Responsible Gambling
Effective: [[ EFFECTIVE DATE ]]
Bet Bounty publishes sports analysis for people who bet for enjoyment. If it has stopped being enjoyable, the most useful thing we can tell you is how to get help — so that comes first.
Get help now
National Problem Gambling Helpline: 1-800-GAMBLER Free, confidential, available 24 hours a day, every day. Call, text, or chat.
National Council on Problem Gambling: ncpgambling.org
Florida Council on Compulsive Gambling: 888-ADMIT-IT (888-236-4848) A free, confidential, 24/7 statewide helpline.
Gamblers Anonymous: gamblersanonymous.org
You do not need to be in crisis to call. These services exist for anyone who is worried, including family members.
You must be 21+
Membership is restricted to adults aged 21 or over. We verify date of birth at registration and will close any account we believe belongs to someone underage.
Bet within your means
- Decide what you can afford to lose before you start, and treat it as the cost of entertainment — not an investment.
- Never bet money needed for rent, bills, food, or debts.
- Never borrow money to bet.
- Never chase losses. Trying to win back what you’ve lost is the single most common way a manageable habit becomes an unmanageable one.
- Set time limits as well as money limits.
- Don’t bet while under the influence, or to manage stress, low mood, or loneliness.
Warning signs
Consider reaching out if you recognise any of these:
- Betting more, or more often, than you intended
- Chasing losses with bigger stakes
- Hiding your betting, or lying about how much you’ve bet
- Borrowing money, selling things, or missing bills to fund betting
- Feeling anxious, irritable, or restless when you can’t bet
- Betting affecting your work, sleep, relationships, or mood
- Trying to stop and finding you can’t
Tools that help
Licensed sportsbooks in Florida and elsewhere are required to offer deposit limits, loss limits, time-outs, and self-exclusion. Use them — they work best set in advance, while you’re thinking clearly.
Blocking software such as Gamban, GamBlock, and BetBlocker can restrict access to gambling sites across your devices.
Cancelling your membership
You can cancel at any time from your account page.
If you’re cancelling because gambling has become a problem, email [[ CONTACT EMAIL ]] and we will cancel immediately and permanently. We will not send you a retention offer, we will not ask you to reconsider, and we will remove you from all marketing email. If you’d like us to block your address from re-subscribing, say so and we’ll do that too.
Our commitment
We do not market to people who have self-excluded or asked to be removed. We do not use urgency tactics, guaranteed-win language, or claims of easy money. We publish our losses alongside our wins because an honest picture of what betting looks like is more useful to you than a flattering one.
If you take one thing from this page: the odds are structured so that most people lose over time. Bet accordingly.