SOME SIMPLE TOOLS TO HELP YOU STAY IN CONTROL
Helping you play within your limits; our Safer Gambling tools are here to make gambling safe. Ensuring you only play with what you can afford. Found in My Account, thousands of users already use our Safer Gambling tools to keep gambling safe and entertaining.
PROFIT & LOSS
Want the facts? Our Profit & Loss tool lets you know how much you’ve won or lost over a select time period, making it easier for you to set and stay on top of your budget for the following day, week, or month.
DEPOSIT LIMITS
Want to manage your spend? This tool lets you set a daily, weekly, or monthly deposit limit. Allowing you to enjoy the excitement without going over your budget, limit increases will take 24-hours to kick in, while decreases happen immediately.
COOL OFF PERIODS
Need a break? Our Cool Off Period tool is here to help. Allowing you to take a break from the action from one to 30 days. Once your set time is over, you’ll be able to re-access our site and app without needing to contact us.
SELF-EXCLUSION
Do you want to stop completely? Our Self-Exclusion tool can block your account – from six months up to five years – on one or all of our products, to help you stay safe.
If you are considering self-exclusion, you may wish to register with GAMSTOP. GAMSTOP is a free service that enables you to self-exclude from participating online gambling companies licensed in Great Britain. To find out more and to sign up with GAMSTOP please visit www.gamstop.co.uk.
You may want to also consider TalkBanStop, which is a new partnership between GamCare, GamBan and GAMSTOP that offers a combination of free tools to support you to stop gambling online. Find out more here.
For more information on how self-exclusion is managed across other brands in Flutter Entertainment PLC, click here.
REALITY CHECK
Want to budget your time? Our Reality Check Tool will interrupt your game play at set intervals from 20-minutes up to 2 hours. Setting a reminder with Reality Check will give you the option to log out, view your transaction history or continue playing.
GAMBLING SUPPORT
Need to talk? If you’re worried about your gambling habits, we have trained people at Sky Betting & Gaming who can provide support. To talk, click ‘Contact Us’ at the bottom of this page and select ‘Live Chat’. You’ll also find external tools, including free helplines, forums, online resources and website filtering and blocking software to ensure you stay safe.
WHAT OTHER TOOLS ARE AVAILABLE TO HELP?
Carry out a self assessment
Concerned about your habits? You can find out how safe your gambling is via GamCare. In an online assessment, you’ll be asked a series of statements about your gambling behaviour on a scale of 1 – 10. At the end, you’ll be provided with a breakdown of how gambling is affecting your life, alongside personal recommendations for your next steps.
Start with a Chat using TalkBanStop
TalkBanStop is a new partnership between GamCare, GamBan and GAMSTOP that offers a combination of free tools to support you to stop gambling online. It all starts with a chat. Find out more here.
Limit your exposure on social media
Want to limit your exposure further? You can do this elsewhere online. Google allows you to block specific advertisers and mute ads similar to others, while social media platforms such as Twitter and Facebook let you limit your exposure to ads, adjust ad preferences, and block specific profiles. You can find further information on how to do this at Gambleaware.
Install Blocking software on your devices
Want Safer Gambling protection outside of Sky Betting & Gaming? You can find various website blocking and filtering software online to help increase your safety. Designed to work across your devices, Gamban and Betblocker work to block thousands of gambling websites, ensuring that when you want to stop, you can.
Block Banking Transactions
For a list of financial services organisations in the UK that currently offer gambling blocks on debit cards see www.gamcare.org.uk/block-gambling-transactions
Exclude from all operators with Gamstop
Registering for GAMSTOP will block you from online logging into or setting up gambling accounts with businesses licensed in Great Britain if you are a UK resident. It is a free service. You can register for 6 months, 1 year or 5 years.
WHERE ELSE CAN YOU FIND SUPPORT?
Call the National Gambling helpline
GamCare operates the National Gambling Helpline and offers confidential information, advice and support for anyone harmed by gambling in Great Britain. The Helpline is open 24 hours every day on Freephone 0808 8020 133 or via Live Chat. Advisers will listen to you, they won’t judge and your conversation is confidential. Link: www.gamcare.org.uk/talk-to-us-now
Join the GamCare forums and Chat rooms
GamCare offers a moderated online forum and daily online group chatrooms to enable those affected by gambling harms to connect with others in similar situations, share their experience and support one another.
Links: www.gamcare.org.uk/gamcare-forum and www.gamcare.org.uk/get-support/group-chatroom/
Visit the BeGambleAware website
BeGambleAware provides information, advice and directs people to support to help keep people safe from gambling harms.
Link: www.begambleaware.org
Get more help with the National Gambling Treatment service
The National Gambling Treatment Service is a network of organisations working together to provide confidential treatment and support for anyone experiencing gambling-related harms. It’s free to access across England, Scotland and Wales.
Link: www.begambleaware.org/ngts
Talk to someone at GamblingTherapy.org
Gambling Therapy is a global online support service, offering advice in multiple languages for people who have been adversely affected by gambling.
Link: www.gamblingtherapy.org