UK-facing online gambling operators have unveiled the name of their new national online self-exclusion scheme to better protect vulnerable gamblers who have difficulty controlling their gambling activity.

On Thursday, the Remote Gambling Association (RGA) trade group announced that it would soon launch its new GAMSTOP program, which aims to meet the responsible gambling conditions specified in the UK’s Gambling (Advertising and Licensing) Act 2014.

GAMSTOP will enable UK punters to exclude themselves from all UK Gambling Commission-licensed remote gambling operators through a single visit to the GAMSTOP website. In addition, the GAMSTOP site will offer other measures to allow problem gamblers to better manage their activity and help steer these individuals to third-party advice and support services.

Fiona Palmer, the RGA’s director of social responsibility, said that with the self-exclusion program’s “branding now established and process design well established, the focus in the coming months will be on technology integration and industry communication.”