling addiction and it offers a great help to them. It aims to prevent, identify and assist gambling players and proposes an effective intervention program, not only for people facing this phenomenon, but also for their families.
Equally, in addition to the support provided to those facing problems, „Joc Responsabil” also involves awareness-raising and training activities carried out at the level of betting agencies and gambling halls
Noutățile
The latest developments regarding the practical assistance offered by the Responsible Gaming program include the fact that, in addition to the dedicated website and the toll-free hotline, 0800.800.099, there are now six psychotherapy offices open in Bucharest (2), Cluj-Napoca (1), Iași (1), Craiova (1), and Constanța (1), and that, at the same time, the number of free psychological counseling sessions has been increased to five. The number of sessions will be gradually expanded as the program develops.
In 2020, 707 people benefited, either in person (352) or via videoconference (355, +114% compared to 2019), from five free assessment and therapy sessions offered at the six offices in Bucharest (2), Iași, Cluj-Napoca, Craiova, and Constanța. The peak was reached in April and May 2020, when 77 and 63 people, respectively, sought help from psychologists in the Responsible Gaming program. Most of the beneficiaries are men (614) aged between 25 and 45. In addition to the five psychological counseling sessions, the Responsible Gaming program also provides a toll-free hotline, 0800.800.099, staffed by a psychologist, which 1,995 people called to schedule appointments or request information, 1,995 people, 385 more than in 2019.
What does the "Joc Responsabil" (Responsible Gambling program) offer?
O linie telefonică gratuită
A toll-free hotline, 0800.800.099, through which players can schedule appointments for the three free psychological assessment and counseling sessions.
Autotestare
Online self-testing through the dedicated website jocresponsabil.ro.
Cursuri
Training courses with employees in the gambling halls supported by psychologists involved in the program
Ședințe gratuite
Free evaluation and counseling sessions at one of the program offices. Following the telephone conversations, those interested may request to be redirected to the nearest psychologists from Bucharest, Craiova, Constanța or Iași.
Responsible Gaming is backed by a team of Romania’s leading psychologists in the treatment of these issues, including Dr. Leliana Valentina Pârvulescu, psychologist and psychotherapist, Dr. Radu Rizeanu, university lecturer and psychologist, and psychologists and psychotherapists Ilona Neagu (Iași), Sorina Florescu (Constanța), and Carmen Mikulovic (Craiova).
The „Joc Responsabil” program was initiated and is carried out by ROMSLOT – The Association of Slot Organizers in Romania, ROMANIAN BOOKMAKERS – The Board of Romanian Betting Organizers and ROMBET – The Association of Gambling Organizers
