Doctor Gambling is a reference site about responsible gambling, gambling harm and how to get help. People arrive here at bad moments in their lives and make decisions based on what they read. This page sets out the rules we hold ourselves to, so you can judge whether to trust us.
Who writes this site
Every article carries a named author. There are no anonymous posts and no “admin” bylines. The site is written by Jose Del Pozo, who works in the online gambling industry as a content specialist. That connection is disclosed on his profile, on this page and in our funding statement, because you are entitled to know where the knowledge comes from and what interests the writer might have.
Clinical content and its limits
Parts of this site cover clinical territory: gambling disorder, addiction, comorbid mental health conditions, suicide risk and treatment. Those articles are written from published clinical sources — DSM-5-TR, ICD-11, peer-reviewed research and national health services — and every one of them carries a visible notice stating that it has not been reviewed by a clinician.
Nothing on this site is medical advice, and nothing here diagnoses anyone. We are actively seeking a qualified clinician to review this material; when one is in place, that notice will be replaced with their name and credentials, and the change will be logged in our corrections log.
How we source
- Primary sources only. Legislation, regulator guidance, national statistics agencies, peer-reviewed research and the scheme operators themselves. We do not cite other affiliate sites, rehab marketing pages or press summaries as the source of a fact.
- Citations are inline, next to the claim they support, not dumped at the bottom.
- Every statistic carries its survey, year, instrument and method. A prevalence figure with no method attached is not a fact, it is a rumour with a decimal point.
- We never compare figures across survey modes without saying so. Britain’s two official surveys report problem gambling at 2.4% and 0.4% because they ask in different ways. Putting those side by side without explanation is the most common error in gambling journalism and we will not repeat it.
How we keep pages current
Gambling rules and helpline numbers change constantly, and an out-of-date page in this subject area can send someone to a number that no longer answers. Every article shows a last reviewed date separate from its publication date. Review cycles:
- Regulation and player protection tools — every three months
- Help and helpline directories — every three months, with numbers verified against the operator’s own site
- Self-exclusion schemes — every six months
- Statistics — on each new survey release
Crisis resources
Every page dealing with addiction, debt, suicide or acute harm carries help resources above the article, before you have to read anything. We follow safe messaging guidelines on suicide: no method detail, no sensational framing, and help offered before the subject is discussed.
What this site will never publish
- Lists of casinos that bypass self-exclusion schemes, however much search traffic those terms carry. People searching for them are usually the people most at risk.
- Strategy, system or how-to-win content of any kind.
- Unvalidated “are you an addict?” quizzes used to generate leads for treatment providers.
- Health claims that go beyond what the cited evidence supports.
- Sponsored articles, paid placements or guest posts with commercial links.
How this site is produced
Articles are researched and drafted with the assistance of AI tooling, working from the primary sources named above, and are published under a named human author who is accountable for the result. We think you should know that. It does not change who is responsible for what appears here: if something on this site is wrong, that is our fault, not a tool’s.
Last reviewed: 17 September 2026.