Legal and risk information
The warnings that travel with every page of this desk: the content is general explanation rather than advice, the affiliate relationship is disclosed, the products are for adults only, and problem gambling support exists in most countries for players and for the people around them.
- audience
- adults 18+
- content
- general explanation
- advice
- none given
- affiliate
- disclosed
- rankings
- none
- support
- available in most countries
Nothing on this desk is financial, legal or tax advice. It explains in general how a wager placed for somebody else interacts with the account it sits in, names no real operator, brand or person, recommends nothing and ranks nothing, and is funded by one disclosed affiliate link.
Not advice
This desk explains a mechanism. It is not financial, legal or tax advice for any jurisdiction, and it is not a statement about the law where a reader lives. Rules on who may place a bet, on third-party funding and on proxy arrangements differ by country and change; a reader who needs to know their own position should take it up with the operator or with a qualified adviser.
Adults only
Gambling products are for adults (18+ or older where a jurisdiction requires). This desk is written for adults, is explanatory, and does not encourage anyone to gamble.
Affiliate disclosure
The partner link in the masthead and in the band beside the copy is a sponsored link to a partner operator. If a reader opens an account through it the site may be paid, at no extra cost to the reader. The link carries rel="sponsored noopener" and opens in a new tab. No operator is named, rated or recommended anywhere on the desk.
Responsible gambling
The controls that exist - deposit limits, loss limits, session timers, reality checks, time-outs and self-exclusion - are set inside an account rather than on a page about them, and free and confidential support is available in most countries for players and for the people around them. Never commit money you cannot afford to lose, and never chase a loss.
About the figures
Every figure on this desk derives from ten invented samples stated on the overview. None is observed from a real operator, account, bookmaker, brand or person, and each is labelled illustrative. Where a number is used on a page, the arithmetic that produces it is shown on that page so it can be re-derived.