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- 28guides, each with its sources
- 50country pages
- 50countries in the helpline directory
- 78terms in the glossary
Guides
All 28 guidesGrouped by what you need right now. The figure on the right is the reading time.
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Understanding gambling
- Gambling addiction: definition, DSM-5 criteria and how it is diagnosed8 min
- What causes gambling addiction: product design, biology and personal risk8 min
- Gambling withdrawal symptoms: what to expect and how long they last7 min
- Sports betting addiction: what makes betting apps high-risk, and how to stop8 min
- Gambling addiction statistics: prevalence by country and what each number measures9 min
- What is RTP and volatility in gambling? The honest math8 min
- Responsible gambling tools that actually work (2026)8 min
Treatment & recovery
- Gambling addiction treatment: what works and where it is free9 min
- Cognitive behavioral therapy for gambling addiction: what it does and what the evidence shows8 min
- Gamblers Anonymous: how it works and how to find a meeting today10 min
- Gambling addiction medication: what is prescribed and what the evidence shows7 min
- Gambling recovery and relapse: what the first year actually involves8 min
Blocking & self-exclusion
- Gambling self-exclusion by country: official schemes and how to sign up12 min
- Gambling self-exclusion in the USA, state by state10 min
- What is GamStop? How the UK self-exclusion scheme works8 min
- GamStop vs blocking software: what each one actually blocks7 min
- Casinos not on GamStop: what they are and why they are risky7 min
- Gamban: what it blocks, what it costs, and where it is free7 min
- The best apps to block gambling sites in 2026 (free options first)9 min
- How to block gambling sites and apps on iPhone and Android9 min
- Bank gambling blocks: which banks have one and how they work8 min
Money & debt
Help in your country
All countriesOne page per country: the national helpline, how self-exclusion works there, bank gambling blocks, where treatment is free and who regulates gambling.
- Argentina
- Australia
- Austria
- Belgium
- Brazil
- Bulgaria
- Canada
- Chile
- Colombia
- Croatia
- Cyprus
- Czechia
- Denmark
- Estonia
- Finland
- France
- Germany
- Greece
- Hong Kong
- Hungary
- Iceland
- India
- Ireland
- Israel
- Italy
- Japan
- Latvia
- Lithuania
- Malta
- Mexico
- Netherlands
- New Zealand
- Norway
- Philippines
- Poland
- Portugal
- Romania
- Russia
- Singapore
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- South Africa
- South Korea
- Spain
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Thailand
- Turkey
- United Kingdom
- United States
Research and surveys
All research
16 of 50 countries answer a gambling helpline around the clock
What the directory shows about access to help: phone hours, chat and text, and the countries with no dedicated gambling line.
Report · November 11, 2026 What helped you? An anonymous 2-minute surveyFor people harmed by gambling and those close to them: what was tried, what helped most and what made asking for help hard.
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Gambling helplines by country
50 countries, checked against official sources. Also available as an open spreadsheet.
Gambling addiction self-test (PGSI)Nine questions, an instant score and what to do next. Nothing is stored.
GlossaryPlain definitions: chasing, RTP, self-exclusion, PGSI, MCC 7995 and the rest.