Responsible Gambling

Gambling involves financial risk and can be addictive. It should stay an entertainment cost you decide in advance and can afford to lose in full.

The limit that matters most here

Everything a licensed venue is obliged to do for you — a filed return figure, a capped bet, a clock on the wall, a helpline at the door — an offshore site is not obliged to do. BetStop, the national self-exclusion register, covers Australian-licensed wagering providers. It has no reach over the operators listed on this site.

If you are looking for a site precisely because another one has closed your account, that is the clearest possible signal to stop looking rather than to keep going.

Signs worth taking seriously

Playing to win back what you lost. Staking more than you decided in advance. Hiding the playing from people close to you. Thinking about it at work or before sleep. Borrowing, even small amounts, to keep going.

Where to get help

Gambling Help Online is free, confidential and staffed around the clock on 1800 858 858, and they will talk to you whether or not you think it has gone that far. Every state and territory runs its own service through the same number.

Your GP is a reasonable first stop and can refer you at no cost. On the operators' own sites, look for deposit limits, loss limits and self-exclusion in the account settings — almost all of them have the controls, but you have to switch them on.