3,000 underage gamblers found by egaming firms last year

Island-based egaming companies found almost 3,000 underage gamblers on their sites last year.

The Gambling Supervision Commission has published a new report about responsible gambling over the last 12 months.

It says licencees refused or cancelled 2,972 underage gamblers' registrations in 2023.

Companies say 1 in 40 people use transaction-limiting controls to make sure they've not gambling irresponsibly, while less than one per cent of customers have banned themselves from websites.