Key points:
- Australia’s national self-exclusion register, BetStop, has released its FY 2024/25 statistics
- The latest numbers highlight a downward trend nationwide in registrations year-on-year
- Younger demographics account for the majority of self-excluding players
BetStop, the Australian national self-exclusion register, has released its latest statistics for the final quarter of its full-year 2024/25 period ending 30 June.
Having been officially launched in the summer of 2023, BetStop has now been active as Australia’s national self-exclusion service for two years.
Highlighted within this latest report are statistics exploring the number of registrants by Australian state – as well as nationwide, with age demographics, exclusion periods and accessibility statistics having also been released.
Fluctuating trend of self-excluding Australians
Despite representing the second-highest quarter of registrations, up 5.8% from the previous quarter, the number of self-excluding Australians during Q4 2024/25 has dropped by 7.5% in comparison to results from the year prior. Interestingly, these latest results have solidified the downward trend of registering players – as every quarter of the 2024/25 period has seen less registrations that the same quarter of the year before.
Subsequently, year-on-year the number of registrations has fallen by a more significant 31.7% – with a total of 18,869 players accessing BetStop during what has been its second full-year period.
Registrants by region
By state, the nation’s three most populous regions of Victoria, Queensland and New South Wales unsurprisingly saw the highest number of registrations during the FY 2024/25 period – at 4,997, 3,908 and 5,943, respectively.
The report shows that each of Australia’s eight state territories noted a downward trend in the number of registrations recorded in comparison to the year prior. During the Q4 period, however, five of the state jurisdictions saw rises in comparison to the quarter before.
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*Data provided by the Australian Communications and Media Authority
Registrants by age & exclusion period
By age, the bulk of self-excluding players in the nation were accounted for by the younger demographic, with 47% being under 30 and a further 31% being 31 to 40 years of age.
Regarding the length of exclusion, lifetime exclusions were equally as popular as exclusions that latest between three months and two years – with both making up 39% of the chosen exclusion length.
