Every page of this site, this one included, links to three independent sources of gambling help: GambleAware NSW, Gambling Help Online and Responsible Gambling. On this page they are listed in the section headed "Independent Help" below. All content here is intended for readers aged eighteen and over, and that restriction is repeated throughout the site, including on the front page.
Practical Habits
These habits make gambling easier to keep under control, and each has a practical reason behind it:
- Decide the amount before you start. A figure set with a clear head holds up better than one chosen mid-session, when wins and losses distort your sense of what is reasonable.
- Treat that amount as already spent. If you think of it as the price of entertainment, like a cinema ticket, you won't feel that you need to get it back.
- Never chase a loss. Raising stakes to recover money makes a bad night worse, because the odds don't change just because you are behind.
- Keep gambling out of borrowed money. Credit, loans or money set aside for bills turn a loss into debt that follows you well beyond the session.
- Take regular breaks. Stepping away interrupts the quick, repetitive rhythm of play and gives you a moment to check the time and your balance.
- Involve someone else early. When gambling stops feeling like entertainment, telling a person you trust makes the problem real and harder to hide, even from yourself.
Leaving This Site
This site has no advertising or behavioural profiling network in its pages. Nothing here is targeted at a reader who has shown risky behaviour. It doesn't use cookies, and it counts page views and outbound clicks only when a visitor arrives from a search engine.
Anything you can actually do with money happens after you leave. Each operator link redirects to a third party, and from that point the destination's rules, checks and account controls apply.
| On this site | At the destination |
|---|---|
| Information pages with operator and help links | Accounts, deposits and play |
| No profiling or targeting of readers | The destination's own rules and checks |
| Nothing that can stop or restrict your play | Any spending or time controls you set up yourself inside your account |
This site can't stop you from playing or limit what you spend. If you want to cut back or stop, set that up inside your account at the destination and contact one of the organisations below.
Independent Help
These are the only outbound links on the site that are not commercial. Unlike the operator links, they carry no sponsored marking, they are set to nofollow, and they open in a separate tab on each organisation's own website. This site receives nothing when you follow them.
- GambleAware NSW
- Gambling Help Online
- Responsible Gambling
Each is an independent source of help. You don't need to wait for things to get serious before you reach out.