BetBlocker is pleased to announce 2 additions to the team for the Board of Trustees for John Wright and Darrell Helyar. Both have been early supporters of BetBlocker and volunteer their time to help get more awareness for the app.
Awareness of BetBlocker’s work has been growing over the last two years. The charity has been featured at numerous responsible gambling segments at conferences and won a number of awards. The founder, Duncan Garvie, is a regular speaker at iGaming industry events helping to educate the industry about responsible gambling issues.
John Wright had the following response: “I am honoured to be considered for the Board of Trustees for BetBlocker. I’ve been the #1 supporter of the app since day 1 and I’ve always wanted to give something back to help players. It is my belief that more people should get involved in the responsible gambling side of the industry. I hope that my participation in responsible gambling encourages others to get involved and especially to encourage more affiliates to list RG resources on their sites. If the industry knows how to help players, then everyone benefits.”
Duncan Garvie offered the following comment: “John Wright has been foundational in the BetBlocker project. He was the person that challenged me to create a free, anonymous to use blocking software. Over the years he’s supported the charity with time, expertise, innovative ideas (a major upcoming feature was John’s brainchild) and design work. While not many know it, he’s played a significant role in the success of BetBlocker.
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About BetBlocker:
BetBlocker is a UK-registered charity that provides users with a free-to-use app that can block their device from accessing over 88k gambling websites and 1.5k gambling apps.
The service can be used anonymously and supports tens of thousands of active users every day. Duncan Garvie will be speaking PlaySponsible Academy in Vienna on the 3rd of April.
About John Wright
John Wright has spent his entire working career in the iGaming space. He is a public speaker at numerous conferences, host of the Affiliate BI podcast, and writer for numerous publications including the iGaming SEO book. Over the years, John has mentored and coached affiliates and been a consultant with numerous operators. He has been an early volunteer for BetBlocker and has contributed most of the designs of the app, website and stands.
He is currently the CEO and co-founder of StatsDrone.
About Darrell Helyar
Darrell Helyar has nearly 8 year’s experience in iGaming working on the affiliate side of the industry as well as co-founding StatsDrone as the COO. Darrell’s volunteer experience is extensive having received 4 awards for his local community in Montreal. These awards include:
- Governor General of Canada Sovereign’s Medal for Volunteers
- Medal of the National Assembly of Quebec
- Canadian House of Commons – Community Service Recognition Award
- Montreal Community Cares Award – Community Leadership