Help, if you need it.
If gambling is affecting you, your finances, or someone you love, the help below is free, confidential, and available now.
Where to get support
The four organisations below are independent, free at point of use, and the ones we trust most. Every casino review on sitelikeuk links to at least one of them.
The National Gambling Helpline (0808 8020 133) is run on behalf of GambleAware. The website hosts the largest free-to-access library of UK gambling-harm information and a self-assessment tool that takes about three minutes.
begambleaware.org ↗GamCare runs the helpline that BeGambleAware signposts to, plus free 1-to-1 and group counselling, both in-person and remote, across England, Scotland, and Wales. They also support friends and family of people affected by gambling.
gamcare.org.uk ↗Gambling Therapy offers free practical advice and emotional support in 30+ languages via online forums and one-to-one chat. Useful when in-person UK services aren’t an option, or when you need help in a language other than English.
gamblingtherapy.org ↗A 12-step fellowship of people who share their experience to recover from gambling addiction. Meetings are free, in-person across the UK, and welcome anyone who wants to stop gambling — no referral, no waiting list, no cost.
gamblersanonymous.org.uk ↗GamStop — the UK self-exclusion scheme
GamStop is the UK’s national self-exclusion scheme. It’s free, takes about five minutes to set up, and blocks you from every UKGC-licensed gambling site for a period you choose: six months, one year, or five years.
Once you’re registered, every UKGC-licensed casino and bookmaker is required by law to refuse you a new account and to close any existing account. The exclusion can’t be cancelled early — that’s the point. If five years feels too long today, six months is the right place to start.
GamStop only covers UKGC-licensed sites, so it won’t block offshore casinos that fall outside UK regulation. For those, combine GamStop with a device-level blocker like Gamban or BetBlocker, both of which we link to from individual reviews. Sign up at gamstop.co.uk.
Tools every UKGC casino must offer
UKGC rules require every licensed casino to make these four tools available, free, and easy to find. If a casino buries them, that pulls down its experience-pillar score on sitelikeuk.
Deposit limits
Set a daily, weekly, or monthly cap on how much you can pay in. Lowering the limit takes effect immediately; raising it has a 24-hour cooling-off period.
Time-outs
Suspend your account for 24 hours, a week, or a month. Useful as a circuit-breaker when you want to stop without committing to a longer self-exclusion.
Reality checks
Set a pop-up that interrupts play every 15, 30, or 60 minutes with your time logged in and net stake. Mandatory on every UKGC site, but you choose the interval.
Operator-level self-exclusion
Self-exclude from a single operator for at least six months. Wider than a time-out, narrower than GamStop. Useful when one casino is the issue rather than gambling generally.
How sitelikeuk covers responsible gambling in reviews
Every casino review scores responsible-gambling tool depth as part of the experience pillar — specifically, how easy it is to find deposit limits, time-outs, and self-exclusion from the logged-in homepage. Casinos that hide these tools score worse, full stop.