Behind Playbook

Why this exists.

The story behind a free, open-source responsible gambling brand system.

The Story

Creative Commons

Most gambling operators want to promote responsible gambling. But building a dedicated brand for it — visual identity, messaging, player-facing materials — requires design resources, messaging expertise, and regulatory knowledge that many simply don’t have.

This is especially true for smaller operators, foreign organizations, and regulators in emerging markets, who face the same expectations as large commercial operators with a fraction of the resources. The expertise exists, but the tools don’t.

Kahlil Simeon-Rose has spent his career at the intersection of gambling research, policy, and industry practice — and has seen this pattern at every stop. He led the redevelopment of a major responsible gambling brand so it could be licensed by casino operators, lotteries, and regulators. He co-authored the most widely used tool for measuring responsible gambling behaviors among players. He built the leading responsible gambling certification program for online gaming. His research has been recognized with multiple national awards.

Playbook draws on all of it. A complete, deployable brand system — identity, messaging library, templates, interactive game guides, and jurisdiction modules — released under a Creative Commons license so anyone can use it, customize it, and ship it without asking permission. It’s the tool he wished had existed years ago.

Kahlil Simeon-Rose

Kahlil Simeon-Rose, Ph.D.

Associate Professor (Tenured)
Washington State Universityformerly published as Kahlil Philander

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Open Invitation

Playbook is open source and released under a Creative Commons license. It belongs to everyone. Fork it, rebrand it, translate it, deploy it — no permission needed.

Contributions are welcome: file issues, submit pull requests, add jurisdiction modules, or help improve the game guides. Built by one person today, maintained by the community tomorrow.

Kahlil Simeon-Rose

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