This page gives practical advice for keeping gambling under control and explains what www.ggsalad.com can and cannot do for a reader who wants to cut back or stop.
Setting a Budget
Decide the amount before you start, not during play. Once a session is underway, wins and losses make every decision feel urgent, so a number fixed in advance is the only one made with a clear head. When you have chosen it, treat that money as already spent, the way you would treat the price of a cinema ticket. If you expect nothing back, a loss does not feel like a debt to recover, and anything left over is a bonus rather than a reason to keep going.
Money Rules
- Never chase a loss. Raising stakes to win back what is gone increases the amount at risk without changing the odds, and it is the quickest way past a budget.
- Keep borrowed money out of it. Credit, loans or money set aside for bills turn entertainment into a repayment problem that lasts long after the session ends.
Spending caps, loss caps, reality checks, cooling-off periods and self-exclusion are things you arrange inside your own account at the destination. This site has no account, no form and no server-side application, so nothing published here can switch one on, check one or enforce one.
Breaks and Support
Take regular breaks. Stepping away interrupts the momentum of continuous play and gives you a moment to compare what you have spent with what you planned. If gambling stops feeling like entertainment, involve someone else early. Telling a friend or family member while the problem is still small is easier than explaining it later, and another person can notice changes you might miss.
Independent Help
Every page of this site, this one included, carries links to six independent gambling-help organisations:
- BeGambleAware
- Gamble Aware
- Gambling Therapy
- G GamCare Gambling Support: Starts Here
- GAM STOP
- NCPG
These are the only outbound links on the site that are not commercial. Unlike the operator links, they carry no sponsored marking. They are set to nofollow and open in a separate tab on the organisations' own websites. This site receives nothing when a reader follows them.
Age and Targeting
The eighteen-and-over restriction is repeated throughout this site, including on the front page. Nobody's age is verified here, and no gambling takes place on these pages. Any age check happens at the destination you choose to visit. No advertising or behavioural profiling network is present in these pages, so nothing here is targeted at a reader who has shown risky behaviour. Visit data is collected only to count page views and clicks on outbound buttons.