Gamstop is great, it seems to block you from all the betting shops, casinos etc.
The problem I have is with the slots, so I registered with Gamstop and everything got blocked. The thing is is that I use Betfred so I can do my American lottery online and also the Mega Millions. Doing the lottery for some reason is not a problem for me as I place the numbers on for the month and then leave it (I don’t spend any more), but because of the above, I am now locked out of Betfred for the next 5 years as well as all the other online casinos.
As a result, I now go into the Bookies to put the lotteries on and although the odds are worse, it is completely offset in the fact that I’m not spaffing lots of money by being tempted by the slots. For me I should have really used the Gamban software as I would be able to play the lotteries on my mobile (Its a Huawei so the Gamban wouldn’t work anyways), but am now completely locked out of every account.
So for anyone who wants to stop gambling all together, Gamstop is really good as it blocks all your accounts for at least 6 months.
But if anyone who is like me has a problem with the slots, but likes to dabble in the online lotteries and the odd bet, please be aware that this will self exclude you from a lot of sites and cannot be reversed. Good luck to all who sign up through this and I hope that you will all get through it.