For gambling experiences to be exciting and enjoyable players should remain in control and gamble responsibly. Bet365 make a number of responsible gambling options available to players.

Advice on staying in control

This section of Bet365’s responsible gambling options lists a number of things players are invited to think about as well as offering straight forward advice. Players are reminded that gambling is entertainment and cautions against it being regarded as a way of making money. Sensible betting is encouraged, coupled with advice not to try to regain losses by further betting. Players are encouraged to monitor the time that they spend on-line gambling in order to know when to take breaks, which are encouraged with a reminder that too long spent in continuous gambling can result in a player losing track of both time and perspective.

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Players are encouraged to strike a balance between their gambling and other activities, and to seriously consider whether their gambling is still enjoyable if it is the dominant activity.

This section repeats a well-known maxim by encouraging players not to bet more than they can afford to lose and to give consideration how much they are spending on their gambling. Advice is also given not to gamble when under the influence of gambling or in a depressed state.

Final advice in this section, quite rightly, is to encourage those who have developed a problem with gambling to contact Bet365’s Customer Service team or a service that offers advice on gambling problems.

Bet365 Deposit limits

This section offers advice on how to use several facilities of an on-line bet365 account to help with limiting activity.

Limiting the amount of money that it is possible to deposit in an account is one way of reducing risk of spending too much. Limits can be set for periods of 24 hours, 7 or 30 days. Once set, these limits cannot be overridden. Deposit limits can be decreased at any time. Caution is recommended before increasing a deposit limit again, with encouragement to the player to consider whether the increase is affordable. Again, advice is given to never increase a deposit limit in order to gamble more to chase losses. It is made clear that deposit limit increase requests are placed on hold for 24 hours, with the player having to return to the Bet365 site to confirm the increase before it is applied, thus reducing risk of limits being raised in haste and without due consideration. If you want to make a deposit into your bet365 account please check Bet365 deposit methods

Bet365 Reality checks 

It is very easy to become totally engrossed in a game and lose track of time. This could result in excessive levels of betting and loss. To help avoid this, the Reality Check option allows players to set alerts that will appear as pop ups on their screen after a specified period of time in play has elapsed (this option is not available in Poker games). As with the Deposit Limit option, additional alerts can be applied at any time, but a decrease in alerts will be delayed for 24 hours after a request has been made. 

Bet365 Time-out

Players who wish to exclude themselves from gaming with bet365 for a fixed period can do so by selecting the Time-out option. This allows the selection of 24 hours, 48 hours, 7 or 30 days periods. Once one of these time periods has been set, players cannot use the account for gaming or gambling. Players can, during one of these Time-out periods, still withdraw any balance from an account. Advice is given to players who feel they may have a gambling problem to choose the Self-Exclusion option. 

Bet365 Self-Exclusion

This option is for players who believe they are developing, or already have a gambling problem. Self-exclusion allows closure of a player’s account for a fixed period of 6 months, or 1, 2 or 5 years. Once activated for the selected period, the exclusion prevents a player using an account for gaming or betting, but account balances can still be withdrawn. This option allows players to select which areas of play they wish to exclude themselves from. The account cannot be re-activated during the exclusion period, and bet365 gives assurance it will do everything it can to prevent players who have chosen this option from opening further accounts with bet365. For more information about Bet365 self-exclusion you can check our bet365 Self-Exclusion facility article.

Quite rightly, bet365 advise that if a player chooses self-exclusion from their site they should also choose to exclude themselves from other similar sites as it is indication of a serious problem. Advice is also given that bet365 and other gambling apps are deleted and uninstalled and that help and support for problems with gambling are sought.

All of the options detailed above can be accessed from the Bet365 site’s Responsible Gambling section.