Sweepstakes games are promotional, but they are engineered like slot machines and can pull the same way. Every figure on this site was produced without spending anything, and that is the model we would suggest.

Worth paying attention to

• Buying coin packs to get a balance back to the floor
• Sessions running well past what you intended
• Hiding the time or money involved from people close to you
• Feeling flat or irritable away from the games
• Money meant for something else going into coins

Tools inside the accounts

Most casinos reviewed here offer deposit limits, session reminders, cooling-off and self-exclusion in account settings. Setting one early is much easier than setting one late.

Blocking tools

BetBlocker is free and covers social and sweepstakes casinos as well as licensed gambling sites. Gamban is paid and covers the same ground.

If it is someone else in your household, the same helpline and Gam-Anon can support you too.