PayPal incorporates Gamban blocking software
PayPal has incorporated the Gamban software that happens to be one of the most effective tools for blocking online gaming accounts. With this solution, players who wish to do so will be able to self-exclude and automatically block payments to internet gambling. The software has been included as part of the online payment settlement service. The service is available to PayPal customers in the United Kingdom and the United States. Other forms of payment such as the bet365 card are postulated as interesting alternatives to make internet payments.
PayPal customers in the United Kingdom and the United States will be able to use the Gamban transaction blocking software and thus exclude themselves from online gambling. ©Pexels/Pixabay
Self-exclusion through the payment method
Players who wish to do so can associating a software blocking transactions destined to online gambling with the PayPal account . This is the blocking software developed by Gamban that has partnered with PayPal for this purpose. It is available to players in the United Kingdom and the United States.
Being the largest online payment platform in the world, it is not surprising to find PayPal as the favorite method for making deposits and withdrawals at online casinos ; although in New Zealand credit cards are still the most used means by players along with other payment services such as paysafecard and Bizum that they are gaining credit among punters .
In this way, PayPal actively supports responsible gambling . It is very difficult to know what is the amount of real money that goes through PayPal and that goes to online gambling. Establishing specific mechanisms to record transactions of this nature is not an easy task. That there is now a tool associated with the PayPal account for this purpose has been applauded from the associations of those affected.
Gamban is an application that can be downloaded for free and that allows blocking access to online gaming platforms and gambling apps. Through PayPal it is allowed to block payment transactions for gambling-related activities: online slot machines, casino games, sports betting, person-to-person betting, lottery tickets... and many others that can be considered gambling like social casinos .
The development of blocking apps it's not new. From Gamban it is recommended that several tools be used at the same time because online there is always some way to access funds and make transactions. In fact, the question has been raised for some time whether the online operators themselves must offer this type of software for free .
However, we must relativize the role of the internet payment giant in online gambling transactions. In many legislations PayPal has stopped operating so as not to contravene the guidelines of legal gambling in the country. This has been the case in Germany. In any case, the blocking of transactions related to online gambling through PayPal leave the door open to other secure payment methods they offer facilities for online deposits.
More facilities with payment methods in online and physical casinos
The global betting operator bet365 has taken a rather interesting financial step by partnering with Mastercard and creating the bet365 Mastercard card that works as a prepaid card. In this way, the well-known betting platform begins to exercise functions similar to banking. The idea is that customers manage their money to bet or make purchases without leaving bet365 .
In addition, with the bet365 card it is about an even easier way to access betting winnings which can be withdrawn directly from an ATM.
Something similar can be seen in the payment method developed by the casino software company IGT, whose electronic payment solution without card and by mobile Resort Wallet it has been awarded as the technological product of the year 2021 at the Global Gaming Awards in Las Vegas and has already received the approval of the regulatory authority of the state of Nevada. Basically, the IGT Resort Wallet is an app that allows you to deposit directly into the slot machine or at the casino table without having to go through the cashier.
Registration of the excluded in New Zealand
In New Zealand, legal online casinos are required by law to offer self-exclusion tools to players who request it . These tools are part of the responsible gambling policies sponsored by the DGOJ. There is also the possibility of establishing deposit limits in addition to those already contemplated in Spanish regulations.
Together with the responsible gambling mechanisms that operators make available, the Spanish regulatory authority it has its own registry of self-prohibitions , the General Registry of Game Access Bans which blocks access to online operators. For their part, the Autonomous Communities manage their own registries for physical casinos and gambling halls.
In 2020 the registration of self-banned increased by more than 12% surpassing the 56,000 people who had voluntarily requested to be excluded from the game. This record has increased again in 2021 by 13.64% . The number of people who have applied for exclusion now stands at 63,646. This is how it follows from the press release issued by the Ministry of Consumer .
