1. Create distance
Close the gambling app or website
Put the device down, move into another room, or ask someone you trust to stay with you while the urge passes.
Help for right now
Make the next few minutes safer.
Choose one step you can take now. You do not need to do everything at once.
2. Protect access
Use a block or self-exclusion
Register with GAMSTOP for UK online gambling self-exclusion, or install Gamban to block gambling sites and apps on your devices.
3. Protect money
Move money away from the next deposit
Pay an important bill, move funds to an account you cannot use immediately, or switch on your bank's gambling-payment block.
4. Speak to someone
Use specialist support
The National Gambling Helpline is free and available around the clock. The NHS gambling support page also links to treatment and self-referral options.