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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Henry Belot

National online gambling self-exclusion register faces pushback from crucial NT regulator

Man gambling online on a laptop
The new national register BetStop would allow people to ban themselves from all online gambling companies and stop receiving wagering promotions for at least three months. Photograph: Robin Utrecht/Rex/Shutterstock

The Northern Territory regulator responsible for overseeing almost all online gambling companies in Australia has criticised a proposed national self-exclusion register, vowing to continue its own low-tech and burdensome system unless changes are made.

It raises the prospect of multiple self-exclusion registers existing at once, despite the NT regulator admitting it has not invested in its “very labour intensive and low tech” system that runs primarily from Microsoft Excel.

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