Safer Gambling: Limits, Breaks and Free Help

GambleZen Editorial Team

Gambling is entertainment with a price, not a way to make money and not a way to win back a loss. Only adults aged 18 or over may play with us, and the tools below are set by you, from your profile.

Five tools in your profile

  • Deposit limits: a ceiling by day, by week or by month
  • Loss limits: a ceiling on what a period may cost you
  • Session reminders: a prompt showing how long you have been playing
  • Cooling-off: a short, chosen pause on the account
  • Self-exclusion: a longer closure that cannot be shortened once it is set

A tighter limit applies as soon as you confirm it, and our live chat will set any of them for you.

We are not part of GAMSTOP

We are not licensed by the UK Gambling Commission and we take no part in GAMSTOP, the British self-exclusion scheme. Registering with GAMSTOP will not prevent an account being opened here. If you have joined it, please do not play with us, and ask our team to exclude you as well.

Blocking software reaches further

Gamban blocks gambling sites across phones and computers, including sites outside the British scheme. On a shared device, a parental filter keeps these pages away from children.

Signs worth acting on today

Chasing a loss, staking money meant for bills, borrowing in order to play, hiding how much you gamble, or feeling restless when you stop. Each is a reason to take a break now rather than next month.

Free and confidential help

  • GamCare: the National Gambling Helpline, 0808 8020 133, day and night
  • GambleAware: advice, a self-assessment and routes into treatment
  • Gamban: blocking software for every device you own
  • Gordon Moody: residential and online recovery support
  • Gamblers Anonymous: peer meetings in person and online

Every one of these is free, and an early conversation is easier than a late one.