Betting firms may be forced to provide free self-exclusion tools

Regulator to consider use of software to protect vulnerable people and problem gamblers

Gambling companies could be forced to provide customers free of charge with software blocking them from betting, under proposals to be considered by the industry regulator.

The Gambling Commission has launched a call for evidence looking at ways to better protect vulnerable people and problem gamblers by changing the industry’s code of practice, after identifying weaknesses.

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