This page lists one national gambling helpline for each of 19 countries, checked against the service's own page on the date shown in the table. The lines are run by public health bodies, regulators and charities, as the source column names them.
GamblingLawsuits.org is a record of court cases and not a treatment service. The box above the footer of every case page shows the line of that case's country, and the table below lists all of them.
19 countries. Every number was read from the page named in the source column; the date is when it was checked.
| Country | Service | Number | Notes | Source (checked) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | National Gambling Helpline (Gambling Help Online) | 1800 858 858 | Free, 24 hours a day | betstop.gov.au (14 Nov 2026) |
| Belgium | De DrugLijn (drank, drugs, pillen, gamen en gokken) | 078 15 10 20 | Monday to Friday 10:00 to 20:00 | druglijn.be (14 Nov 2026) |
| Brazil | Public health network (RAPS / SUS) | see notes | Brazil has no national gambling helpline; the Ministry of Finance points to the public mental health network | gov.br (14 Nov 2026) |
| Canada | ConnexOntario (Ontario) | 1-866-531-2600 | Free, 24 hours a day; other provinces have their own lines | connexontario.ca (14 Nov 2026) |
| Denmark | StopSpillet | 70 22 28 25 | stopspillet.dk (14 Nov 2026) | |
| Finland | Peluuri | 0800 100 101 | Maksuton | peluuri.fi (14 Nov 2026) |
| Germany | Beratungstelefon Glücksspielsucht (BZgA / BIÖG) | 0800 1 37 27 00 | Kostenlos und anonym | check-dein-spiel.de (14 Nov 2026) |
| India | Tele-MANAS (national mental health helpline) | 14416 or 1800 891 4416 | Covers addictions; India has no gambling-specific national line | nimhans.ac.in (14 Nov 2026) |
| Ireland | Gambling Care Helpline | 1800 936 725 | 24 hours a day, Republic of Ireland | problemgambling.ie (14 Nov 2026) |
| Ireland | Extern Problem Gambling | 089 241 5401 | Call or text, call-back service, Monday to Friday 9 to 5 | problemgambling.ie (14 Nov 2026) |
| Malta | Responsible Gaming Foundation Supportline | 1777 | Free; Aġenzija Appoġġ 179 also listed | rgf.org.mt (14 Nov 2026) |
| Netherlands | Open over gokken (Kansspelautoriteit) | 0800 24 000 22 | Gratis | openovergokken.nl (14 Nov 2026) |
| New Zealand | Gambling Helpline New Zealand | 0800 654 655 | Free, day or night; text 8006 | gamblinghelpline.co.nz (14 Nov 2026) |
| Norway | Hjelpelinjen | 800 800 40 | Gratis | hjelpelinjen.no (14 Nov 2026) |
| South Africa | South African Responsible Gambling Foundation Counselling Line | 0800 006 008 | Toll-free | responsiblegambling.org.za (14 Nov 2026) |
| Spain | FEJAR | 900 200 225 | Gratuito, anónimo y confidencial | fejar.org (14 Nov 2026) |
| Sweden | Stödlinjen | 020-81 91 00 | Kostnadsfritt | stodlinjen.se (14 Nov 2026) |
| Switzerland | SOS Spielsucht | 0800 040 080 | 24 hours, free, anonymous (German) | sos-spielsucht.ch (14 Nov 2026) |
| United Kingdom | National Gambling Helpline (GamCare) | 0808 8020 133 | Free, 24 hours a day, Great Britain | nhs.uk (14 Nov 2026) |
| United States | National Problem Gambling Helpline | 1-800-GAMBLER (1-800-426-2537) | Call or text, 24 hours a day | 1800gambler.net (14 Nov 2026) |
How this list is kept
Only national or official lines are listed, one per country where one exists, and only after the number was read on the service's own page on the date in the source column. A number that is not on that page is not on this one.
A line is re-read on every rebuild of the list, and the date moves with it. The no-operator rule in our charter: no operators, no ads, no law-firm money applies to the source column.
A gambling operator's responsible-gaming page is never a source, and a line that cannot be reached is left out, not kept from memory.
7 countries in the case record, and the EU-court pages, have no verified national line on this page yet.
Their case pages show a neighboring line in the same language until a national line is verified, and the Austrian and EU-court pages show the German line. Why does a record of lawsuits carry this at all?
