Gambling should stay a paid-for pastime with a fixed price, never a way to make money or escape a problem. This page sets out what you can rely on here, some practical habits, and the limits of what a static information site can do.
Reach Independent Help Directly
Every page of this site, this one included, carries links to six independent gambling-help organisations. You can follow them from this page, just as from any other page:
- BeGambleAware
- Gamble Aware
- Gambling Therapy
- G GamCare Gambling Support: Starts Here
- GAM STOP
- NCPG
Each is an independent source of help. 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.
Respect the Age Line
Gambling is for adults only. The eighteen-and-over restriction is repeated throughout this site, including on the front page.
- If you are under eighteen, do not gamble and do not follow the operator links.
- If a younger person shares your device, keep your gambling accounts signed out and protected.
Set Your Own Rules Before You Play
Most of the harm from gambling comes from decisions made mid-session, when a win or a loss distorts judgement. Deciding in advance removes that pressure.
- Fix the amount before starting. A number chosen calmly beforehand is far more reliable than one chosen while you are behind.
- Treat that amount as already spent. If you expect it back, every loss feels like a debt to recover.
- Never chase a loss. Results are not owed to you. Raising stakes to win money back usually just makes the loss bigger, faster.
- Keep borrowed money out of it. Credit, loans or money set aside for bills turn a bad night into a lasting financial problem.
- Take regular breaks. Time passes quickly during play, and stepping away lets you check whether you are still enjoying it.
- Involve someone else early. If gambling stops feeling like entertainment, tell someone you trust before it gets worse, not after. An outside view catches what you might rationalise.
Know What This Site Cannot Do for You
This is a set of static pages. It cannot act on your behalf if you want to cut back or stop.
- You arrange deposit caps, loss caps, reality checks, cooling-off periods and self-exclusion inside your own account at the destination. 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.
- 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.