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Responsible Use

Effective date: 15 October 2026 · Version 2026-10-15 · Replaces version 2026-07-05

mariobets sells football intelligence. It takes no bets and handles no money. Its subject, though, is the prices of football bets, and some of the people who read them bet elsewhere. This page explains how we keep information as information, which tools mariobets gives you, and where to find free, confidential help in each country.

1. Our commitments

• mariobets is for adults only: you must be 18 or older.
• We never invite you to bet: no offers, no links to bookmakers, no urgency, no suggested stakes on public prices.
• The accumulator calculator of the Predictions (Pronostici) section, where it is offered, is the only place that works out stakes on selections taken from our data: from a budget you enter, it shows one accumulator and the same predictions as singles, with the budget divided equally. It needs a weekly limit and never works with more than 100 euros a week. The site's other calculators work only on the numbers you type in.
• Data-based predictions are probabilities, never certainties. We say what the stars do not do (they rank how likely an outcome is, not whether a bet is worth making) and we publish their record, losses included.
• We explain margins, probabilities and uncertainty, and we show the evidence — including when it shows how hard it is to do better than the market.
• Past results are always presented as past results, never as promises.
• My record and your well-being settings are never sold, never shared with bookmakers and never used for marketing; other members see only the entries you share, and only if your profile is public.

2. Keeping betting in its place

• Decide beforehand how much money and how much time you can afford to spend, and stop when you reach either limit.
• Betting is not a way to earn money or to solve money problems. Every price includes a margin, so a person who bets regularly loses money on average over time.
• Never chase losses: a loss is not something to recover with the next bet.
• Never borrow money to bet.
• Take regular breaks, and do not bet when you feel stressed or low, or after drinking alcohol.
• Be wary of anyone who sells certainty: in football, nobody can offer it.

3. Tools in mariobets

• Take a break: in Profile you can start a break of 1, 7, 30, 90 or 180 days. Once started, it cannot be shortened. During a break you cannot log new bets or give new forecasts in the forecast lab, and your price alerts and market-signal notifications are paused; the weekly recap and the closing-price notice are paused during a break too. The Predictions (Pronostici) section and its accumulator calculator are hidden for the whole break (their record stays readable); everything else you can read stays available.
• Weekly limit: set a limit on how much you stake in a week, and mariobets shows how much of it you have used, counting the stakes you logged in My record since Monday. A stricter limit applies immediately; a higher limit, or removing it, takes effect after 24 hours — so a bad moment cannot undo a good decision. The accumulator calculator works only once you have set this limit: the budgets you enter in it count against it together with the stakes you log (several attempts within 30 minutes count once, at the largest budget), and never beyond 100 euros a week. We cannot see what you actually bet with a bookmaker, and we say so next to the calculator.
• In the Predictions (Pronostici) section and its accumulator calculator: an 18+ line, the helpline and self-exclusion scheme of your country (in Italy, the ADM register), how much of your weekly limit you have used, kickoff times only (no countdowns, no "hot" labels), and nothing that changes after a loss.
• Private by default: nobody sees your activity unless you choose to make your profile public, and you can make it private again at any time.
• Delete your account: at any time, in Profile.

Because no money passes through mariobets, these tools cannot stop you betting with a bookmaker. To do that, use your country's national self-exclusion scheme (section 6) and the limits your bookmaker offers.

4. Signs that it may be time to talk to someone

• You bet more than you can afford, or for longer than you planned.
• You keep betting to recover money you lost.
• You borrow money, or sell things, to bet.
• You hide your betting from the people close to you.
• You bet to escape worries, stress or a low mood.
• You feel anxious or irritable when you try to bet less, or you cannot stop.

If any of this sounds familiar, talking to someone helps. The services below are free or cost a normal call, they are confidential, and many accept calls from family and friends too.

5. Free, confidential help by country

Each line below was read on the service's own website or on the page of its national health authority or gambling regulator. Opening hours are given where that page states them; "free" and "anonymous" only where it says so.

• Italy — Telefono Verde per la dipendenza da gioco d'azzardo (Istituto Superiore di Sanità): 800 558 822, free from landlines and mobiles and anonymous, Monday to Friday 10:00–16:00 except public holidays (iss.it).

Also the ISS single number for every addiction, Numero Verde Unico Dipendenze: 800 940 789, free and anonymous, Monday to Friday 10:00–19:30; it forwards calls to the dedicated line of each topic, gambling included (iss.it; checked 12 October 2026).

