Three things you can do right now
None of these assumes that you consider yourself a problem gambler. Prevention is always cheaper than the consequence.
Self-assessment
A short anonymous questionnaire that gives an honest picture of whether your playing is under control. The answers are not stored or linked to you.
Take the self-assessment →Limits
How to calculate your monthly limit from income and fixed costs — and how to actually enforce it in the casino's account settings and at the bank.
Open the guide →For family and friends
What to do when you are worried about a family member's or a friend's gambling, and how to start the conversation so that it does not end in a row.
Read the guide →HAMPI, the list of persons with gambling restrictions, applies only to operators with an Estonian licence. If you have excluded yourself through HAMPI, a foreign crypto casino will not keep you away — an account can be opened with an email address and a wallet, often without identity verification. If self-exclusion is a necessary tool for you, then do not play at foreign casinos at all. That is the most important sentence on this site.
Set the limits before, not after
A limit you set calmly holds. A limit you set after a loss is already a matter for negotiation.
Decide the amount whose loss will not change your month or your relationships. Move only that into the casino — and only once the bills and the rent are paid.
Decide the session's length in advance and set the phone to remind you. Without an alarm, "five more minutes" stretches unnoticed into hours.
Withdraw winnings to your own wallet immediately. Money left sitting on the account turns into "playing money" in your head, which is easier to lose than real money.
The plan "I will win the lost money back" is the fastest route to a large loss. If you catch yourself thinking it, the session is over — now, not in half an hour.
Six questions to ask yourself
Answer honestly — nobody but you sees these answers. If even two answers are "yes", talk to someone.
Do you play with a larger amount than you had planned?
Have you lied to those close to you about how much you play or lose?
Do you play in order to win back earlier losses?
Have you borrowed money to play or postponed bills?
Does playing interfere with work, studies, sleep or relationships?
Do you feel restless or anxious when you cannot play?
A longer version is in the self-assessment — it takes two minutes, is anonymous and gives a specific recommendation based on the answers.
Help exists and it is free
None of the services below requires a diagnosis, a referral or money. A family member can ask for help and advice too, not only the player.
Counselling line 15410
The gambling addiction counselling line. You speak to a person who has had this conversation thousands of times — with no lecture and no registration.
Call 15410 →15410.ee
Counselling both for the player and for family and friends, information about meetings and treatment options, and materials that can be read before calling.
Open the website →HAMPI self-exclusion
The state list of persons with restrictions, through which you can exclude yourself from casinos with an Estonian licence. It does not apply at foreign casinos.
See it via emta.ee →Peaasi.ee
If anxiety, loneliness or depression lies behind the playing, start here. Free counselling and self-assessments for young people and adults.
Open peaasi.ee →If you want to draw a line right now: close the casino account in writing through customer support, delete the apps from your phone and order a gambling block for your card from the bank — most Estonian banks offer it in internet banking with one click.
Responsible gambling and crypto casinos
Questions concerning foreign crypto casinos specifically. The rules of casinos with an Estonian licence do not apply here.
Does HAMPI protect me at a foreign crypto casino too?
Can limits be set at a crypto casino at all?
Does an anonymous no-KYC account make playing more dangerous?
How do I block gambling payments at the bank?
What to do when the worry is about someone close to you?
How this site carries responsibility
Every page's footer carries the age limit badge and a link here. None of our pages gives the impression that gambling is an income or a solution to money trouble.
Neither this page nor the self-assessment has a single affiliate link, bonus advertisement or pop-up. A person looking for help does not have to pass an offer to reach the contacts.
We do not use expressions like "win your losses back", "last chance" or "guaranteed win" in articles or bonus descriptions.
If one of our pages breaks this promise, write to toimetus@kryptokasiinod.ee — we fix it and record the change in the change log.
If something on this list felt familiar, do not leave it until tomorrow
The two-minute self-assessment gives an honest picture and the counselling line 15410 answers on working days. Neither requires a name, an account or registration.