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Australians will soon be able to ban themselves from all online gambling companies in every state and territory using just one form, almost five years after legislation was introduced to parliament.

A national self-exclusion register for online gambling dubbed “BetStop” will be launched on 21 August, the federal government says. It will replace systems in the states and territories that have been criticised as ineffective as they do not cover all bookmakers

There’s also an anonymous opinion piece from an affected person here: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jul/10/betstop-australian-anti-gambling-register?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

If you’re thinking “why can’t they just not gamble?” There’s also an excellent You Can’t Ask That episode about problem gamblers on iView (Season 2 if you’re looking for it).

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Now do one for problem drinkers

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

itd be nice if a thing like that existed everywhere

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago

that would just be unAustralian mate

[–] [email protected] -5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

We have this kind of system in Denmark too, seems like a good idea.

There are of course also assholes trying to profit off these poor people, if you search for the name of our system a site pops up with "HOW TO PLAY OUTSIDE THE SYSTEM!!"..

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's horrible. People who exploit others' addictions are the worst kind of scum.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

How's that not illegal or cracked down on?

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