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bwin and Harvard Medical School Faculty Sign 5-Year Research Cooperation Agreement
Date:12/15/2008

VIENNA, Austria, December 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- bwin, the world's leading online gaming company, and the Division on Addictions at the Cambridge Health Alliance, a Harvard Medical School Teaching Affiliate, have just signed an agreement for research collaboration for five years. The research objective is to use scientific evidence to create the safest possible online gaming environment by implementing the findings of the world's largest longitudinal study.

The Division on Addictions at the Cambridge Health Alliance, a Harvard Medical School Teaching Affiliate, has been working with bwin for the last three years setting new standards for the industry, developing and testing empirically-supported new responsible gaming initiatives, and providing customers with responsible gaming information and tools. This research has just been extended for another five years. The prime research objective is to establish a scientific evidence base that can guide the development of safe, recreational gaming environments and prevent the emergence of gaming-related problems as well as reduce any such problems that already exist.

"bwin has taken the industry's leading position for corporate social responsibility. Their commitment to the scientific process and unwillingness to take shortcuts to achieve short-term gains is noteworthy and indicative of its commitment to the health and welfare of its subscribers. Through its relationship with the Division on Addictions, bwin has supported numerous scientific inquiries, including the first ever scientific longitudinal study of actual internet gaming behavior, numerous scientific publications, and editorial position statements. bwin has integrated responsible gaming efforts into its business practices and made empirically-supported self-help resources available to its subscribers," says Dr. Howard Shaffer, Associate professor at Harvard Medical School and Director of the
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