iGaming Daily BetBlocker Funding Breakthrough | Ep. 751
Apr 13, 2026
Joe Streeter, iGaming Expert Editor offering regulator and safer-gambling analysis, and Duncan Garvie, CEO of BetBlocker who runs the international blocking-software charity. They unpack BetBlocker’s £1m OHID funding win and what evidence was needed. They discuss organisational changes for independence, plans to scale UK support, and the shifting safer-gambling funding landscape.
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Independence Drove Major Structural Change
- BetBlocker had to prove independence from industry funding to secure OHID support.
- That required splitting into separate UK and international organisations, changing trustees, and duplicating work to avoid industry influence.
Optimism Despite Political Turbulence
- Duncan is broadly optimistic about the UK's safer gambling trajectory despite political turbulence.
- He believes the sector will learn and improve over time and urges reasoned cross-spectrum dialogue to accelerate progress.
Explain Headline Funding Net Of Delivery Costs
- Be realistic about headline funding numbers and hidden costs when planning expansion.
- Duncan explains the £1m award is £500k per year and much is eaten by running two parallel services and duplicated development work.