Keep It Fun: Play Pokies Responsibly

Simple rules that work

1. Set a budget before you start, and treat it as the cost of a night out.
2. Never use money for school fees, rent, food or bills.
3. Never chase losses. Trying to win back what you lost is how small losses become big ones.
4. Set a time limit and take breaks.
5. Don't play when you are upset, stressed or have been drinking.
6. Never borrow money to play.

Warning signs

• You spend more than you planned, more often.
• You hide your playing from family.
• You feel you need to play to feel better.
• You borrow, or sell things, to keep playing.

If any of these sound familiar, stop and talk to someone you trust. Each site's live chat can also help you pause or close your account. Read more: responsible gambling in PNG (Winim777) · play safe (WinKina).

Limits, breaks and self-exclusion

You do not have to wait until something goes wrong. On any of our sites, open live chat (24/7) and ask for one of these. Staff act on it straight away and it applies to that account.

• Deposit limit: a cap per day, week or month. Raising it later takes effect only after a cooling-off period.
• Time-out: your account is paused for 24 hours, 7 days or 30 days. You cannot log in or deposit until it ends.
• Self-exclusion: your account is closed for 6 months or longer and your details are blocked from re-registering during that time.

If you ask for a time-out or self-exclusion, do it on each site you use. Winim777, WinKina and BigKina are separate accounts.

Need to talk to someone?

Talking helps, and it is not a weakness. Start with someone you trust: family, a friend, a church or community leader, or a counsellor. If money is the worry, speak to your bank or employer before borrowing to cover it.

Live chat on each site can pause or close your account at once, so the first step is always available. For questions about how a licensed operator is run, the National Gaming Control Board (NGCB) is the PNG regulator.

Licence and regulation

Winim777, WinKina and BigKina are operated by one team licensed by the National Gaming Control Board of Papua New Guinea (NGCB), the body that regulates gaming in PNG. That means player protection rules, fair play and responsible marketing are requirements, not promises.

Licence details for each brand are listed on that brand's site. If anything on W7PNG looks wrong, tell us through live chat on any of our sites.

Not sure about another site? We ran the same licence, domain and payout checks on 18 sites aimed at PNG players: PNG casino site checks.