Responsible Gambling at Lalabet Casino: When Is Play Too Much?
Play only from 18, and every Lalabet Casino account carries its own deposit limits, loss limits, session time limits, a cooling-off period and self-exclusion.
What protects you before the first spin?
Answers the worry that help and limits sit somewhere outside your own account settings.
Switch on the limits you need
Clears the usual doubt about whether these controls exist in your own account at all.
What leaves your bank?
Loss limits
Session time limits
Cooling-off period
Ready to close it?
Settings within reach
Open your profile from the menu once you are logged in. Check that the email address shown is the one you still use.
All controls, one screen
Move to the responsible gambling section, where every control sits together. Confirm you are viewing your own account, not an offer page.
One worry, one control
Pick the control matching your worry: money in, money lost, or time spent. Set it lower than you think you need.
Saved, then checked
Save the choice and read the summary line before closing the page. If the figure looks wrong, go back and adjust it.
Is it still entertainment for you?
Catching these signals early leaves you room to act calmly. Setting a deposit limit, or taking a cooling-off period, is the simplest first move, and it works best before the next session rather than after a bad night.
Read this list honestly, in your own situation rather than in theory.
- You play past the time you planned
- Chasing a loss with a bigger deposit
- Hiding sessions or amounts from family
- Borrowing money to keep playing
- Thinking about the next session at work
- Feeling flat when you are not playing
- Spending money set aside for bills
Free help across Australia
National Gambling Helpline
Ring or chat with the National Gambling Helpline at any hour of any day and speak in confidence, whether you gamble yourself or you are worried about someone close to you; counsellors also point you to local services and self-help tools. 1800 858 858 gamblinghelponline.org.au
Gamblers Anonymous Australia
Join a Gamblers Anonymous Australia meeting to sit with people who gamble and with relatives going through the same experience, with groups meeting in person and online around the country, and simply turn up to a session. gaaustralia.org.au
National Debt Helpline
Call the National Debt Helpline for free financial counselling if gambling has left you with debts, with advisers available on weekdays by phone to help you sort repayment options and speak to lenders. ndh.org.au
Cooling off, closing access, or the national register
A break of a few days. A cooling-off period stops your play for a short stretch without ending your account, so you can come back to it later. Start it from the controls inside your account when you feel tonight is heading somewhere you did not plan.
Self-exclusion. Self-exclusion closes your access for a longer, fixed span and cannot be undone early, so the decision stands even on a difficult evening. You set it in your account, and it removes play rather than pausing it.
Register on BetStop. BetStop is the national register run by the Australian Government through ACMA, and a registration lasts at least three months, up to a lifetime. Apply online in around five minutes, and you may nominate a support person to join you. betstop.gov.au