France has launched a digital format of its self-exclusion registry in the hopes of making it easier for people who may experience gambling-related harm.
The idea is to make the tool more readily available and bolster l’Autorité Nationale des Jeux’s efforts to minimize the impact of excessive gambling.
French Gamblers Now Can Self-Exclude with a Few Clicks
Instead of visiting a physical location, anyone interested in restricting their gambling would be able to do so with a few easy steps and by visiting the new website: interdictiondejeux.anj.fr.
Anyone who wishes to enter the register simply needs to use IDnow to confirm their registration and exclude themselves from licensed operators. However, the threat remains illegal ones, which continue to target the French market unchecked.
In the meantime, self-exclusions have been on the rise, with a total of 85,000 people registered – 40,000 people enrolled since 2021, a tremendous jump. The digitalization of the self-exclusion registry and replacing the obligation to go to a police station and fill out paperwork is a welcome step forward, and it will most likely lead to a rapid growth in the people who enroll.
Register to Undergo Further Enhancements
Presently, young adults make up about 23% of the people who self-exclude, the age group 18-24. The regulator also notes that 77% of people who enroll are men, suggesting that the problem tends to tilt towards one group more pronouncedly.
The regulator, though, is planning to further innovate the solution and empower enrollers further by offering them the opportunity to access documentation and track their exclusion, as well as request to be taken off the list.
However, a minimum period of three years will always apply before any such request can be filed.