🛡 Responsible Gambling
If gambling is causing problems for you or someone you care about, free confidential help is available 24/7 in Australia.
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📞 Australian Gambling Help Helplines
All services below are free, confidential, and available to Australian residents. No judgement — just support.
📊 Problem Gambling Self-Check
The following 8 questions are adapted from the Problem Gambling Severity Index (PGSI), used by gambling counsellors across Australia. Answer honestly — this is for your benefit only.
Think about your gambling behaviour over the past 12 months:
Have you bet more than you could really afford to lose?
Have you needed to gamble with larger amounts of money to get the same feeling of excitement?
Have you gone back to try to win back money you lost?
Have you borrowed money or sold anything to get money to gamble?
Have you felt that you might have a problem with gambling?
Has gambling caused health problems, including stress or anxiety?
Have people criticised your gambling, or told you that you had a gambling problem?
Has gambling caused financial problems for you or your household?
🛡 Player Protection Tools
The following tools are available at most reputable offshore casinos. We check for their presence as part of our casino review process — see our How We Rate - How we rate methodology.
Deposit Limits
Set a maximum amount you can deposit per day, week, or month. Once set, limits can only be increased after a cooling-off period (usually 24–72 hours).
Session Time Limits
Set a maximum playing session length. The casino will log you out automatically when the limit is reached. Some casinos also send reminders at intervals you choose.
Loss Limits
Set a maximum amount you can lose per day, week, or month. If your losses reach the limit, you cannot continue playing until the period resets.
Self-Exclusion
Request to be excluded from a casino for a set period (24 hours, 1 week, 1 month, 6 months) or permanently. During exclusion you cannot access your account or deposit.
Reality Checks
Pop-up reminders that appear during your session showing how long you’ve been playing and how much you’ve wagered, prompting you to take a break.
Account Cooling-Off
A temporary pause on your account — shorter than full self-exclusion. Useful if you want to take a break but not fully exclude yourself.
🚫 BetStop — National Self-Exclusion Register
BetStop is Australia’s National Self-Exclusion Register, launched in August 2023. It allows Australian residents to exclude themselves from all licensed Australian gambling services simultaneously — including online wagering and sports betting operators.
Registering with BetStop is free, confidential, and can be done online. You can choose to self-exclude for a minimum of 3 months or permanently.
Note: BetStop applies to licensed Australian operators. Offshore casinos operate outside Australian regulation and are not currently covered by the BetStop register. To self-exclude from offshore sites, you must contact each casino directly and use their self-exclusion tools.
💡 Tips for Safer Gambling
- Set a budget before you play — decide how much you can afford to lose and stop when you reach it.
- Treat gambling as entertainment, not income — the house always has an edge over the long term.
- Never chase losses — every spin is statistically independent. Increasing bets after losses does not improve your odds.
- Take regular breaks — fatigue leads to poor decision-making. Set time limits before you start.
- Don’t gamble when distressed — avoid gambling as a coping mechanism for stress, anxiety, or sadness.
- Keep gambling separate from alcohol — alcohol impairs judgement and can lead to larger, riskier bets.
- Use responsible gambling tools — deposit limits, session reminders, and self-exclusion exist for a reason.
- Be honest with yourself — if gambling stops being fun, that’s a signal to take a break.
👤 Parental Controls
If you have children in your household, parental control software can help prevent minors from accessing gambling websites. The following tools are available free of charge:
- Gamban — gamban.com - Link — blocks gambling sites across all devices. Available for iOS, Android, Windows, and Mac.
- Net Nanny — parental control software with gambling site category blocking.
- Circle — home network parental controls with content filtering including gambling.
- Your ISP — many Australian internet providers offer free parental control filtering — check with your provider.