How tools help you avoid dependency
1. Creating intentional pauses
Reality Check: automatic reminders every N minutes/hours make you stop, evaluate the time and money spent, and make a conscious decision whether to continue or leave.
Session time limit: the rule "maximum X minutes per day" breaks the continuous cycle "another bet" and allows the brain to restore self-control resource.
2. Financial barriers
1. Deposit limits
Daily, weekly or monthly replenishment limits are established.
After reaching the limit, access to replenishment is blocked - the player cannot "catch up" due to a new wave of deposits.
2. Rate limits
Limit the maximum size of one bet or the total turnover of bets.
Excludes the possibility of a sharp increase in risks during an emotional breakdown.
3. Forced rest
Timeouts
Short-term lock after a series of bets (for example, "after 10 spin 5-minute break").
It serves as a physical and psychological "shutdown" that prevents automatic behavior.
4. Self-Exclusion
1. Voluntary pause
Application for blocking an account and all transactions for a period of a week to a year or more.
Provides a "clean period" without access to games to help break the cycle of addiction.
2. Third-party control
The ability to transfer passwords to a trusted person or organization to ensure the execution of self-lock.
5. Reports and Analytics
Personal summaries
Weekly/monthly reports on deposits, rates and winnings.
Transparency of numbers helps to see real losses and abandon the illusion of "control."
6. Psychological impact
Reflection barrier: each instrument makes the player get out of the "autopilot," think about motivation and emotional state.
Reducing dopamine hunger: artificial "doses" of winnings and losses are replaced by clear pauses, which reduces the craving for a new "portion" of excitement.
Self-esteem support: Passing the limits and pauses stages builds confidence that you are able to manage your own behavior.
7. Integration into the strategy of responsible play
1. Select the desired set of tools (limits, reality check, self-lock).
2. Activate all options in your personal account and save the changes.
3. Follow notifications and reports, analyze results and adjust settings.
4. If necessary, extend self-lock or lower limits to strengthen protection.
Self-restraint tools are not only technical functions, but psychological "watchmen" that create the necessary gap for conscious choice. They destroy automatic behavior schemes, maintain a sober perception of risks and help to reliably avoid slipping into dependence.
Reality Check: automatic reminders every N minutes/hours make you stop, evaluate the time and money spent, and make a conscious decision whether to continue or leave.
Session time limit: the rule "maximum X minutes per day" breaks the continuous cycle "another bet" and allows the brain to restore self-control resource.
2. Financial barriers
1. Deposit limits
Daily, weekly or monthly replenishment limits are established.
After reaching the limit, access to replenishment is blocked - the player cannot "catch up" due to a new wave of deposits.
2. Rate limits
Limit the maximum size of one bet or the total turnover of bets.
Excludes the possibility of a sharp increase in risks during an emotional breakdown.
3. Forced rest
Timeouts
Short-term lock after a series of bets (for example, "after 10 spin 5-minute break").
It serves as a physical and psychological "shutdown" that prevents automatic behavior.
4. Self-Exclusion
1. Voluntary pause
Application for blocking an account and all transactions for a period of a week to a year or more.
Provides a "clean period" without access to games to help break the cycle of addiction.
2. Third-party control
The ability to transfer passwords to a trusted person or organization to ensure the execution of self-lock.
5. Reports and Analytics
Personal summaries
Weekly/monthly reports on deposits, rates and winnings.
Transparency of numbers helps to see real losses and abandon the illusion of "control."
6. Psychological impact
Reflection barrier: each instrument makes the player get out of the "autopilot," think about motivation and emotional state.
Reducing dopamine hunger: artificial "doses" of winnings and losses are replaced by clear pauses, which reduces the craving for a new "portion" of excitement.
Self-esteem support: Passing the limits and pauses stages builds confidence that you are able to manage your own behavior.
7. Integration into the strategy of responsible play
1. Select the desired set of tools (limits, reality check, self-lock).
2. Activate all options in your personal account and save the changes.
3. Follow notifications and reports, analyze results and adjust settings.
4. If necessary, extend self-lock or lower limits to strengthen protection.
Self-restraint tools are not only technical functions, but psychological "watchmen" that create the necessary gap for conscious choice. They destroy automatic behavior schemes, maintain a sober perception of risks and help to reliably avoid slipping into dependence.
