Six help organisations are linked from every page
Every page of this site, this one included, carries links to six independent gambling-help organisations: BeGambleAware, Gamble Aware, Gambling Therapy, G GamCare Gambling Support: Starts Here, GamCare and GAM STOP. On this page they sit alongside the other site-wide links, and each one is an independent source of help.
These are the only outbound links on the whole site that are not commercial. Unlike the operator links, they carry no sponsored marking. They are set to nofollow and open in a separate tab on the organisations' own websites, and this site receives nothing when a reader follows them.
Gambling here is meant for adults only
The eighteen-and-over restriction is repeated throughout this build, including on the front page. Nobody's age is verified on this site, and no gambling takes place on it. Any check of that kind happens at the destination.
Money only moves after you leave this site
Each operator link redirects to a third party. From that moment, the destination's rules, checks and account controls apply, not anything published here.
Deposit caps, loss caps, reality checks, cooling-off periods and self-exclusion belong to an operator account. This build has no account, no form and no server-side application, so nothing published here can switch one on, check one or enforce one. If you want any of these in place, you arrange them yourself inside your account at the destination.
No advertising or behavioural profiling network is present in these pages. As a result, nothing here is targeted at a reader who has shown risky behaviour.
A budget works best when it is set first
Decide the amount before you start, while you are calm and the stakes are hypothetical. Treat that money as already spent. If you expect it back, every loss starts to feel like a debt you need to recover.
Chasing and borrowing turn play into pressure
Never chase a loss. Bigger bets placed to win back money raise the amount at risk at the moment your judgement is weakest.
Keep gambling out of borrowed money entirely. Credit adds repayments and interest to the losses, so a bad evening can follow you for months.
Breaks and other people keep it in proportion
Take regular breaks away from the screen. Time passes quickly during play, and stepping away gives you a chance to check whether you are still enjoying it.
Involve someone else early, as soon as gambling stops feeling like entertainment. Someone you trust can notice patterns you might miss. The organisations listed above are independent places to turn to as well.