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Be kind to the player

No money changes hands here — 18+ — for entertainment only. No real money play. No prizes of monetary value. But time and attention are real, and games built on chance tug at real habits. This page is the straight conversation about that, with every tool and lifeline in one place.

1. Why a free site takes this seriously

Cedarvaux uses the same shapes as real casinos — reels, randomness, near-misses, the climb of a streak. Those shapes are engaging by design, and the feeling they create does not check what the currency is worth. If play here ever stops feeling like entertainment and starts feeling like a need, that matters, whatever the chips cost.

2. Signs worth noticing

  • Playing longer than you meant to, often, and feeling flat about it afterwards.
  • Reaching for the reels to escape a mood rather than to enjoy an evening.
  • Thinking about the next session during things you care about.
  • Hiding how much time it takes from people close to you.
  • Feeling pulled towards real-money gambling by the habits built here.

3. The tools built into the site

  • The hourly check. After an hour at the tables, a quiet note shows your time, rounds and net position, and asks whether to carry on. It repeats every hour.
  • Step away. A self-imposed lock — 24 hours, 7 days, 30 days, 6 months or permanent — that lands instantly and cannot be lifted early by anyone. It lives at your account.
  • Nothing that nags. No countdowns, no expiring rewards, no penalties for a week away. The site never gives you a reason to come back before you want to.

4. The door policy

You must be 18 or older to use Cedarvaux, full stop. Registration asks for a date of birth, under-18 accounts are removed when found, and the site is built to be uninteresting to advertise at children. If you are a parent, we recommend the parental-control tools your devices already carry.

5. Free, confidential help in the UK

If gambling — anywhere, in any currency — is worrying you or someone you care about, these organisations are free, confidential and independent of us:

6. What we will do on our side

  • Keep the site free of purchases, so a bad evening can never become an expensive one.
  • Keep the hourly check on for everyone, with no way to switch it off.
  • Honour every break instantly and without argument.
  • Answer messages about play worry ahead of everything else in the inbox.

7. For friends and family

If someone close to you seems caught — here or anywhere — GamCare's helpline supports affected others too, on the same number. You do not need the person's permission to talk to someone about it.

8. A last plain word

This site is meant to be an evening's entertainment that costs nothing and owes nothing. If it is ever more weight than light for you, take the pause, use the numbers above, and know that everything here keeps — the chips go nowhere, and neither does the door.