Keeping a lid on the session
Draw the line in pounds and minutes while you still care — that’s the boring bit that saves the evening. Screenshot a helpline now; at 2 a.m. you won’t go hunting for a number.
Tools that outlive a single willpower spike
Reputable lobbies put deposit caps, reality checks and time-outs near the bank — if yours buries that menu, take it as a design smell. For blanket UK coverage, GAMSTOP is the multi-brand lock-out; the clock you pick has to be long enough that your brain can’t “wait it out” in ten minutes (minimum terms apply on their side).
Pair that with a device block or parental-style screen cap if the urge lives in the phone, not the desktop — one brick in the path rarely holds; stack three and you buy yourself thinking room.