{"id":19576,"date":"2021-12-16T11:25:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-16T11:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/2021\/12\/16\/melco-cyprus-becomes-first-european-operator-to-receive-rg-check-accreditation\/"},"modified":"2021-12-16T11:25:00","modified_gmt":"2021-12-16T11:25:00","slug":"melco-cyprus-becomes-first-european-operator-to-receive-rg-check-accreditation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/2021\/12\/16\/melco-cyprus-becomes-first-european-operator-to-receive-rg-check-accreditation\/","title":{"rendered":"Melco Cyprus becomes first European operator to receive RG Check accreditation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> \n<\/p>\n<div lang=\"en\">\n<p>MACAU SAR\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.media-outreach.com\/\">Media OutReach<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; 16 December 2021 &#8211;\u00a0Melco Cyprus, operator of Cyprus Casinos (C2)&#13;<br \/>\nand the upcoming integrated resort, City of Dreams Mediterranean, announces C2 has been accredited with the esteemed third-party&#13;<br \/>\naccreditation for Responsible Gaming &#8212; RG Check, establishing C2 as the first&#13;<br \/>\nin Europe to receive the endorsement. The achievement further establishes Melco&#13;<br \/>\nas the first and only integrated resort operator in the world to be recognized&#13;<br \/>\nby RG Check in all its jurisdictions of operations. The accreditation has been&#13;<br \/>\nawarded to all four C2 venues, namely Limassol, Nicosia, Ayia Napa and Paphos. Tied&#13;<br \/>\nto Melco&#8217;s commitment to safeguarding the community&#8217;s wellbeing is its effort&#13;<br \/>\nto promote Responsible Gaming. Melco surpasses mandated regulatory requirements&#13;<br \/>\nin all its jurisdictions of operation, and seeks continuous improvement to&#13;<br \/>\nensure a fair and safe experience for all guests.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>C2&#8217;s RG Check accreditation is&#13;<br \/>\na demonstration of Melco&#8217;s commitment to Responsible Gaming across its global&#13;<br \/>\noperations. As announced earlier (<a href=\"https:\/\/media.melco-resorts.com\/en\/melco\/corporate\/home\/press-release\/Melco-becomes-first-in-Macau-and-the-Philippines-to-receive-esteemed-third-party-Responsible-Gaming-accreditation-RG-Check\">link to release<\/a>), the&#13;<br \/>\nCompany was the first in Macau and the Philippines to attain RG Check&#13;<br \/>\ncertifications. Melco&#8217;s entire global&#13;<br \/>\nportfolio, including Altira Macau, City of Dreams Macau, Studio City, City of&#13;<br \/>\nDreams Manila, and now Cyprus&#8217; C2, are accredited by RG Check, making Melco the&#13;<br \/>\nonly operator to receive RG Check certifications for its entire portfolio in&#13;<br \/>\nMacau, the Philippines and Cyprus.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><b>Mr. Lawrence Ho,&#13;<br \/>\nChairman &amp; CEO of Melco<\/b>, said, &#8220;Melco is dedicated to being the industry&#8217;s&#13;<br \/>\nleader in the promotion of Responsible Gaming. Providing a safe and fair gaming&#13;<br \/>\nexperience for guests continues to be at the core of the Company&#8217;s commitment&#13;<br \/>\nto society. The sustainable development and continued implementation of a&#13;<br \/>\nResponsible Gaming culture is prioritized within every jurisdiction that we&#13;<br \/>\noperate. We wish to thank the RG Check organizers for the honor, and our&#13;<br \/>\ncolleagues in Cyprus for making this achievement possible.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><b>Ms. Shelley White, CEO of&#13;<br \/>\nResponsible Gambling Council (RGC)<\/b>, said, &#8220;RGC&#13;<br \/>\nis thrilled that Melco has once again demonstrated its commitment to&#13;<br \/>\nresponsible gaming by achieving the RG Check accreditation in Cyprus for each&#13;<br \/>\nof its four operating Cyprus Casinos properties. This is the third jurisdiction&#13;<br \/>\nin which Melco has successfully completed the RG Check Accreditation.&#13;<br \/>\nThroughout this process, Melco has demonstrated its transparency as an operator&#13;<br \/>\nand has made duty of care a priority in its operations. In particular, we&#13;<br \/>\ncommend Melco on a best in class score in the Standard Areas of RG Policy,&#13;<br \/>\nStrategy and Culture which recognizes Melco&#8217;s strong responsible gaming leadership&#13;<br \/>\nand its comprehensive and integrated approach to building a responsible gaming&#13;<br \/>\nculture that demonstrates awareness of the potential harms caused by gambling,&#13;<br \/>\nas well as prevention and mitigation measures. RG Check is an invaluable tool&#13;<br \/>\nfor managing risk and increasing the effectiveness of RG programming. RGC is&#13;<br \/>\nproud to provide continuous support to Melco&#8217;s harm minimization efforts&#13;<br \/>\nthroughout their properties around the world.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>RG Check is the world&#8217;s most&#13;<br \/>\ncomprehensive and rigorous responsible gaming accreditation program. It is&#13;<br \/>\ndesigned to meet or exceed all existing responsible gaming regulatory&#13;<br \/>\nrequirements and is valid for three years. Accreditation is reviewed by a&#13;<br \/>\nprestigious and independent panel of responsible gaming specialists. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.media-outreach.com\/news\/2021-12-16\/111057\/melco-cyprus-becomes-first-european-operator-to-receive-rg-check-accreditation\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MACAU SAR\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0Media OutReach\u00a0&#8211; 16 December 2021 &#8211;\u00a0Melco Cyprus, operator of Cyprus Casinos (C2)&#13; and the upcoming integrated resort, City of Dreams Mediterranean, announces C2 has been accredited with the esteemed third-party&#13; accreditation for Responsible Gaming &#8212; RG Check, establishing C2 as the first&#13; in Europe to receive the endorsement. 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