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Responsible Gambling

If gambling has stopped being fun, help is free, confidential and available at any hour. You do not need to have decided anything to use it.

Help, any time

  • National Gambling Helpline: 0808 8020 133. Free and open 24 hours a day.
  • BeGambleAware: confidential advice and routes into free treatment.
  • GamCare: support by phone and live chat, plus group sessions.
  • GamStop: free self-exclusion from every gambling site licensed in Great Britain.

The casinos on this site are outside GamStop

Every casino we list is licensed offshore. None is regulated by the UK Gambling Commission, and none takes part in GamStop. In practice:

  • A GamStop self-exclusion will not block them. If you have self-excluded, please close this site. The helpline above is the better call.
  • UK complaint routes do not apply. If something goes wrong you depend on the casino’s own process and its offshore regulator.
  • UK affordability checks and the credit card ban do not apply. That makes it easier to spend money you do not have.
  • Limit tools vary. Some sites offer good ones; none is required to meet UK standards.

Limits worth setting

  • A deposit limit, set when you register. Lowering a limit usually works straight away; raising one usually comes with a delay.
  • A fixed budget, decided before you play and treated as spent.
  • A time limit. Sessions run longer than they feel.
  • No chasing. Increasing stakes to win back a loss is the most reliable way to make it bigger.
  • A block that works everywhere. Many banks can block gambling payments on your card, and blocking software works whether a site is licensed in the UK or not.

Signs to take seriously

Spending more time or money than you meant to. Keeping it from people close to you. Borrowing to play, or playing to pay something off. Feeling restless or low when you are not gambling. These are common and nothing to be ashamed of, and every service above has heard them many times.

Under 18s

Gambling under the age of 18 is illegal, and every operator we list requires identity checks. If children use your devices, parental control software can block gambling sites altogether.