GAMSTOP is a single form that shuts every UKGC-licensed gambling site and app out of your life at once. It is free. It takes a few minutes. It is the most effective thing most people can do in an afternoon.
How it works
You register with your name, date of birth, address, email and mobile number. You choose a minimum period: six months, one year, or five years.
Every operator licensed by the UK Gambling Commission is required to integrate with the scheme and check it. Your existing accounts are closed. New ones cannot be opened. Marketing stops.
It does not lapse quietly at the end of the term. After the minimum period expires, the exclusion remains in force until you actively contact GAMSTOP to lift it, and there is a seven-day cooling-off period before it does. You are not going to lift it on impulse at two in the morning, which is exactly the scenario it was designed around.
What it does not cover, honestly stated
GAMSTOP covers operators licensed in Great Britain. It does not cover offshore sites that accept British players without a GB licence.
That gap is real, and it is exploited. There is a category of site that markets itself specifically as a "non-GAMSTOP casino" — advertising, as its principal feature, that it will accept the deposits of a person who has formally asked to be prevented from depositing.
BetJury does not list, link to, review or accept commission from any operator that markets itself as a route around self-exclusion. There is no version of that business we are willing to be paid by. If we find one, it goes on the blacklist.
Do it alongside the rest
Pair GAMSTOP with blocking software (BetBlocker is free; Gamban is paid), a gambling block on your bank card, and deleting the apps. Each closes a different door.
Free, confidential help, 24 hours a day: National Gambling Helpline 0808 8020 133, and our responsible gambling page.