Responsible gambling

If you or someone you know has a gambling problem, call 1-800-GAMBLER.

Where to get help

• 1-800-GAMBLER — free, confidential, 24 hours, every day. https://www.1800gambler.net/
• Most US states run their own helpline as well; your state's is usually quicker.

What this product deliberately does not do

A lot of what makes gambling products harmful is design, not content. These are the things Vigil will not build, and they are not up for revisiting later:

• It never takes a bet, holds your money, or pays anything out.
• There is no leaderboard, no streak, no prize and no contest.
• There is nothing to chase: no bonus that expires, no reward for betting more.
• It says pass as readily as pick, and it says it with the same confidence.
• Cancelling takes one click and we will not put anything in the way of it.

Tools you can turn on

• Loss limits. Daily and weekly caps. When a limit is reached the product stops suggesting anything at all until the window resets. There is no override, because a limit you can override on the night is not a limit.
• Self-exclusion. Lock yourself out for 7, 30 or 90 days. This cannot be undone early, by you or by us. Asking us nicely will not work, and that is the feature.
• Hide the app. Mute alerts and empty the dashboard for a period you choose, without closing the account.

Signs worth taking seriously

• Betting more than you planned, or more than you can afford to lose.
• Betting to win back what you lost.
• Hiding how much you bet from people close to you.
• Borrowing to bet.
• Feeling you cannot stop.

If any of those are familiar, the helpline above is a better use of the next ten minutes than this website is.

21+ only

You must be at least 21 to hold an account. We check at signup and we keep a record that we checked.