As part of Safer Gambling Week, harm prevention charity BetBlocker today announces the launch of its improved app dashboard.
BetBlocker, which provides blocking software to help people manage or restrict their access to online gambling services, is unique in adopting a charitable model for this type of support, and facilitating users accessing protection both free of charge and anonymously.
The improved app dashboard by BetBlocker will include signposting for other types of support, a national gambling support phone number, a national gambling self-exclusion register, and a national information resource, for almost 50 countries.
BetBlocker’s Founder and Managing Trustee, Duncan Garvie made the following comments on this upgrade:
“Blocking software is a fantastic tool to support harm minimisation efforts. But it is just one tool, not a complete solution in its own right. Far more significant reductions in harm can be achieved where different types of support are used in conjunction with each other.
The UK has previously led the way in this area with the TalkBanStop campaign. We want to roll out a similar approach to the layering of support in as many countries as possible. So BetBlocker is looking to lead by example, signposting relevant support for our hundreds of thousands of users, wherever appropriate and relevant services exist.”
The new dashboard will also include information on academic research that BetBlocker users can participate in and support.
Garvie added:
“The stigma associated with gambling harm can make engaging participants to support crucial research challenging. BetBlocker’s users are exactly the kind of audience that can help researchers better understand how to most effectively reduce harm. BetBlocker is looking to support academic research teams to reach the type of participants that help them expand our understanding of how people interact with gambling.”
About BetBlocker
BetBlocker, a charity registered in the United Kingdom and United States. It is a not-for-profit that provides the only free, and anonymous to access, gambling blocking software in the world. BetBlocker has supported over a quarter of a million active users in 2025 and sees high levels of user engagement on every populated continent.
