Gambling recovery

The Betting App Lockdown Kit

10 steps to block every betting app, site and payment.

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The apps live on your phone. The saved cards live in your browser. The notifications arrive at 8pm every Saturday. The push messages know your name. Every ad you see is a designed trigger. Every autofill suggestion is a doorway back in. And your bank makes it easy — one tap and the money is gone before your rational brain catches up.

The Betting App Lockdown Kit is a 16-page technical manual. Not a workbook. Not a recovery programme. A set of specific, practical instructions that will lock you out of every gambling platform, app, and website you have ever used. Every step can be completed in under five minutes. Most can be done from your phone. By the time you finish, you will have built a digital fortress that makes it physically difficult to place a bet — even if every part of your brain is screaming at you to do so.

The guide covers the United Kingdom, the United States, and Europe. Wherever you are, whatever platforms you use, the steps apply. Each section tells you exactly what to do, which websites to visit, which settings to change, and which buttons to press.

Ten steps. Seventy-two hours. A completed checklist you print, tick, and finish. That is the entire product.

Designed specifically for men who:

Have tried to stop gambling on willpower alone and want proper barriers instead
Know the apps are the problem but do not know all the places they hide
Want a technical checklist, not a therapy programme
Need to build the fortress today because tonight is when it matters most
Have completed a recovery workbook and want to reinforce the outcome with real infrastructure

What’s Inside

Full 16-page technical manual with 10 numbered steps
Step 1: Delete every betting app (iPhone, Android, computer instructions)
Step 2: Self-exclude from every platform — UK (GamStop, SENSE), US (state commissions, BetBlocker), Europe (ROFUS, Spelpaus, OASIS, CRUKS)
Step 3: Install blocking software — Gamban, BetBlocker, GamBlock, DNS-level blocking
Step 4: Remove saved payment methods — browsers, digital wallets, e-wallets, betting balances
Step 5: Block gambling advertising — YouTube, Meta, X, TikTok, email keyword filters
Step 6: Set up phone restrictions — Screen Time, Digital Wellbeing, DNS filters
Step 7: Activate bank-level gambling blocks — UK, US, and European banking tools
Step 8: Clean your digital footprint — history, cookies, bookmarks, autofill, social follows
Step 9: Set up human accountability — the person who holds your passcode
Step 10: The 72-Hour Lockdown Checklist — a printable completion tracker
Pro tips throughout with specific tactical advice
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Lock yourself out. Build the fortress. Take back control.

How It Works

Delete → Exclude → Block → Restrict → Cover

You delete every gambling app on every device. You register with the national self-exclusion tools in your region. You install blocking software so unlicensed sites cannot load. You restrict your phone with a passcode you give away. You cover every remaining door: payment methods, ads, browser history, social follows.

Every layer adds friction. Every friction point adds ninety seconds to the moment between craving and action. Ninety seconds is how long a craving lasts.