Responsible Gambling

Gambling is entertainment, not income. It should cost you money you have already decided you can lose. If it stops working that way, the tools and services on this page exist to help, and they work.

It sits alongside our Minnesota casino comparison, the comparison this site is built around.

Help in Minnesota

The Minnesota Problem Gambling Helpline is free, confidential and staffed around the clock on 1-800-333-HOPE (1-800-333-4673). The National Council on Problem Gambling runs a 24/7 national helpline on 1-800-522-4700, which also accepts text messages and offers live chat. Neither service will pressure you into anything, and neither requires you to give your name to start a conversation.

Warning signs

• Betting more than you planned, or chasing losses to get back to even.
• Borrowing money, selling things, or moving money between accounts to keep playing.
• Hiding how much or how often you play from people close to you.
• Gambling to escape stress, boredom or low mood rather than for enjoyment.
• Feeling restless or irritable when you try to cut back.

Any one of these on its own is worth paying attention to. Several together is a reason to call one of the numbers above today rather than at some future point.

Practical controls

Set a deposit limit before you play rather than after, and set it at a figure that would not change your month if it disappeared entirely. Use session reminders so time does not vanish. Keep gambling money separate from money that has a job — rent, bills, food. Never gamble on credit. If an operator makes any of these controls hard to find, that is information about the operator.

Self-exclusion

Most offshore operators offer account closure or a cooling-off period on request; the ones worth using make it straightforward. For a broader block, software such as GamBan or BetBlocker restricts gambling sites across all your devices, independent of any individual operator. Because Minnesota does not license online casinos, there is no state-run self-exclusion register covering them — which makes device-level blocking the more reliable route here.

Age

Nothing on this site is intended for anyone under 18, and most operators listed require you to be 18 or 21 depending on their own terms and the products you use. Keep your account credentials away from anyone under age.

Last updated: 12 August 2026