{"id":777018624,"date":"2024-08-30T10:00:09","date_gmt":"2024-08-30T13:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777018624"},"modified":"2026-04-22T06:38:44","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T09:38:44","slug":"more-than-28000-australians-registered-for-betstop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/more-than-28000-australians-registered-for-betstop","title":{"rendered":"More than 28,000 Australians registered for BetStop"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Around 40 per cent of registrants have decided to self-exclude for life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Australia.-<strong>\u00a0The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA)\u00a0<\/strong>has reported\u00a0that more than 28,000 Australians have decided to self-exclude from all licensed online and phone wagering services since <strong>BetStop<\/strong> was <a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/australia-launches-betstop-self-exclusion-register\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">launched last August<\/a>. Around 40 per cent have decided to self-exclude for life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>ACMA chair <strong>Nerida O\u2019Loughlin <\/strong>said: &#8220;Online gambling can cause a great deal of harm to individuals, their families and friends, so it\u2019s encouraging that so many people have decided to take the step and register to self-exclude.\u00a0Younger Australians in particular are making early decisions about the role that online gambling will play in their lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Many people are also choosing to nominate someone to support them. Stopping online gambling can be a difficult decision to make \u2013 having someone to support you can make the decision much easier. And many people are committing to long-term change, with a high percentage of people choosing to exclude for life.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>he register allows people to self-exclude for a minimum of three months up to a lifetime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>See also:<\/strong> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/acma-blocks-4-more-offshore-gambling-websites\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ACMA blocks 4 more offshore gambling websites<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Around 40 per cent of registrants have decided to self-exclude for life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":17395,"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, has recorded over 28,000 registrations since its August launch, with 40% opting for lifetime exclusion. The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) highlights this uptake as a significant step in reducing online gambling harm, particularly among younger demographics.","focusai_entities":"Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA), Nerida O\u2019Loughlin, BetStop","focusai_location":"Australia","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.9), affiliate_publisher (0.7), product_ux (0.7), tech_data (0.7), marketing_crm (0.8), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"GGR Impact","query":"What is the projected long-term impact of BetStop's self-exclusion uptake, particularly the 40% lifetime exclusions, on the total addressable market and Gross Gaming Revenue (GGR) for licensed online wagering operators in Australia?"},{"label":"Regulatory Evolution","query":"How does the ACMA intend to leverage the initial BetStop adoption data to inform potential enhancements to the national self-exclusion framework or influence broader responsible gambling policy in Australia?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16336,23876],"tags":[6093],"class_list":["post-777018624","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-australasia-news","category-social-news","tag-acma"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777018624","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\/176"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777018624"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777018624\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777018648,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777018624\/revisions\/777018648"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17395"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777018624"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777018624"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777018624"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}