This Site Points You Towards Help and Cannot Control Your Play
Every page here, this one included, carries links to six independent gambling-help organisations. This site cannot act on your gambling. It has no account, no form and no server-side application, so nothing published here can switch on, check or enforce any control over your play.
- Deposit caps, loss caps, reality checks, cooling-off periods and self-exclusion are things you arrange inside your own account at the destination where you gamble.
- Nobody's age is verified on this site, and no gambling takes place on it. Any check of that kind happens at the destination.
- No advertising or behavioural profiling network is present in these pages, so nothing here is targeted at a reader who has shown risky behaviour.
Six Independent Organisations Are Linked From Every Page
The links to these organisations are carried on this page, as they are on every other page of the site. Each one is an independent source of help:
- BeGambleAware
- Gamble Aware
- Gambling Therapy
- G GamCare Gambling Support: Starts Here
- GAM STOP
- NCPG
These Links Differ From the Operator Links
The help links are the only outbound links on the whole site that are not commercial.
- Operator links are marked as sponsored, and the help links are not.
- The help links are set to nofollow.
- They open in a separate tab on the organisations' own websites.
- This site receives nothing when you follow one of them.
The Age Restriction Applies Throughout
The eighteen-and-over restriction is repeated throughout this site, including on the front page. If you are under eighteen, this content is not meant for you. This site does not check anyone's age.
A Few Habits Keep Gambling Affordable
The advice below is general. Each point comes with the practical reason behind it.
- Decide the amount before you start. A limit set with a calm head holds better than one set mid-session, when wins and losses distort your judgement.
- Treat that amount as already spent. If you see it as the price of entertainment, losing it does not feel like a debt you need to recover.
- Never chase a loss. Each bet is independent, so a run of losses does not make a win more likely. Raising stakes to recover money usually deepens the hole faster.
- Keep gambling out of borrowed money. Credit and loans add repayments and interest to any loss, which turns a bad night into a lasting financial problem.
- Take breaks. Time passes quickly during play. Stepping away lets you notice how long you have played and how much you have spent.
- Use the controls at the destination. If you want caps or a break, set them up in your account where you gamble, because that is the only place they can work.
Bring Someone In Early When Gambling Stops Being Fun
Problems are easier to deal with while they are still small. Talking to someone you trust adds an outside view that is hard to keep on your own.
- Watch for warning signs: hiding play, spending more than planned, or gambling to escape worries.
- Tell a friend or family member before the situation grows. They can help you stick to the limits you set.
- Contact one of the six organisations listed above, using the links on this page.