Self-Exclusion

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GAMBLING SELF-EXCLUSION SCHEMES

What you can do to help yourself:

When trying to refrain from gambling activities or trying to stop your gambling escalating and causing you serious harm, there are prevention tools you can put in place to help you do this. Below you will see two schemes that you can use to help you STOP gambling and remove the temptation that may still exist.

GAMSTOP- NATIONAL SCHEME:

The national online self-exclusion scheme GAMSTOP, is a not for profit organization initially set up by the Remote Gambling Association [RGA] to design, introduce and run a national online self-exclusion system to meet the aims of the gambling commissions licence conditions and codes of practice [LCCP].

REGISTRATION IS FREE
BLOCKS ALL ONLINE GAMBLING SITES IN UK
AGE AND IDENTITY CHECKS TO BE COMPLETED
REGISTRATION ONLY TAKES A FEW MINUTES
OPERATOR CHECKS CARRIED OUT
YOUR NAME ADDED TO NATIONAL SECURE DATABASE
SAFE AND SECURE
EXCLUSION MINIMUM PERIOD IS 6 MONTHS
CAN NOT REMOVE FROM DATABASE DURING THE 6 MONTHS
YOU CAN REMOVE YOURSELF ONCE MINIMUM PERIOD EXPIRES
PERSONAL ACCOUNT CREATED AFTER REGISTRATION [UPDATE]
SIGN POSTING GUIDANCE GIVEN FOR TREATMENT SUPPORT SERVICES
ALL OPERATORS MUST SIGN UP TO GAMSTOP [LCCP]
OVER 165.000 INDIVIDUALS HAVE SIGNED UP [TO DATE-2020]
OVER 165.000 INDIVIDUALS HAVE SIGNED UP [TO DATE-2020]

LAND BASED SELF-EXCLUSION SCHEME:

You can use the self-exclusion scheme to ban yourself from either your local bookmaker, or all bookmakers in your local area, known as area exclusion, or all bookmakers nationally. Remember this scheme is for land-based gambling only, so it does not extend to online gambling, for which there are other schemes we have highlighted. See below details of self-exclusion for land-based gambling only:

APPLY IN PERSON IN BETTING SHOP IF ONLY SINGLE SHOP EXCLUSION REQUIRED
ID/PHOTO NEEDED TO REGISTER
AREA EXCLUSION TO BE DONE ONLINE OR VIA TELEPHONE TO GAMBLE AWARE HELPLINE.
MINIMUM PERIOD IS 6 MONTHS
MAXIMUM PERIOD IS 5 YEARS
NATIONAL EXCLUSION ALSO AVAILABLE VIA ONLINE/TELEPHONE
BINGO AND CASINO SELF-EXCLUSION REQUIRES YOU TO VISIT THEIR PREMISES IN PERSON
CASINO EXCLUSION CAN ALSO BE DONE VIA THE -SELF ENROLMENT NATIONAL SELF-EXCLUSION [SENSE] WEBSITE

Ultimately the decision to enter gambling premises or open online accounts, where you have self-excluded, is entirely yours, which is why it is so important you are fully committed to change and want to do something about you gambling issues.

For more information on self-exclusion, please see contact numbers below:

GAMBLING HELPLINE- 0808 8020 133

GAMSTOP- 0800 138 6518

GAMBLEAWARE- 0808 8020 133

NATIONAL PROBLEM GAMBLING CLINIC- 0207 381 7722

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