- Austria (15)
- Curaçao (6)
- France (11)
- Italy (6)
- Macau (2)
- Philippines (10)
- Singapore (5)
Why a litigation site lists helplines
Every page of this site is about money lost to gambling and the courts that decide whether any of it comes back, and a reader who arrives on a case page may need the line more than the docket.
The site takes no operator links, no ads and no law-firm forms. GamblingLawsuits.org is a non-commercial project. It takes no money from operators, affiliates or law firms.
The box sits above the footer on every page, shows the line of the page's country and carries its check date, and it is the only treatment content the site publishes.
Filing a claim is free, and we are not a law firm, not a claims administrator and not a treatment service. The court cases that turn on an operator's duty toward a problem gambler are collected under gambling addiction lawsuits.
Problem gambling in the court record: where to read on
A helpline and a lawsuit are different things, and the record on this site shows that most claims by problem gamblers against operators have failed in court.
In England and Wales the Court of Appeal in Calvert v William Hill ([2008] EWCA Civ 1427, 16 December 2008) rejected a general duty of care to problem gamblers. The Court of Appeal in Gibson v Betfair ([2025] EWCA Civ 1589, 8 December 2025) dismissed the appeal.
The High Court in Ashton v Betfair ([2026] EWHC 2935 (KB), 13 November 2026) dismissed the claim and awarded no damages, holding that a duty exists only to act to prevent severe gambling disorder when it is foreseeable.
As of 13 November 2026 no appeal is recorded. What has and has not succeeded is set out in UK gambling compensation claims: what has succeeded in court.
Two outcomes with money exist outside the UK. According to the published summaries of the judgment, the Swedish Supreme Court (Högsta domstolen T 607-24, 1 July 2025) ordered repayment of EUR 527,395 in net losses, a judgment amount.
The Superior Court of Quebec approved the Brochu c. Loto-Québec settlement (200-06-000017-015) in March 2010, which reimburses therapy costs.
A complaint states one side's allegations, and only the court's orders decide anything, so the cases that matter here are the decided ones. The grounds that have worked are set out in can you sue a casino or sportsbook: grounds that have worked.
The five cases below carry the current state of the law in their countries, each with its citation and date.
| Case | Court and citation | Outcome, status date | Id |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calvert v William Hill (duty of care) | Court of Appeal, [2008] EWCA Civ 1427 | Judgment, 2008-12-16; general duty of care rejected | GL-GB-0001 |
| Gibson v Betfair (GBP 1.48m losses, no duty of care) | Court of Appeal, [2025] EWCA Civ 1589 | Dismissed, 2025-12-08 | GL-GB-0016 |
| Ashton v Betfair (Luke Ashton death, duty of care) | High Court (King's Bench Division), [2026] EWHC 2935 (KB) | Dismissed, 2026-11-13; no damages | GL-GB-0017 |
| Swedish Supreme Court: Betsson must repay EUR 527,395 to problem gambler | Högsta domstolen, T 607-24 | Judgment, 2025-07-01; EUR 527,395 net losses repaid, per published summaries | GL-SE-0030 |
| Quebec VLT addiction class action settlement | Superior Court of Quebec, 200-06-000017-015 | Settled-final, 2010-03; therapy costs reimbursed; fund value not stated in the release | GL-CA-0028 |
Questions people ask
What is the phone number for 1-800-GAMBLER?
The number, the name of the service that runs it and its channels are in the United States row of the table above, as read on the service's own page on the date shown. The service column names the operator of each line exactly as the source page does, and this site does not describe organizations beyond the line they run.
Where can I get help with gambling problems?
Call or contact the national line in the row for your country; where your country has no verified row yet, the row of a neighboring country in your language is shown on its case pages. The lines are run by the bodies the source column names, not by this site.
Can you recover from gambling losses?
If the question is about recovery from gambling, the line for your country is the place to start, and this site has nothing to add to it. If the question is about money, courts have ordered losses returned only under specific national rules, set out country by country in can you get gambling losses back.
What this page does not cover
Treatment, counseling, the twelve-step program, the causes of compulsive gambling, how to help a family member and average gambling debt are outside this site; the line in the row for your country covers them, this page does not.
This site records court cases about gambling and their claim procedures, listed in all gambling lawsuits by category, and lists helplines because its readers may need them.
Sources and method
Every row of the table names its source page and the date the number was read there; the court cases in the section on the court record are cited to the published judgment or the court's release, as listed on the case pages. No helpline, charity, regulator or operator paid for a listing.
Who runs this site is described on about GamblingLawsuits.org.
A wrong or changed number is reported through corrections.