Stopping and self-exclusion
How self-exclusion works under section 115 of the Gambling Control Act, 2025 and the 2026 operations regulations, and where to ask for help.
When a budget no longer holds, the law offers a harder stop. The steps and deadlines are taken from the Act and the 2026 regulations.
- What happens when your self-exclusion period ends in Kenya
What Kenyan rules say about the end of a self-exclusion period: expiry, the removal application on Form SE-B, renewal, and what to set up before the date.
- Does self-exclusion cover every betting operator in Kenya?
What a self-exclusion reaches in Kenya: the Form 1 scope options, the national register that licensees must check, and where the rules stop.
- What happens to your balance and open bets when you self-exclude
What Kenyan law says happens to the money in your betting account when you self-exclude, and what it leaves unsaid about open bets and pending winnings.
- Can a family member block a betting account in Kenya?
Regulation 78 lets a family member apply to the Gambling Regulatory Authority to exclude someone from betting. Grounds, process and limits explained.
- Self-exclusion periods in Kenya: 24 hours to permanent
Which self-exclusion periods exist in Kenya: the 24-hour operator tool, the 6-month to indefinite Form 1 periods, permanent exclusion and renewal rules.
- How to self-exclude from betting in Kenya
The steps for self-exclusion under section 115 of the Gambling Control Act, 2025: who to notify, the form, the periods and what operators must do.