Maybe you’ve heard of GAMSTOP before. GAMSTOP helps you control your online gambling.
GAMSTOP is a free service for users. GAMSTOP is available to anyone resident within the United Kingdom (Great Britain and Northern Ireland) only and was founded specifically to monitor and help players who have or are at risk of having gambling problems.
You can register yourself as a player here. But it is also possible for a casino to notice problematic gaming behaviour among players and then issue a registration.
GAMSTOP targets both problem gambling and to treat gambling problems. A player who exhibited risky behaviour in the past can register himself as a precautionary measure to get ahead of potential problems.
If a player is registered as a problem gambler by the casino itself, this is primarily to ensure that things do not get further out of hand. Incidentally, the casino is not obliged to offer help at that point. The ultimate responsibility still lies with the player.
The big advantage of GAMSTOP is that it is one central register. So for people with gambling problems, it is no longer possible to start with a ‘clean slate’ at a different casino each time. You can find more information about GAMSTOP in on their website.