More than 300,000 people in the UK are now registered with GAMSTOP, the free, independent national self-exclusion scheme for online gambling, with a monthly average of more than 7,000 new sign ups this year. GAMSTOP has released its data for the first six months of 2022 against the backdrop of the Government’s delayed White Paper on reforming the gambling laws, […]

GAMSTOP, the free national scheme for self-exclusion from online gambling, has reported a 28% year-on-year increase in registrations to the service from 2020 to 2021. The first six months of 2021 saw a significant spike in registrations compared to the same period in 2020, with a rise of 25%. This figure rose further from July to December 2021, with a […]

In a survey of 2,000 students across the UK, conducted by Censuswide, 80% had gambled and 41% admitted gambling had a negative impact on their university experience. The independent research was jointly commissioned by GAMSTOP, the national online self-exclusion scheme, and The Young Gamers and Gamblers Education Trust (YGAM), a charity that educates and safeguards vulnerable people against gaming and […]

More than 250,000 people have chosen to self-exclude from online gambling by registering with GAMSTOP, a significant milestone in the scheme’s three-year history. GAMSTOP has seen a spike in registrations in 2021 compared to previous years, with more than 67,000 people signing up to GAMSTOP in 2021, compared to 51,000 in 2020. March of 2021 has been the second highest […]

Early findings released today from TalkBanStop – a partnership between GamCare, Gamban and GAMSTOP – highlights the positive impact it’s had so far in reducing gambling-related harm. TalkBanStop, a pilot for an initial 12 months, brings together practical free tools and support which can help people to stop gambling and maintain a successful recovery for anyone harmed by gambling. It […]

GAMSTOP, the UK’s free national scheme for self-exclusion from online gambling, has reported a 25% increase in registrations in the first six months of 2021, compared to the same period in 2020. The surge in registrations is a key finding of the first GAMSTOP bi-annual review, which has been launched to give greater insight into trends on the GAMSTOP platform, […]

More than 200,000 people are now registered with GAMSTOP, the UK’s independent national self-exclusion scheme for online gambling, after a spike in numbers during lockdown. Registrations in February 2021 increased 21% year-on-year, with nearly 6,500 people choosing to exclude themselves from all UK-licensed sites, which followed a 14% year-on-year increase in January when more than 7,000 people registered. There were […]

Crystal Palace has become the first Premier League club to partner with GAMSTOP, the UK’s free national self-exclusion scheme for online gambling. Anyone worried about their gambling can visit the GAMSTOP website to exclude themselves from all licensed online gambling sites in the UK, for an initial period of six months, one year, or five years. Users are also encouraged […]

GAMSTOP, the free, independent self-exclusion tool for people living in the UK, has announced that more than 55,000 women have registered to self-exclude from all online gambling sites through the tool. The proportion of women self-excluding through GAMSTOP has risen since the coronavirus pandemic struck last year. In March 2020, 26% of all registrants to GAMSTOP were women, a number […]

The Gambling Commission has announced that all online gambling operators must participate in the multi-operator self-exclusion scheme GAMSTOP. The scheme that has been developed for the online sector will allow consumers to self-exclude from online operators with one request rather than from each operator individually. With over 200 online operators this will make access to self-exclusion much simpler for those […]