Safer gambling
Betting should stay a small, fixed part of a day at the races. If it is starting to feel like more than that, free help is a phone call away.
Before placing your bets
- Choose what you can afford to lose today, then set a matching deposit limit with your bookmaker.
- Place your bets in points, just like our tips are staked, so no single race decides the day.
- Don't try to win back a loss by staking more on the next race.
- Have a rest between races. The next race will still be there.
Free, confidential support
- National Gambling Helpline
- 0808 8020 133, run by GamCare, open 24 hours.
- GAMSTOP
- You can exclude yourself at once from every UK-licensed online bookmaker at gamstop.co.uk.
- GamCare
- Advice and local counselling are available, along with live chat: gamcare.org.uk.
- Ireland
- Gambling Care, freephone 1800 936 725.
To bet in the UK and Ireland, you must be 18 or over. No bets are taken here, and no accounts are provided.