This page sets out what this site can and cannot do for someone whose gambling is becoming a problem. It also gives practical advice for keeping gambling under control and points to independent organisations that offer help.
Site Limits
This site is a set of static pages. It has no account, no form and no server-side application. Spending and time controls, such as deposit caps, loss caps, reality checks, cooling-off periods and self-exclusion, belong to an operator account. Nothing published here can switch one on, check one or enforce one. If you want to set any of these controls, you arrange it yourself inside your account at the destination where you gamble.
No gambling takes place on this site, and nobody's age is verified here. Any age check happens at the destination. The eighteen-and-over restriction is repeated throughout these pages, including on the front page. Gambling is for adults only.
No advertising or behavioural profiling network is present in these pages. Nothing here is targeted at a reader who has shown risky behaviour, and nothing here tracks your gambling.
Independent Help
Every page of this site, including this one, carries links to six independent gambling-help organisations:
- BeGambleAware
- Gamble Aware
- Gambling Therapy
- G GamCare Gambling Support: Starts Here
- GAM STOP
- NCPG
These are independent sources of help. They are also the only non-commercial outbound links on the site:
- Unlike the operator links, they carry no sponsored marking.
- They are set to nofollow.
- They open in a separate tab on each organisation's own website.
This site receives nothing when a reader follows them. Once you are on an organisation's website, its own privacy practices apply, not this site's.
Practical Habits
These habits can help keep gambling under control. Each one comes with the reason it works.
- Decide the amount before you start. A limit set in advance is made with a clear head. Once play has begun, wins and losses shift your judgement, and a limit set mid-session tends to keep moving.
- Treat that amount as already spent. If you think of the money as the price of entertainment, a loss stays within what you planned. You are not trying to get the money back.
- Never chase a loss. Each bet is independent. Raising stakes to recover what is gone does not change the odds. It only makes the eventual loss larger and faster.
- Keep gambling away from borrowed money. Credit, loans or money set aside for bills add interest and obligations. A bad night can become a debt that lasts for months.
- Take regular breaks. Long sessions blur your sense of time and money. Stepping away lets you check honestly whether you are still enjoying it.
- Involve someone else early. When gambling stops feeling like entertainment, telling a person you trust makes the problem harder to hide and easier to address. The organisations listed above are another place to turn.
Warning signs include hiding how much you gamble, gambling to escape stress, and spending more than you intended. If you notice any of these, act early. Contact one of the organisations above, and use the controls available inside your account at the destination where you play.