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UK – GAMSTOP marks fifth anniversary with highest numberof self-exclusions in a single month

The UK’s independent online self-exclusion scheme, GAMSTOP, recorded 8,504 registrations in March, its highest ever figure in a single month, and a 24 per cent year-on-year increase. 

Skok brez primere v samoizključitvah prihaja na predvečer pete obletnice ustanovitve GAMSTOP-a. Storitev je bila uvedena aprila 2018, marca 2020 pa je postala licenčni pogoj za vse operaterje v Združenem kraljestvu, da se vključijo v shemo, poleg tega, da izvajajo lastne sheme samoizključitve.

Več kot 365,000 ljudi se je registriralo pri GAMSTOP od njegove ustanovitve do konca marca 2023 in se odločilo, da se bodo izključili iz vseh operaterjev v Združenem kraljestvu za obdobje šestih mesecev, enega leta ali petih let, pri čemer jih je skoraj 330,000 še vedno izključenih.

Najverjetnejša razlaga za porast samoizključitev je bil festival v Cheltenhamu, ki je potekal od 12. do 15. marca in je privabil na stotine milijonov funtov v stavah. Največ dni za prijave je bilo takoj po festivalu.

GAMSTOP je pred kratkim naročil neodvisni raziskovalni agenciji Sonnet, da opravi intervju z vzorcem svojih uporabnikov, po celoviti oceni storitve v letu 2021, ki je pokazala, da se jih je 84 % po registraciji počutilo varnejše pred škodo, povezano z igrami na srečo, in imeli večji nadzor nad svojim igranjem na srečo.

Intervjuvanci so povedali, da je GAMSTOP zagotovil pomembno varnostno mrežo in da jim je vedenje o izključitvi pomagalo pri okrevanju, saj so se počutili varne. Mnogi so želeli imeti možnost doživljenjske izključitve in menili, da bi to pomagalo pokazati resnost zasvojenosti z igrami na srečo, podobno kot alkohol ali droge, in odstraniti družbeno stigmo.

Fiona Palmer, CEO of GAMSTOP, said: “Our most recent data shows that, five years after our inception, GAMSTOP is providing an increasingly important service to potentially vulnerable consumers who want to take a break from gambling. The record monthly registrations shows that we cannot underestimate the demand for  a scheme such as GAMSTOP. It is extremely important that we continue to raise awareness to make sure that anyone who needs us knows about us. We also need to continue to listen to our users and develop and improve the scheme to meet their needs.

GAMSTOP registrant Jack Scott spokeabout the impact GAMSTOP has had on his life:  “I signed up to GAMSTOP in December 2020 and its impact has been nothing short of life-changing. Prior to signing up for GAMSTOP, I suffered from a lengthy addiction to online gambling that saw me gamble away a terrifying amount of money, often money which I didn’t have. 

Since then, I’ve been able to take comfort in the fact that I am unable to access or gamble on those online sites and have been able to commit myself to my real passion of ultrarunning, something I simply wouldn’t have been able to do without GAMSTOP. 

I encourage anyone who thinks that they might be suffering from a gambling-related issue to research GAMSTOP or to take advantage of the TalkBanStop partnership, which combines self-exclusion with device blocking software, bank blocks and getting the support you might need through Gamcare”.