• United Kingdom — National Gambling Helpline run by GamCare: 0808 8020 133, free, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week (gamcare.org.uk).
• Ireland — National Helpline of the Gambling Awareness Trust: 1800 936 725, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year (gamblingcare.ie), as listed by the Gambling Regulatory Authority of Ireland (grai.ie).
• France — Joueurs Info Service: 09 74 75 13 13, anonymous, at the cost of a normal call, every day 08:00–23:00 (joueurs-info-service.fr).
• Belgium — SOS Jeux / SOS Gokken: 0800 35 777, as listed by the Gaming Commission (gamingcommission.be).
• Netherlands — OpenOverGokken, an initiative of the Kansspelautoriteit: 0800 24 000 22, free and anonymous, 24 hours a day (openovergokken.nl).
• Luxembourg — ZEV (Zenter fir exzessiivt Verhalen a Verhalenssucht, the counselling centre of Anonym Glécksspiller): 26 48 00 38, Monday to Friday 10:00–12:00 and 13:00–16:00; its counselling is free and can be anonymous (zev.lu).
• Germany — Telephone counselling on gambling addiction of the Bundesinstitut für Öffentliche Gesundheit (BIÖG, formerly BZgA): 0800 1 37 27 00, free and anonymous, Monday to Thursday 10:00–22:00, Friday to Sunday 10:00–18:00 (check-dein-spiel.de).
• Austria — Glücksspielsucht-Hotline of the Medical University of Vienna: 0800 20 52 42; Spielsuchthilfe: 01 544 13 57 (spielsuchthilfe.at). Both are listed by the Federal Ministry of Finance, with help in each federal state (bmf.gv.at).
• Switzerland — SOS Spielsucht (the intercantonal programme "Spielen ohne Sucht"): 0800 040 080, free and anonymous, 24 hours a day, in German, French and Italian (sos-spielsucht.ch).
• Spain — FEJAR: 900 200 225, free (fejar.org).
• Portugal — Linha 1414 (SOS Jogador) of the Instituto para os Comportamentos Aditivos e as Dependências (ICAD): 1414, free, anonymous and confidential, working days 10:00–18:00 (srij.turismodeportugal.pt).
• Sweden — Stödlinjen: 020-81 91 00, free and anonymous, weekdays: Monday 9–19, Tuesday and Wednesday 9–17, Thursday 11–19, Friday 9–15 (stodlinjen.se).
• Denmark — StopSpillet, the helpline of Spillemyndigheden: 70 22 28 25, Monday to Thursday 9–21, Friday 9–17 (stopspillet.dk).
• Norway — Hjelpelinjen for spilleavhengige: 800 800 40, anonymous, weekdays 09:00–18:00 (hjelpelinjen.no).
• Finland — Peluuri: 0800 100 101, free and anonymous, Monday to Friday 12:00–18:00 (peluuri.fi).
• Estonia — Hasartmängusõltuvuse Nõustamiskeskus (Gambling Addiction Counselling Centre): 15410 (15410.ee).
• Latvia — Support line on addiction of the Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (SPKC), which also covers gambling: 67037333, anonymous, every day 09:00–22:00 except public holidays, at the cost of a normal call (spkc.gov.lv).
• Poland — Telefon Zaufania „Uzależnienia behawioralne”: 801 889 880, every day 17:00–22:00 (uzaleznieniabehawioralne.pl).
• Czech Republic — Národní linka pro odvykání, which also covers gambling: 800 350 000, free, weekdays 10:00–18:00 (chciodvykat.cz).
• Slovakia — Linka pomoci pre problémy s hraním: 0800 131 000, free, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, as listed by the Gambling Regulatory Authority (urhh.sk).
• Croatia — Info linija za ovisnosti of the Croatian Institute of Public Health (HZJZ), which also covers gambling: 0800 2000 70, free (gov.hr).
• Slovenia — Mladi hazarder, confidential phone: 040 88 99 18, working days 10:00–15:00 (mladihazarder.si).
• Cyprus — Advisory service of the Multiple Intervention Centre, for people aged 22 and over: 1454; PERSEAS, for young people up to 22: 1456; both free, as listed by the National Betting Authority (safergambling.gov.cy).
• Malta — Supportline 1777: 1777, free; you can remain anonymous, as listed by the Responsible Gaming Foundation (rgf.org.mt).
• Any other country — Gambling Therapy, run by the charity Gordon Moody: free advice and support online for anyone affected by gambling, in several languages (gamblingtherapy.org).

The organisations above are independent of mariobets. Their contact details were checked on 8 October 2026 (the Italian line again on 12 October 2026) and can change; their own websites have the current details.

6. National self-exclusion: one request, every licensed operator

In many countries a single request to the national register excludes you from every licensed gambling operator there — online and, in some countries, in shops, gaming halls and casinos too. This is the step that stops betting with bookmakers; a break in mariobets cannot do it. Each link below goes to the scheme's own page on the regulator's site (or the official site of the scheme), where the request is made or explained. The same links are in the site footer and in Profile › Well-being.

Where your country is not listed, your bookmaker must still let you exclude yourself from its own site, and the services in section 5 can tell you what else is available where you live. Each page above was opened and read on 12 October 2026; the schemes' own pages have the current rules.

7. If you are worried about someone else

Most of the services above also help family and friends. Gam-Anon groups (in several countries) and Gambling Therapy offer support dedicated to the people close to someone who gambles.

8. In an emergency

If you or someone else is in danger, call the emergency number 112, which works across the European Union, in the United Kingdom and in Switzerland.

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