Responsible gambling

Last updated: 2026-11-05T16:35:08+00:00

Gambling costs you money over time. No strategy, filter or bonus will alter the house edge, which is not a warning but the maths funding the whole operation. What follows is based on that.

Decide before you start

Work out beforehand, ahead of your first deposit, how much you are willing to lose, not during a losing streak. Limits set in a calm state of mind tend to stick, but ones set mid-chase do not. Rather than expecting a return, view what you spend as simply the price of being entertained.

The tools in your account

• Deposit limit — a payment-in ceiling applied on a daily, weekly or monthly cycle.
• Loss limit — a ceiling on net losses over a period.
• Session reminder — a running indicator of your total playing time so far.
• Time-out — a chosen-length lock placed on the account.
• Self-exclusion — a longer lock that closes the account entirely.

Reducing a limit is effective immediately. A deliberate delay applies to raising limits, stopping removal at the exact point it matters.

Warning signs

Three habits deserve attention as soon as they appear: spending cash that was meant for other bills, chasing a comeback after a loss, and telling people less than the truth about the hours or pounds you have put in. Alone, any single one of these barely counts. Combined, these three tell you something.

Where to get help

None of these organisations is connected to us.

• Tele-MANAS — 14416, free and confidential.
• A doctor or counsellor — confidentiality applies to gambling problems just as it does to any other addiction.
• Gamban — software preventing access to gambling sites across every device you use.

Under-age gambling

Anyone opening an account must be 18 or older. Keep login details away from others and use parental control software if the device is shared. An account traced back to a minor is closed, and any winnings are wiped out.