There has been an increase in people self-excluding from online gambling, a report by GAMSTOP has shown. The national self-exclusion scheme revealed that new registrations between 2022 and 2023 have grown by 9.5% year-on-year.
In fact, 2023 was a record year for self-exclusions, with more than 92,000 vulnerable consumers registering with GAMSTOP. May in that year also proved to be a record month, with 8,591 new signees.
Closing in on its sixth year anniversary, GAMSTOP was first established in April 2018, and has since helped a total of 433,357 people.
The self-exclusion scheme has been pivotal in raising the awareness of gambling harm among people of all ages, including the younger generation, with GAMSTOP reporting a 31% YoY growth of registered people between the ages of 16 and 24 in the second half of 2023.
