A collaborative initiative involving the national gambling helpline Linka pomoci pre problémy s hraním and BetBlocker, the charity providing free, anonymous gambling blocking software, will extend its support to include the Slovak language.
The Slovakian population already exhibits a high level of engagement. BetBlocker has assisted numerous Slovakian users this year and is set to nearly double the number of users in Slovakia during the current year.
In recent years, Slovakia has experienced a notable increase in the demand for assistance related to gambling-related harm, as observed in numerous countries. In July 2025, the Slovak national self-exclusion registry (RVO) exceeded 20k signed-up users for the first time, and a report released by the Institute of Gambling Regulation in Slovakia (IPRHH) in August 2025 underscored rising worries that up to 300k Slovakians were using illegal gambling operators, with 13.1% of survey participants indicating they did this to bypass an RVO exclusion.
BetBlocker’s app-driven support effectively blocks both the legal and illegal gambling markets, assisting users in more firmly implementing their gambling restrictions.
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.”
