Casino Guru Academy launches free self-exclusion course created with BetBlocker International

Casino Guru Academy has launched Advanced Insights: Self-Exclusion Best Practice, a new course developed with expert input from BetBlocker International to provide expert-backed practical recommendations for iGaming operators to handle self-exclusion more effectively and protect vulnerable players.

Self-exclusion is an important tool for safer gambling that is required in many regulated markets. However, rules for self-exclusion often vary between countries, regions, and operators. These differences can create gaps in player protection and make it harder for operators to manage.

Casino Guru Academy created this course to close these gaps. It provides a practical plan for checking, improving, or creating self-exclusion systems, along with a 30-day implementation guide.

It is built on the Recommended Code of Practice for online self-exclusion, published in 2025 and developed by Dr. Margaret Carran in collaboration with Casino Guru and a team of 10 iGaming professionals.

Šimon Vincze, the Head of Safer and Sustainable Gaming at Casino Guru, says:

"We wanted to give operators guidance they can actually use. To be clear, we don’t aim to replace local regulation or create a rigid global rulebook. We want to spread the findings on what self-exclusion best practice looks like and how operators can adapt it to fit their market, teams, and players."

The course further fucuses on a multi-layered approach to player protection, showing that self-exclusion is most effective when combined with other tools and services, such as blocking software, helplines, treatment programs, and additional safer gambling resources.

Part of the course was developed directly with BetBlocker International, a free gambling-blocking tool, to explain how blocking software can support self-exclusion and help prevent vulnerable players from gambling.

Pedro Romero, the CEO of BetBlocker Internationalcomments on the work:

"This course will helpoperators committed to player protectionunderstand how to provide additional safeguards when a player decides to self-exclude.Self-exclusion should be supported by clear signposting to support services and practical blocking tools, which can play an important role in helping people maintain their decision across operators, whether they want to minimise harm or stop completely. BetBlocker International exists to make those protections free, anonymous and accessible to anyone who needs them."

The launch of Advanced Insights: Self-Exclusion Best Practice supports Casino Guru Academy’s goal to present iGaming professionals with valuable free education. The course is now available through the Casino Guru Academy website and will be presented at iGB L!VE London 2026, one of the major events for the global iGaming industry.

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