New service will let Aussies bar themselves from betting

The federal authorities will make BetStop, a “national self-exclusion register for online wagering”, accessible from August 21, 2023.

Australians will be capable of register with BetStop to voluntarily self-exclude from all 150 Australian licensed interactive wagering service suppliers from a minimal of three months, to a lifetime.

Wagering service suppliers (each on-line and phone-based) won’t be allowed to open an account or settle for a wager from self-excluded people, or ship them advertising and marketing materials.

People will be capable of register with BetStop for free and in a single go.

The authorities will even introduce necessary verification, that means playing suppliers must affirm a buyer’s id after they register for a brand new account and earlier than they’ll place a wager.

Currently the requirement for ID verification offers suppliers 72 hours to verify.

Gambling suppliers will even have to advertise BetStop, together with on their web sites and apps, and thru advertising and marketing materials to prospects.