Self-assessment
Nine questions on the Responsible Gaming page. Honest answers take two minutes and cost nothing.
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Responsible Gambling: Limits, Self-Exclusion and Help in Canada
18+18+, or the age of majority in your province, whichever is greater
The rule is 18+, or the age of majority in your province, whichever is greater — the stricter number always wins.
The operator’s Responsible Gaming page carries a nine-question self-assessment you can take before any money moves.
Deposit limits come in three windows — daily, weekly and monthly — with a temporary break and full self-exclusion alongside.
By design, this page has no buttons to the casino: it is about stepping back, not signing up.
Gambling is paid entertainment, and the price only stays acceptable while you control it. Ruby Fortune’s own toolbox holds five instruments — a nine-question self-assessment, deposit limits by day, week and month, a temporary break, self-exclusion through the Help Centre, and access to your transaction and game history. Outside the casino, help is free and confidential: ConnexOntario 1-866-531-2600, the Responsible Gambling Council and Gambling Therapy.
On the operator's side
The Tools Ruby Fortune Provides
Every item below sits inside the account or the operator’s Help Centre. Set the limits before the first deposit, not after the first bad night.
Deposit limits
A cap on what can be deposited per day, per week and per month. The strongest tool for most players, because it acts before the money is at the table.
Time-out
A temporary break that closes the door for a set period — long enough for a decision to be yours again rather than the streak’s.
Self-exclusion
The full stop, arranged through the operator’s Help Centre. When play has stopped being a choice, this is the tool that fits.
Your own record
Transaction and game history are available on request — the honest ledger of what play has actually cost, in numbers rather than memory.
The warning lights
Signs Worth Taking Seriously
None of these means a diagnosis. Any of them means it is time to use the tools above — and two or more mean it is time to call.
- Playing with money that was meant for rent, bills or groceries.
- Going back to win yesterday’s loss — chasing removes the session’s end.
- Hiding time or spending from a partner, family or friends.
- Gambling to escape stress, low moods or loneliness rather than for fun.
- Trying to cut down or stop, and not managing it.
- Borrowing, selling things or using credit to keep playing.
Same day: set a deposit limit, start a time-out, and say it out loud — to someone you trust or to the line below.
Outside the casino
Help That Answers
ConnexOntario1-866-531-2600
Free, confidential help for anyone in Ontario — phone, chat or text.
Responsible Gambling Councilresponsiblegambling.orgCanadian research and prevention body — self-help tools, quizzes and guidance for players and families.
Gambling Therapygamblingtherapy.orgWorldwide online support and a practical app, for players outside Ontario as much as in it.
BetGuardbetguard.caOntario’s own scheme, linked from the operator’s Ontario footer — one register covering regulated sites in the province.
Before you play
A 30-Second Pre-Flight Check
Four boxes, saved only in your browser. If any box stays empty, that box is the evening’s answer.
0 of 4 checked — stored only on this device.
Context for the tools named here lives in the Ruby Fortune review; how this hub verifies them is on how we check.
18+, or the age of majority in your province, whichever is greater. Gambling is entertainment, not a way to make money. The operator provides deposit limits, a nine-question self-assessment, a time-out and self-exclusion through its Help Centre. Free, confidential help: ConnexOntario 1-866-531-2600 · Responsible Gambling Council · Gambling Therapy · BetGuard (Ontario).