Responsible gambling: limits, warning signs and help

Gambling can cause financial and emotional harm. Limits may help you maintain boundaries, but they do not make gambling safe or prevent losses. Not gambling is always an option. If you decide to play, make a plan while you are away from the game rather than changing your limits during a session.

• Protect essential spending. Keep money for housing, food, bills, debt repayments and dependants separate from any gambling budget.
• Use only money you can afford to lose. Do not borrow, use credit or sell belongings to continue gambling.
• Set a stopping time. Use an independent reminder and stop when planned, whether you are winning or losing.
• Do not chase losses. Depositing again to recover money can deepen the harm.
• Avoid gambling when distressed, intoxicated or unable to concentrate. Choose another activity instead.

You do not need a diagnosis or a major financial loss to ask for help. Consider stepping away and speaking to someone if you notice any of these patterns:

• Spending more money or time gambling than you intended.
• Repeatedly trying to stop or cut back without managing to do so.
• Hiding gambling, transactions or debts from people close to you.
• Borrowing money or delaying essential payments to gamble.
• Thinking about gambling so often that sleep, work, study or relationships suffer.
• Feeling that you must keep playing to recover losses, or using gambling to escape distress.

Self-exclusion schemes exist in regulated markets, but their coverage and procedures differ. An exclusion with one operator should not be assumed to cover other websites. Where available, a wider scheme may cover participating operators; check its scope with the scheme itself.

1. Step away from play and avoid making further deposits while arranging support.
2. Use the operator’s responsible-gambling controls or contact its support team. Clearly request a time-out or self-exclusion rather than only asking to stop marketing messages.
3. Ask for confirmation of when the restriction starts, how long it lasts and what it covers. Keep a copy of the request and response.
4. Consider additional barriers, such as payment blocks or blocking software where available. Do not open another account to bypass an exclusion.
5. Contact a local gambling-harm service for help maintaining the break and addressing financial or emotional concerns.

Choose help based on where you live. A service in another country may not cover your location or offer support in your language. In Ireland, the HSE Drugs and Alcohol Helpline provides gambling-related support on 1800 459 459. You can also start with your local public-health service or a recognised gambling-harm organisation.

• Check the service’s own website for geographic coverage, opening hours, languages, costs and confidentiality information.
• Ask about counselling, peer support, self-exclusion guidance or referrals, depending on what you need.
• For money problems, seek an independent debt adviser rather than trying to gamble your way out of debt.
• If contacting a service feels difficult, ask a trusted person to help you make the first approach.

Choose a calm moment and describe what you have noticed without blame. Offer to help them find support, while protecting your own finances and wellbeing. Avoid lending money to fund further gambling. You can seek advice for yourself even if the person is not ready to change.

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