Responsible gambling

Gambling may be becoming a problem if you:

• —Chase losses, betting more to win back what you lost.
• —Gamble with money meant for rent, bills, food or debt.
• —Borrow money, sell things, or hide spending to keep gambling.
• —Lie to people close to you about how much you gamble.
• —Feel restless or irritable when you try to cut down.
• —Gamble to escape stress, anxiety or low mood.
• —Have tried to stop before and could not.

If several of these sound familiar, talking to one of the services above costs nothing and commits you to nothing.

• —Self-exclusion. Most licensed operators must let you block your own account, and national schemes can block you across many operators at once — GAMSTOP in the UK, and state-run programmes in much of the US.
• —Deposit and loss limits. Set them before you play, not during. Limits you set while losing are the ones you remove while losing.
• —Blocking software. Gamban, BetBlocker and similar tools block gambling sites at the device level, including this one.
• —Bank blocks. Many banks can decline gambling transactions on your account, often with a cooling-off period before the block can be lifted.

GambleBid is an advertising board. Every listing on it is there because someone paid to put it there, and a high position means only that they paid more than the listing below. It is not a recommendation, and it says nothing about whether an operator is licensed, fair or safe.

Gambling is a form of entertainment with a negative expected return. Over time, the house wins. Never gamble with money you cannot comfortably lose.