How to Register with Gamstop Online to Block Online Gambling

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Registering with Gamstop Online blocks your access to accounts on gambling websites and apps. According to the site, the process is free, quick, and easy. You need to sign up once, then keep your details up to date so the block continues to protect you. The site also notes that you can extend your registration through your account.

What the block covers

Gamstop Online is aimed at online gambling only. The site describes the block as covering "accounts on gambling websites and apps." It also points to separate options for other kinds of control, including Gamstop Betting Shops for blocking yourself from betting shops, gambling blocking software for your devices, and advice and support from specialist organisations.

How to register

  1. Go to gamstop.co.uk and choose Register now. The site presents this as the starting point for taking control of your gambling.
  2. Complete the registration. The site says the process is free, quick, and easy, and that registering blocks your access to accounts on gambling websites and apps.
  3. After you have signed up, use Log in to your account to manage your block. The site says you should keep your details up to date so the block can continue to protect you, and that you can extend your registration there.

Expected result: your access to accounts on gambling websites and apps is blocked, and you have an account you can log in to in order to manage or extend the block.

Who it is for

The site frames registration as useful in more than one situation:

  • You want to stop or take a break. The site says that even if you feel in control of your gambling, you might want a break to save money or focus on other things.
  • You want to support someone close to you. The site has a section for people worried about someone else or affected by their gambling. In one account on the site, Hannah says her partner registered to get his gambling under control, and she registered too so he couldn't use her details to gamble online, which gave her a sense of security.
  • You have already registered. In that case, log in to keep your details current or to extend your registration.

Common sticking points

  • Keeping details current. The site explicitly says the block depends on your details staying up to date, so plan to log in and check them if anything changes.
  • Extending the block. Extension is handled through your account rather than at sign-up, so use the login route when your original registration period is coming to an end.
  • Online only. Gamstop Online blocks accounts on gambling websites and apps. If you also want to block betting shops or add device-level blocking, the site directs you to its other support options.

After you register

The site presents Gamstop Online as "just the start." It says many people who use it also use Gamstop Betting Shops, install gambling blocking software on their devices, or get advice and support from specialist organisations. Its Get more support section is the entry point for those options.