Responsible gambling: limits, help and self-exclusion

Help, now

• ConnexOntario: 1-866-531-2600, 24 hours a day, seven days a week, free and confidential, in many languages. Casino Niagara posts this number on machines and around the property (Casino Niagara).
• Virtual PlaySmart Centre: 1-833-888-2306, daily 11 am – 7 pm, trained PlaySmart Advisors by phone. An in-person PlaySmart Centre operates at Fallsview Casino Resort.
• Responsible Gambling Council: tools, information and support at responsiblegambling.org.

Self-exclusion

My PlayBreak is OLG's self-exclusion tool. Enrolling bars you from all Ontario casinos for the period you choose; enrolled people are refused entry. Casino Niagara's page explains who should consider it — when gambling stresses your finances, health or relationships, when a break would help you feel in control, or when you want to commit to changing your habits — and how to enrol (responsible gambling).

For online gambling in Ontario, iGaming Ontario has launched a separate tool that lets Ontarians opt out of all regulated online gambling in the province (iGaming Ontario). Enrolling in one does not enrol you in the other.

Signs to take seriously

Casino Niagara's page describes problem gambling as gambling that harms health, work, finances or relationships: betting money you cannot afford to lose, maxing out cards, borrowing to gamble, chasing losses, neglecting family and friends. It can affect anyone.

Limits that work

The casino's own advice, which we repeat because it is right:

• Set limits of time and money.
• Do not see gambling as a way to make money.
• Gamble only with money you can afford to lose.
• Never chase losses.
• Do not gamble when you are depressed or upset.

Ages and helplines elsewhere in Canada

This site

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