Safer Gambling at WestAce

WestAce Editorial Team Last updated

Treat gambling as something you pay for, like a night out, and never as income. Fix a spending figure before each session and stop when it runs out instead of depositing again to recover it.

Controls on your account

  • Deposit caps for a day, a week or a month.
  • Reality checks that pause play to show how long you have been at it.
  • Cooling-off, a short break from the account.
  • Self-exclusion, a longer closure.

Set these when you feel calm, not halfway through a losing run, and pick figures you could live with for months.

We are outside GAMSTOP

Because our licence comes from Costa Rica, GAMSTOP does not cover us, and a registration with it will not prevent anyone opening an account here. If you depend on that scheme, please do not join. Gamban, installed on a phone or computer, blocks gambling sites including ours.

Signs to take seriously

Chasing losses. Spending rent or bill money. Borrowing so you can keep playing. Hiding your gambling from people close to you. Feeling restless when you cannot play, or playing for far longer than you meant to.

Where to get help

  • National Gambling Helpline: 0808 8020 133, run by GamCare, free and open at all hours.
  • GambleAware: guidance on gambling harm and the way into treatment.
  • Gordon Moody: residential and online programmes for people worst affected.
  • Gamblers Anonymous: peer meetings online and in person.

Adults only

Nobody under 18 may play. We confirm age before a first withdrawal, so keep devices locked and your login to yourself, and nobody younger can use the account.