Responsible gambling — 18+

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18+ only

Match Bets is only for adults aged 18 or over. Gambling by minors is illegal. If you share a device with children, use parental-control tools; our pages are labelled as adult content.

Our picks are not advice

Picks are model-based opinions with a public record, not a way to make money. Most people who bet lose money over time. Never bet money you need for bills, rent or debts, and never bet to win back losses.

Keep it under control

• Set a budget and a time limit before you start, and stop when you reach them.
• Use the deposit, loss and time limits that licensed bookmakers must offer.
• Take breaks. Don't bet when upset, stressed or after drinking.
• Gambling is entertainment, not income.

Warning signs

You spend more than you planned · you chase losses · you borrow or hide gambling · it affects your work, sleep or relationships · you feel anxious when you're not betting. If any of these sound familiar, please talk to someone.

Get help

Spain

• Juego Seguro (DGOJ, Spain's gambling regulator: safer-gambling information and support): https://www.ordenacionjuego.es/participantes-juego/juego-seguro
• RGIAJ — Registro General de Interdicciones de Acceso al Juego (national self-exclusion from licensed online gambling in Spain): https://www.ordenacionjuego.es/participantes-juego/juego-seguro/rgiaj
• Your regional health service can refer you to specialist gambling-addiction support.

United Kingdom

• BeGambleAware: https://www.begambleaware.org/
• GamCare — National Gambling Helpline 0808 8020 133 (free, 24/7) and live chat: https://www.gamcare.org.uk/
• GamStop (self-exclusion from UK-licensed online gambling): https://www.gamstop.co.uk/

Elsewhere

Contact your national gambling-help service, or use the self-exclusion tools of your bookmaker.

Self-exclusion and blocking

• Spain: register with the RGIAJ to be excluded from all DGOJ-licensed operators.
• UK: register with GamStop.
• Blocking software (e.g. Gamban, BetBlocker) can block gambling sites on your devices.

What we do

• We never target content or offers at people under 18 or at self-excluded people.
• We will only ever link to bookmakers licensed in your country (DGOJ in Spain, UKGC in the UK), and every commercial link is marked as advertising.
• We don't use "guaranteed", "sure win" or similar language, and we publish losing picks as well as winners.
• Contact us at hello@404labs.co if you'd like us to remove you from any list we control.