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Safer Gambling Week · 16 to 22 November 2026
A pause before the bet. Free, no account.
When the urge hits, Hold The Bet opens a card instead of the app: your own reason, your own number, a 30 second breath, and one tap to text someone you trust.
One tap. No sign up.
Your card
“Your reason, in your words.”
Breathe for 30 seconds. Then choose.
TEXT SOMEONELOCK
Three short guides
- The urge is here right nowA timed plan for the next ten minutes.
- Stop betting on your phoneBlock the sites and apps, and hand the passcode to someone.
- Self exclude, in one nightThe order to do it in, and what it does not cover.
For counsellors and helplines
A free self help tool for the minute before a bet, to sit beside the support you already give.
What it does
- Opens a card at the moment someone reaches for a bet: their own reason, their own number, and a 30 second pause.
- One tap to text a person they trust, and links to each sportsbook's self exclusion page.
- Walks them through blocking betting sites on their phone, and on iPhone can open the card when a betting app opens.
- Counts the nights they hold, as a small jungle that grows.
What it does not do
- It is not treatment, therapy or a helpline, and it does not replace them.
- It is not a sportsbook and it never moves money.
- No account is needed. The reason and the person they text stay on their phone.
- No ads and nothing to buy.
A free tool for holding back from a bet. Not a sportsbook, and nothing to buy.