Safer Gambling and Help

Practical ways to reduce gambling risk and official support routes for Great Britain.

Start with limits

Set a fixed spending amount and time boundary before any activity. Do not use money reserved for housing, food, bills or debt. Rapid sessions can make losses difficult to track.

Signs to stop

Chasing a loss or increasing stakes to recover it
Borrowing or hiding gambling expenditure
Feeling pressure to keep playing when you intended to stop
Gambling interfering with work, relationships or sleep

Self-exclusion

GAMSTOP is free and covers GB-licensed online gambling. Keep an exclusion in place and avoid trying to circumvent it.

Get confidential support

GamCare offers information and support. The National Gambling Helpline is available around the clock at 0808 8020 133 for England and Scotland. Visit the official service for current contact details.

Additional barriers

Consider banking blocks, device-level gambling blocking software and avoiding promotional emails or social accounts that promote gambling.