BetStop at Three Years: What Part 7B Covers, and the Pokies and Casino Games It Cannot Reach
Last reviewed: 29 September 2026. As at this date, BetStop, the National Self Exclusion Register, has operated for a little over three years under Part 7B of the Interactive Gambling Act 2001 (Cth). It covers licensed online and telephone wagering, and nothing else. Its design follows the federal line drawn by section 15: because no Australian licence permits online casino games, there is no licensed online casino provider for the register to bind, and state regulated venue pokies sit outside it entirely. Federal: what Part 7B establishes BetStop was created by amendments that inserted Part 7B into the Interactive Gambling Act 2001 (Cth), and became operational on 21 August 2023. It is a single register that a person joins once, rather than a set of provider by provider exclusions. Its reach is defined by the providers it binds: licensed interactive wagering service providers, around 150 of them according to the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA). It does not rep...