BetBlocker expands support service to Syrian Arabic

BetBlocker has announced an expanded support service for its self-exclusion tool, with the charity listing a new language - Syrian Arabic.

BetBlocker has been rapidly expanding its network of support languages, guided by a core principle that the people who need help the most should receive it in their native tongue, no matter where they are based geographically. Founder and Trustee for BetBlocker, Duncan Garvie, has welcomed the opportunity to see the tool and support service expanded to yet another critical language whose speakers need support. I’m always really happy when BetBlocker can line up priorities for where our work for mature markets also facilitates us extending protections to underserved populations. Our project to deliver Ukrainian as a part of the Improving Outcomes for Minority Communities fund via GambleAware in the UK was a great example of a project that met the needs of the UK funding system, while concurrently extending the support we could offer to an entirely new project.

BetBlocker acknowledged that the years of conflict in Syria have resulted in the displacement of millions of people, with immigrants and minorities particularly susceptible to gambling-related harm, thus stressing the need to have support resources available to them. BetBlocker’s uptake in Syria is climbing rapidly at the moment, and this new launch should ensure that far more people who need support can access it, Garvie said. BetBlocker offers people who opt in for its solution an immediate ability to exclude themselves from over 339,000 gambling websites and 1,500 gambling apps.