Responsible Gambling at Ricky

The games are meant for fun. They are not a way to make money, pay rent, or dig out of a hole. Over time the math favors the house, and anyone who tells you different is selling something. Play with cash you can afford to lose. Treat any winnings as a nice surprise, and walk away when a session stops being enjoyable.

Ricky is for adults 18 and over. The tools below live right inside your account, and they exist so you stay in control of the money and the clock. If that control ever starts slipping, skip down to the help section. Reaching out is free, and it works.

Setting Your Own Limits

The strongest thing you can do is set limits before you start, while your head is clear. Doing it mid-session, after a rough run, is harder. Usually too late, too.

In your account you can cap three things:

• Deposit limits — a ceiling on how much you can load into the wallet per day, week, or month.
• Session limits — a cap on how long a single play session runs before you get nudged to stop.
• Loss limits — a hard line on how much you're willing to be down over a set period.

Tightening a limit takes effect quickly. Loosening one is slower on purpose, with a cooling delay before the higher number kicks in, so a heated moment can't undo a sober choice. Pick numbers you'd be fine explaining to someone who cares about you.

Taking a Time-Out

Sometimes you don't need to quit. You just need a breather.

A time-out is a short, fixed cool-off. You pick the length — a day, a week, a month — and during that window you can't deposit or place real-money bets. Your account isn't closed. Your balance stays put, and when the clock runs out you're back to normal. It's a clean way to step back after a long stretch or a bad night without making a permanent call. Hit pause, not stop.

Stepping Away With Self-Exclusion

When a time-out isn't enough, self-exclusion is the bigger lever. It locks you out for a longer term, anywhere from several months to indefinitely, depending on what you set.

While it's active, you can't log in to play, you can't deposit, and the promotional emails stop too. This one is built to be hard to reverse. You can't flip it off the moment a craving hits, and that friction is the whole point. If you choose it, treat it as a real decision and give yourself the full stretch to reset. Support can talk you through it before you commit, so you know exactly what gets blocked.

Checking Your Own Activity

It's easy to remember the wins and forget the rest. Your account history fixes that.

The history and statements in your account lay out the real picture: every deposit, every withdrawal, what you wagered, and what you actually won or lost across days, weeks, and months. Pull it up now and then. Read it honestly. The running total tells you more than any single session ever will. If the number going in keeps climbing and the number coming back doesn't, that's worth sitting with for a minute.

Signs Worth Watching For

Most problems start small and quiet. Here are honest red flags. If a few of these sound like you, take it seriously.

• Chasing losses, trying to win back what you dropped by betting more.
• Borrowing money, or dipping into bills and savings, to keep playing.
• Hiding how much you play from a partner, family, or friends.
• Betting more than you planned, or playing longer than you meant to.
• Feeling restless or low when you're not playing.
• Letting work, sleep, or people slide because of the games.

None of these make you a bad person. They're signals. The earlier you catch them, the easier the fix.

Where to Get Help in the US

If gambling has stopped feeling like a game, you don't have to sort it out alone. Help in the United States is free, confidential, and available around the clock.

The National Council on Problem Gambling runs a helpline you can reach any time, day or night. Call or text 1-800-GAMBLER to talk with someone trained to listen and point you toward local support. No judgment. No cost. Worried about your own play or someone else's, that's the number to start with.

Asking for help isn't a failure. It's the move that puts you back in charge.

Keeping Under-18s Out

Ricky is an 18-and-over site, full stop. Gambling by minors breaks the law and our rules, and an account opened by anyone underage can be closed with funds held.

If kids share your devices, lock things down. Use the parental controls built into your phone, tablet, or computer to block gambling content, and consider filtering software like Net Nanny or GamBlock for an extra layer. Keep your login and payment details to yourself. Never save passwords where a curious teenager can find them, and log out when you're done. A few small habits keep the front door shut.