Responsible playing

Basic rules

Five things that make the biggest difference

• Set the amount before you start. Play only with money you can afford to lose without affecting any other part of your finances.
• Set a time limit too. Hours disappear faster than your balance, and it is usually time that determines how much is ultimately wagered.
• Never chase losses. Raising your stake after a bad run doesn't change the odds — only the speed at which the money disappears.
• Never borrow money to gamble. Not from the bank, not from friends, not from next month's rent.
• Don't play to console yourself. Stress, anxiety and boredom are poor reasons to open a game — and they make it harder to stop in time.

Warning signs

If you recognise yourself in several of them, it's worth pausing

• You play for more or longer than you intended, over and over again.
• You try to win back what you've lost.
• You hide how much you gamble from the people around you.
• You borrow money, sell things or put off paying bills in order to be able to play.
• You think about gambling when you're doing other things — at work, in bed, in the middle of a conversation.
• You get irritable or down when you can't play.
• Gambling affects sleep, relationships, studies or work.

Tools you can enable yourself

Most are in the account settings at the operator

• InsättningsgränsA cap per day, week or month. Easiest to set before the first deposit, while you're cool-headed. Increases usually take time before they take effect — decreases apply immediately.
• Loss and stake limitSets a cap on how much may be lost or wagered during a period, regardless of how much is in the account.
• Time limits and remindersA clock that interrupts the session or reminds you of how long it has been running. More effective than you think.
• Pause and self-exclusionA shorter break or a longer suspension from the account. Can be activated with the operator, and the decision is normally not reversible during the period — which is the whole point.
• Block payments and sitesMany banks can block payments to gaming services, and there is software that blocks gambling sites on computer and phone.

If it applies to someone else

Family members are also entitled to support

You don't have to be the one who gambles to be harmed by gambling. If you're a partner, parent, sibling or friend of someone whose gambling has grown too large you can contact the support line on your own behalf — you don't need the person's permission and you don't need to have all the facts. Taking over someone's finances or paying off their debts rarely solves the problem on its own; outside support does so more often.

Our role

What this page does and does not do

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