Responsible Gambling Tools, Warning Signs and Limits

Age rule

18, or the higher legal gambling age where you live

Legal online play

Depends on where you live; check your local law

Limits to set first

3: money, losses and time

Casino deposit limits

Per day, week or month, as the casino states them

Casino cool-off

A Take a Break pause that cannot be lifted before it lapses

Casino self-exclusion

Six months, one year or permanent; the account reopens no earlier than 24 hours after a request

Limits to Set Before You Deposit

Decide a money limit, a loss limit and a time limit before you open any casino, write them down, and stop the moment you reach one. A limit kept only in your head is easy to move once you are losing.

1. Decide the sum you can afford to lose this month, and treat it as already spent.
2. Set an alarm on your phone for the end of each session.
3. Tell one person you trust what your limits are.
4. Do not take a bonus you have not read: wagering can keep money in play long after you meant to stop.

That last point is concrete at Arlequin. Reaching the top loyalty level asks for 100,000 points, and at one point per €30 wagered on slots that is €3,000,000 of bets (100,000 × 30). Free spins credited with the welcome offer last 48 hours. A bonus can turn one deposit into many hours of play. The conditions attached to every bonus offer are worked through in the open, so what an offer really asks can be checked before a deposit, not after.

The Tools the Casino Says It Offers

The casino’s responsible gaming page describes three tools. This site has not used them, so they are quoted as the casino states them.

Self-exclusion at one casino binds that casino only. Every other site stays open unless you block it too.

Blocking Beyond One Casino

Pair the casino’s tools with a device block. BetBlocker is a free, non-profit app that blocks gambling sites and apps on your own devices without registration. It reaches sites a self-exclusion never will, including unlicensed ones, and a blocker set up before an urge is far harder to undo during one.

Warning Signs Worth Taking Seriously

Learn the signs before a session rather than after one. Two of them together are a reason to stop for the day.

• Chasing a loss with a bigger bet or a second deposit in the same session.
• Gambling with money set aside for rent, food, bills or debt repayments.
• Hiding play from family, or understating what you lost.
• Feeling restless or irritable away from gambling, or gambling to escape a bad mood.
• Borrowing, selling possessions or taking credit to keep playing.

These signs are easier to see in someone else than in yourself, which is why telling one person your limits works better than a private promise.

Why the Long Run Ends in a Loss

Every casino game is built to keep a share of what is staked. Over enough play the house keeps the difference, whatever the bonus or the VIP level. Cashback softens a loss without reversing it: VIP Cashback returns 10% of deposits minus withdrawals minus bonuses, capped at €500 a week and credited as a bonus wallet, which leaves nine tenths of a net loss with the player. Treat gambling as paid entertainment, never as income.

Where to Find Help

Help is free and does not depend on where you live. A service is printed only after it was read on its own site, and these three meet that bar. Gambling Therapy, run by the charity Gordon Moody, gives free advice and support to anyone affected by gambling. Gamblers Anonymous is a fellowship with no dues or fees, with meetings in person, online and by telephone. BetBlocker is the free blocker described above.

• Gambling Therapy — free support, worldwide
• Gamblers Anonymous — meetings in person, online and by phone
• BetBlocker — free gambling-site blocking

Your own country may also run a national helpline or a self-exclusion scheme that covers every licensed operator at once. Its gambling regulator will say whether one exists.

Age Rules

Nothing on this site is meant for anyone under 18, or under the higher age a local law sets. Parents and guardians can add a device-level block such as BetBlocker on a shared device, and Gambling Therapy supports the people around a player as well as the player.

Terms This Page Uses

Take a Break

A chosen pause on a casino account; at this casino it cannot be lifted before the break has lapsed.

Self-exclusion

A request to close an account for a chosen period; at this casino it runs six months, one year or permanently, and the account reopens no earlier than 24 hours after a request to return.

Deposit limit

A cap on what you can pay into one casino account per day, week or month.

Wagering

The bets a bonus requires before it can be withdrawn, which keeps money in play for longer.

What This Site Is Not

This site is an information service about Arlequin, not a casino, and it may earn a commission from an outbound link; the terms of use and the about page explain that. It holds no account of yours and can set no limit for you. Only you, the casino that holds your account and the tools above can do that.

Recap: Limits, Signs and Self-Exclusion

If a warning sign here describes you, stop for today and talk to someone. Set money, loss and time limits before any deposit, use the casino’s deposit limit, cool-off or self-exclusion as a second layer behind your own limits, add a blocker for every other site, and check your local law before playing anywhere.