Petition · Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade
Review regulation of gambling self-exclusion schemes
Closed
31 signatures
What the petition asks
I call on the Government to review the regulation of gambling self-exclusion schemes, as I believe it is too easy for people to bypass self-exclusion systems.
Gambling companies are required by their licences to check self-exclusions lists. But being a recovering addict, I always found a way to join sites by a change in name, spelling, mixing around words in my address, different emails etc from the ones I registered with the self-exclusion site. The worst of my gambling was 2023 and I self-excluded in 2020 for 5 years. I think this should never have been allowed to happen and the rules should be changed to strengthen ID verification.
Timeline
| 20 Jan 2025 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 20 Jul 2025 | Closed to new signatures |
Key facts
Signatures
31
Status
Closed
Department
Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade
Opened
20 Jan 2025
Closed
20 Jul 2025
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 30 Aug 2026.