{"id":777012046,"date":"2023-12-20T09:52:48","date_gmt":"2023-12-20T12:52:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777012046"},"modified":"2026-04-22T14:32:46","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T17:32:46","slug":"australia-more-than-13000-register-with-betstop-in-first-four-months","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/australia-more-than-13000-register-with-betstop-in-first-four-months","title":{"rendered":"Australia: more than 13,000 register with BetStop in first four months"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>BetStop launched in August.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Australia.- <strong>BetStop<\/strong> received <strong>13,608 registrants between August and November<\/strong>. The nationwide self-exclusion register, which was <a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/australia-launches-betstop-self-exclusion-register\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">launched in August<\/a>, enables people to voluntarily exclude themselves from all online gambling platforms across every state and territory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to authorities, the vast majority of those who have chosen to self-exclude are <strong>under 40 years of age<\/strong>. The most common registration period selected is for a lifetime, followed by three months to two years. Some 4,124 people from New South Wales have registered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>BetStop covers all licensed Australian interactive wagering service providers, both online and telephone-based. Providers are prohibited from opening accounts or accepting bets for self-excluded people and from sending them promotional material. Providers are obligated to promote BetStop on their websites, apps and marketing materials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Registrants can opt for self-exclusion periods ranging from a minimum of three months to life via a single free-of-charge registration. Those already on state or territory self-exclusion registers are not automatically transferred to the national replacement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>See also: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/australia-northern-territory-gamblers-lost-nearly-au150m-on-slots-in-last-financial-year\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/australia-northern-territory-gamblers-lost-nearly-au150m-on-slots-in-last-financial-year\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Australia: Northern Territory gamblers lost nearly AU$150m on slots in last financial year<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BetStop launched in August.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":226,"featured_media":21071,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Australia's national self-exclusion register, BetStop, launched in August, has registered 13,608 individuals by November, with the majority under 40 years old opting for lifetime exclusion. This initiative mandates all licensed interactive wagering service providers to prohibit account opening, betting, and promotional material for self-excluded individuals, while also requiring them to promote BetStop on their platforms. The significant uptake underscores the evolving regulatory landscape and its direct impact on operator compliance and market dynamics.","focusai_entities":"","focusai_location":"Australia, New South Wales","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.95), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (1.0), operator_casino (1.0), affiliate_publisher (0.85), product_ux (0.8), tech_data (0.9), marketing_crm (0.95), payments_fraud_aml (0.75), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.85), journalist_researcher (0.98)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Impact on GGR?","query":"What is the projected impact of BetStop's registrant numbers on the Gross Gaming Revenue (GGR) of licensed Australian interactive wagering service providers, considering the demographic profile of self-excluded individuals?"},{"label":"Compliance Costs?","query":"What are the estimated incremental operational and technological compliance costs for B2C operators to fully integrate with BetStop's requirements, including CRM segmentation and platform modifications?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16336,23876],"tags":[24373],"class_list":["post-777012046","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-australasia-news","category-social-news","tag-betstop"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777012046","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/226"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777012046"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777012046\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777012049,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777012046\/revisions\/777012049"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21071"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777012046"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777012046"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777012046"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}