Keep it a fete, not a habit

Why a free fete keeps an 18+ rope

Social casino stalls copy the sights, sounds and tempo of real gambling. Coconut Shy Green is for adults over the legal gambling age only and is never pitched at anyone under 18. Age is asked about twice: first on the banner at the gate, then by a tick you have to make on the entry card.

Lines Godfrey never crosses

• Running real-money gambling, or advertising it.
• Putting prizes of real-world value on any trestle.
• Selling coins, or adding any in-app purchase.
• Pointing you to gambling operators or affiliates.
• Ticking clocks or streak counters that lean on you to come back.

A quiet word from the organiser

A free stall can be tuned to feel open-handed, and it refills your coin tin for nothing. A real-money game does neither. A good afternoon at the coconut shy predicts nothing about how you would get on with real money staked.

Signs Godfrey looks out for

• An hour at the stalls turning into three.
• Snapping at folk the moment you stop.
• Using the stalls to dodge a low mood.
• Play eating into sleep, work or the people around you.
• Catching yourself looking up a real-money version.

Keeping a hand on it

• Choose your finishing time before the first throw.
• Leave autoplay well alone at every stall.
• Take regular breaks, a turn round the green.
• Clearing this site’s data resets the lot; blocking the site in your device settings closes the gate for good if that is what you need.

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