BetBlocker partners with Linka pomoci pre problémy s hraním to expand support to Slovakia.

A joint project between national gambling helpline Linka pomoci pre problémy s hraním and BetBlocker, the charity delivering free, anonymous, gambling blocking software will see the blocking software expand its support to include Slovakian.

Engagement is already very strong within the Slovakian population. BetBlocker has supported hundreds of Slovakian users already this year, and is on track to almost double user uptake in Slovakia this year.

As has been seen in many countries, in recent years Slovakia has seen significant growth in requests for support with gambling harm. In July 2025, the Slovakian national self-exclusion register (RVO) passed 20k registered users for the first time, and a report published by the Institute of Gambling Regulation in Slovakia (IPRHH) in August 2025 highlighted growing concerns that as many as 300k Slovakians accessed illegal gambling operators, with 13.1% of respondents reporting they did so to circumvent an RVO exclusion.

BetBlocker’s app based support blocks both the legal and illegal gambling market with equal ease, helping users to more robustly enforce their gambling restriction.

Founder and Trustee for BetBlocker, Duncan Garvie, offered these comments:

“We are really pleased to cooperate with Linka pomoci pre problémy s hraním to expand our support to Slovakia. Cooperating with local stakeholders to help expand awareness of the help that BetBlocker offers is the single most effective approach to reaching the audience that would benefit from BetBlocker. National support organisations have a understanding of their community and how to effectively communicate support messaging that BetBlocker’s small team could not hope to achieve independently.

BetBlocker is already experiencing rapidly growing uptake of support in Slovakia. This collaboration will supercharge that growth, ensuring that thousands of additional people, and their families and loved ones, have an additional option when it comes to finding help.

BetBlocker would like to offer our heartfelt thanks to Linka pomoci pre problémy s hraním for helping us become more effective communicators to people experiencing gambling harm in Slovakia.”

Erik Kovac, a psychologist of Slovak gambling hotline Linka pomoci pre problémy s hraním, added the following:

“BetBlocker is one of the standard first-aid tools we recommend for people who call our helpline and want to limit their online gambling. It is a great project and we are grateful for this collaboration.”