Responsible gambling

Readers must be 18 or older. Gambling is paid entertainment. It is not a plan to make money and it will not reliably undo a loss.

A sensible default

• Choose a budget before you play and do not add to it mid-session.
• Turn on loss, deposit and time limits, and use self-exclusion if you need a break.
• Do not borrow to gamble, and do not play when distressed or intoxicated.
• Take regular pauses, especially in rapid-fire titles.

Red flags

Spending beyond the amount you agreed, concealing play from people close to you, or agitation when you try to stop are signals to step back and talk to someone.

Support

• Gambling Therapy provides free, multilingual support.
• Gamblers Anonymous hosts meetings worldwide.
• BetBlocker can block gambling sites on your devices at no cost.

Our reporting is educational. It is not a prompt to gamble where the law does not allow it.