Sweden’s gambling regulator says 10k adults have formally blocked themselves from accessing the country’s new online gambling licensees.

On Tuesday, the Spelinspektionen regulatory body (formerly Lotteriinspektionen) announced that 10k Swedish adults had registered with Spelpaus.se, the new national gambling self-exclusion registry that took effect on January 1 alongside the new regulated online gambling market.

In October, the regulator first unveiled its plans for the new Spelpaus program, which must be checked by all Swedish-licensed online gambling operators before sending any marketing to or accepting any wagers from Swedish customers. All operators must clearly feature a link to the Spelpaus site on their websites.

Spelinspektionen says the majority of the Spelpaus registrants to date have opted for total exclusion, although there are options for ‘time outs’ of anywhere from one to six months. Regulatory spokesperson Anders Sims said social media mentions showed a high approval rate for the introduction of the Spelpaus program.