Set the week's gambling budget before the week starts, and let the routine live inside it. Money you stake is the cost of entertainment, never income, and chasing a loss only deepens it. Only adults aged 18 or over can hold an account.
Controls our team switches on
- Deposit limit: you name the sum and the period, and we keep you to it.
- Cooling-off: your account paused for a set stretch.
- Self-exclusion: a longer lock-out from your account.
- Closure: the account closed at your request.
Live chat, staffed around the clock, or a message to our support inbox is all it takes.
Outside GAMSTOP
Our licence is not a UK Gambling Commission one, and the national self-exclusion register, GAMSTOP, does not reach us. A GAMSTOP sign-up leaves any account here untouched. If you have registered with the scheme, please do not open or use an account with us, and ask our team to lock you out as well.
Blocking apps
Gamban shuts gambling sites and apps on phones, tablets and computers, including those GAMSTOP does not cover.
When play stops being fun
- Staking more to chase back losses.
- Spending money set aside for rent, bills or food.
- Borrowing, or selling possessions, to fund play.
- Keeping it secret, or growing tense when you cannot play.
Free support around the UK
- GamCare runs the National Gambling Helpline on 0808 8020 133, at no charge and in confidence.
- GambleAware offers advice, a self-test and a path into treatment.
- Gordon Moody gives recovery support in residence and online.
- Gamblers Anonymous holds peer meetings face to face and online.