Identify
Candidate sites surface from reviewed sources, reported patterns, and known operator networks — not from watching anyone's browsing.
How a website becomes a number.
Behind every figure on the updates page is the same careful process: identify, classify, review, count. Here's exactly how it works — and, just as importantly, where it stops.
Classify
Each candidate is filed as a gambling operator — a sportsbook, a casino, or the company running one — or set aside.
Review
A person confirms the classification before anything ships. Nothing is added on an automated guess alone.
Count
Confirmed entries go into a release. The figures you see are read directly from that release — nothing in between.
What “added” and “retired” mean
+ Added
An entry only counts as added once a reviewer has confirmed it. Candidates still waiting on review are never counted early.
Retired
When an entry is folded into another, corrected, or no longer applies, it is retired — so the count reflects what is really maintained, not everything ever touched.
We share the numbers. We never share the list.
A public list of exactly what is blocked is a roadmap for getting around it. The more precise we were, the easier we would make the very thing GuardianBlock exists to slow down.
So we publish aggregate figures and plain-language summaries only. You'll never see a domain name here, in a summary, or in a link — by design.
How the numbers stay honest
Every figure comes straight from a verified release — the same data that ships to devices. Nobody types a marketing number into this page by hand.
- Counts come from verified releases
- Never hand-edited
- Reviewed before it ships
- Counts match what's on devices
Honest about the limits
A bigger number is not the same as perfect protection. Coverage only helps if GuardianBlock is installed, updated, and online on a device, and the list is never “finished” — it's maintained.
GuardianBlock creates serious friction and accountability, but no blocker can promise perfect protection in every circumstance. It is a self-control and accountability tool — not therapy, medical treatment, crisis support, or a cure.