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A six-point monthly check-up for your betting apps
A monthly check-up for betting apps has six points: your deposit limit, your account history and net position, app updates, permissions, your bank's gambling block and your help numbers. Each point has a fail condition, such as a missing limit or a permission you cannot explain. Set a calendar reminder, run the six checks on the same date each month, and write down what changed.
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The six checks and what counts as a fail
| Check | What you do | Fail if |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Limits | Open the limits page in each app and compare the limit with the budget you set for the month. | No limit is set, or the limit is higher than your budget. |
| 2. History and net position | Read the account history for the month: stakes, returns, and the net result where the app shows one. | You cannot find the net result, or the figure surprises you. |
| 3. Updates | Update the app from the App Store or Google Play, not from a link in a message. | The app is out of date, or an update was offered outside the store. |
| 4. Permissions | List what each app may use: location, notifications, camera, contacts. | A permission is on and you cannot name the reason. |
| 5. Bank block | Check that the gambling block in your banking app is still on, if you chose one. | The block is off and you did not switch it off. |
| 6. Help | Save 1800 936 725 in your contacts and find the time-out and self-exclusion screens in the app. | You cannot find those screens in under a minute. |
In short: six points, one date a month, a written note of any fail.
What each check rests on
- Limits. A licensee must give players a way to set a money limit (s.164). The step page is setting a deposit limit; to turn a limit into daily, weekly and monthly amounts, use the deposit limit planner.
- History. The Act requires a licensee to show wins, losses and time on the account (s.173(4); the wording is to be confirmed in the Act). See your betting history and net position.
- Updates and permissions. See updating or reinstalling safely and what the app asks the phone for.
- Bank block. The GRAI protection tools list names AIB, Bank of Ireland, EBS, PTSB and Revolut. Steps: switch on a bank gambling block. Snapshot: bank blocks and protection tools.
- Help. Time-out and self-exclusion steps are in taking a break or self-excluding.
In short: every check links to a step page, so a fail has a next action.
Where each app puts the screens
App-specific paths to limits, time-outs and self-exclusion are in the safer-gambling controls snapshot. Status on 7 November 2026: Not checked. The snapshot holds no operator paths until the help pages are read and dated.
Until then, search the app's help or account menu for "limits", "time-out" and "self-exclusion", and note the path you used.
In short: paths differ by app, and we publish none that we have not checked.
If a check fails
- Missing or high limit: set or lower it now, then record the new figure.
- Unexplained permission: switch it off in the phone settings and see whether the app still works.
- Bank block off: switch it on again, or note why it is off.
- You feel unable to stop: use a time-out or self-exclusion, and call 1800 936 725.
The National Gambling Exclusion Register (ss.44–49) is planned, not in force on 21 October 2026. Exclusion today is set per operator.
In short: fix the fail, record it, and ask for help early.
How we checked
- Law (ss.164, 173(4), 44–49): GRAI compliance note, checked on 7 November 2026; s.173(4) still to be confirmed in the Act text.
- App paths: Not checked.
- The list of banks: GRAI protection tools page, via the compliance note, checked on 7 November 2026.
- We did not open accounts or place bets.
In short: the method is sourced; operator paths are empty until read.
Help and limits
18+ only. Gambling can be addictive – play responsibly. Set limits, take breaks and never bet more than you can afford to lose.
Free 24/7 support: 1800 936 725 · gamblingcare.ie. More numbers are on the Responsible gambling page. Browse all limits, breaks and blocks.
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