The gambling industry is funding an 18-month research project to provide online operators with a practice guide mitigating gambling-related harm.

The industry-funded Responsible Gaming Trust (RGT) has commissioned data experts at PwC to complete the task after a “rigorous and competitive selection process.”

PwC will conduct a two-phase program of research will be carried out by PwC after it won a tender process which began in March this year.

RGT has invited proposals from organizations with relevant expertise and experience. PwC was commissioned to complete the research after a rigorous and competitive selection process and is expected to take eighteen months to complete.