Where can I turn for help from this page?
This page, like every other page on this site, carries links to three independent gambling-help organisations. These are the only outbound links here that are not commercial, and this site receives nothing when a reader follows them.
- GambleAware NSW: an independent source of help.
- Gambling Help Online: an independent source of help.
- Responsible Gambling: an independent source of help.
- Unlike the operator links, these carry no sponsored marking. They are set to nofollow and open in a separate tab on each organisation's own website.
- The eighteen-and-over restriction is repeated throughout this site, including on the front page.
How do I keep gambling as entertainment rather than a problem?
The habits below work because they are set before emotion and momentum take over. Each one closes a gap that losses tend to slip through.
- Decide the amount before you start. A figure chosen calmly beforehand is far more reliable than one chosen mid-session, when a near miss or a win can make spending more feel reasonable.
- Treat that amount as already spent. If you think of it as the price of an evening's entertainment, you won't feel you need to win it back, and anything left over is a bonus rather than a target.
- Never chase a loss. Each spin or hand is independent, so a run of losses doesn't make a win "due". Raising stakes to recover money usually turns a small loss into a large one.
- Keep gambling out of borrowed money. Credit, loans or money set aside for rent and bills add a debt that remains after the session ends, along with pressure that makes chasing more likely.
- Take regular breaks. Time passes quickly during play. Stepping away lets you check your spending against your plan and notice whether you're still enjoying yourself.
- Involve someone else early. If gambling stops feeling like entertainment, telling a trusted person or contacting one of the organisations above is easier before problems build up than after.
What happens once I click through to an operator?
Each operator link first goes to a path on this domain and is then redirected to a third party. Anything you can actually do with money happens after you leave this site, so from that moment the destination's rules, checks and account controls apply, not anything published here.
- This site can't stop, limit or pause your play. Any spending caps, time reminders or breaks from gambling are things you set up yourself inside your account at the destination.
- If you plan to use such controls, set them up when you open the account, before you play.
- No advertising or behavioural profiling network runs on these pages, so nothing here is targeted at a reader who has shown risky behaviour.
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- Stored visitor data is not passed to the operator when you follow a link. However, the destination receives the request directly from your browser and keeps its own record under its own privacy practices.