Responsibility

How to Gamble Responsibly

PartyGaming's position on responsible gaming is clear: we want everyone who gambles at one of our online sites to be there for the right reason - to have fun. However, while most players enjoy gambling, we are aware that a small percentage may try and gamble when under the legal age limit or might find that gambling has assumed too large a role in their life.

Players on our sites are able to set their own pay-in limits and/or make use of our self-exclusion tools.

In addition, we provide information to help you stay in control and assess your gambling habits:

• Stay in control
• Assess you gambling habits
• Organisations offering advice and practical help
• Prevent underage gambling

Stay in control
While the majority of people do gamble within their means, for some it can assume too large a part of their lives. In order to help you keep control, we would like them to remember the following:

• Gambling should be entertaining and not seen as a genuine way of making money
• Avoid chasing losses
• Only gamble what you can afford to lose
• Keep track of the time and amount of money you spend gambling
• If you need help, use the deposit limits and time limits on the player protection page to control the amount you can spend
• If you need to have a break from gambling, you can use our exclusion options within the player protection section

Assess your gambling habits
Online gambling is another form of entertainment for adults and it is essential for players to understand that. If gambling has placed a burden on your life either financially or emotionally, we suggest you ask yourself the following questions:

• Have you ever lost time from work or education due to gambling?
• Has gambling ever made your home life unhappy?
• Has gambling affected your reputation?
• Have you ever felt remorse after gambling?
• Have you ever gambled to get money with which to pay debts or otherwise solve financial difficulties?
• Has gambling caused a decrease in your ambition or efficiency?
• After losing do you feel you must return as soon as possible and win back your losses?
• After a win do you have a strong urge to return and win more?
• Do you often gamble until all of your money has gone?
• Do you ever borrow to finance your gambling?
• Have you ever sold anything to finance gambling?
• Are you reluctant to use "gambling money" for normal expenditures?
• Does gambling make you careless of the welfare of yourself or your family?
• Do you ever gamble longer than you had planned?
• Have you ever gambled to escape worry or trouble?
• Have you ever committed or considered committing, an illegal act to finance gambling?
• Does gambling cause you to have difficulty in sleeping?
• Do arguments, disappointments or frustrations create within you an urge to gamble?
• Do you ever have an urge to celebrate any good fortune by a few hours of gambling?
• Have you ever considered self-destruction or suicide as a result of your gambling?

Organisations offering advice and practical help
Most compulsive gamblers will answer "yes" to at least seven of the questions above. If you would like to seek professional advice, regarding your gambling behaviour please click on one of the following links:

Gamblers Anonymous
National Council on Problem Gambling
GamCare
Helping Hand/IGC

Preventing underage gambling
PartyGaming does not allow anybody under the age of 18 to play on our sites. This is in compliance with the Gaming Ordinance of the Government of Gibraltar and code of conduct adopted by the European Gaming & Betting Association. In order to ensure that minors do not play, we are required to obtain the name, address, sex and age of all our customers. We also ensure that all advertising, sponsorship and promotional activity is not targeted at those under the age of 18, again in compliance with the Gibraltar Gaming Ordinance.

The Interactive Gaming Council guidelines that we follow include implementing controls to limit access by minors.

Here are some easy steps to help you prevent minors from logging on and gambling without your knowledge:

• Use child protection software to block gaming sites from under 18s
• Do not leave children unattended when you play on the software
• Do not share your credit card or bank account details with minors
• Do not leave the "Save Password" option enabled on the gaming software login screens
• Create separate profiles for your children on computers, so that when they log in they cannot access your information

If you know someone under the age of 18 who is registered with us, please contact us immediately.

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