Responsible Gambling

How Avalanche play can speed things up

Chain reactions are the core of Gonzo’s Quest. One spin can roll into several cascades with a rising multiplier, and the near-misses during a long chain feel like progress even when the spin ends on a loss. Free Falls add bigger multipliers and can take a long time to arrive. Each of these features is designed to be exciting; none of them changes the long-run return explained on the odds page. Watching the Avalanche mechanic in demo mode, described on the free play page, costs nothing.

Five rules worth keeping

1. Fix the amount before the first spin and treat it as spent.
2. Pick a stopping time and leave when it arrives, winning or losing.
3. Turn off autoplay, or set it to stop after a small number of spins; the how-to-play guide shows where the setting sits.
4. Keep gambling funds in a separate wallet or account from savings and bills.
5. Walk away after a big loss instead of raising the stake to recover it.

Using the casino’s own controls

A properly licensed casino should offer deposit caps, reality checks that pop up during long sessions, time-outs and self-exclusion. Set limits on the day you open the account, while you are calm. Many casinos apply a lower limit straight away but make you wait before a higher one takes effect. Remember that excluding yourself at one site leaves your accounts elsewhere open, and that country-wide exclusion registers rarely reach offshore crypto casinos.

Warning signs

Gambling to escape problems, lying about how much you play, borrowing to gamble, feeling anxious when you are not playing, and returning to win back losses are all recognised signs that play is out of control. Friends and family often notice before the player does.

Help that costs nothing

Gambling Therapy at gamblingtherapy.org is run by the charity Gordon Moody and gives free support online, in a range of languages, to anyone affected by gambling worldwide.

Gamblers Anonymous at gamblersanonymous.org lists self-help meetings, many online, where people with gambling problems support each other.

Gam-Anon at gam-anon.org supports the partners, parents and friends of people who gamble.

Your own country may have a free national helpline as well, and a doctor can refer you for treatment. To tell us about anything on this page, use the contact details.