Responsible Gambling
Gambling is entertainment, not income. If it has stopped feeling that way, help is free, confidential and available right now.
Get help now
- BeGambleAware.org: free, confidential advice and treatment referral.
- GamCare: support, group sessions and a live chat service.
- National Gambling Helpline: 0808 8020 133, open 24 hours, free from UK landlines and mobiles.
- GAMSTOP: free self-exclusion from every UK-licensed gambling site at once.
Read this before you use any site listed here
The casinos on this site are licensed offshore. They are not registered with the UK Gambling Commission and they do not take part in GAMSTOP. That has consequences worth stating plainly:
- A GAMSTOP self-exclusion will not block them. If you have self-excluded, these sites can still let you register. Please do not use this page. Close it, and if you are struggling, call the helpline above.
- UKGC dispute resolution does not apply. If a payout is withheld, you are relying on the operator's own complaints process and its offshore regulator, not on a UK route.
- The UK credit card ban does not apply. UK-licensed operators cannot accept credit cards; these sites are not bound by that. Depositing with borrowed money is how a manageable habit becomes an unmanageable one.
- Deposit limit tools vary and are not required to meet UK standards.
Practical limits that work
- Set a deposit limit before your first deposit, not after a loss. Most cashiers make lowering a limit immediate and raising it slow, which is the point.
- Decide the amount you are willing to lose and treat it as the price of the evening, like a ticket. If losing it would change your month, it is too much.
- Never chase. Increasing stakes to recover a loss is the single most reliable route to a much bigger one.
- Do not gamble to solve money problems, and never with money you need for something else.
- Take the cooling-off option where a site offers one. A day away costs nothing.
Signs it has stopped being entertainment
Gambling longer than you meant to, or for more than you meant to. Hiding it from people close to you. Borrowing to play, or playing to recover. Feeling anxious or irritable when you cannot. Losing interest in things you used to enjoy.
None of these means anything is wrong with you, and all of them are common. The helpline above is free and does not require you to have decided anything first.
Under 18
Gambling by anyone under 18 is illegal. Every operator listed requires identity verification, and accounts opened with false details are closed with winnings forfeited. If you share a device, consider filtering software such as Net Nanny or FamiSafe.