Where can I find independent help from this page?
Every page of this site, this one included, carries links to five independent gambling-help organisations: BeGambleAware, Gamble Aware, Gambling Therapy, G GamCare Gambling Support: Starts Here, and NCPG. You will find them among the help links on this page, and the same links appear on every other page of the site.
These are the only outbound links on the site that are not commercial. Unlike the operator links, they carry no sponsored marking, they are set to nofollow, and they open in a separate tab on the organisations' own websites. This site receives nothing when you follow them.
Who is this site meant for?
This site is for adults only. The eighteen-and-over restriction appears throughout the site, including on the front page. Nobody's age is verified here, and no gambling takes place on these pages, so any age check happens at the operator's site.
How do I keep gambling affordable?
Decide on an amount before you start, and think of it as already spent. A figure chosen in advance is set while you are calm, and treating it as gone means any return is a bonus rather than something you are owed.
Never chase a loss. Raising your stakes to win money back increases what you risk at the moment your judgement is weakest. Keep borrowed money out of gambling entirely, because a loss on credit stays with you as debt long after the session ends.
What helps me stay in control during a session?
Take regular breaks. Stepping away interrupts the rhythm of play and gives you a moment to check whether you are still enjoying yourself. This site has no account, no form and no server-side application, so nothing here can switch on, check or enforce a deposit cap, loss cap, reality check, cooling-off period or self-exclusion. You arrange those controls inside your own account at the operator's site.
What should I do when it stops being fun?
Involve someone else early, whether that is a person you trust or one of the organisations listed above. Saying it out loud makes the problem easier to see clearly, and it is easier to act before the losses grow.
No advertising or behavioural profiling network runs on these pages, so nothing here is targeted at you based on how you have behaved.