Age Restriction & Responsible Play

Last updated: March 27, 2026

Some of the sailings described on ellemakebetter.com carry a small gaming salon aboard. This page sets out who this site is for, what it is not, and where to find help if playing stops being entertainment.

Adults Only

Where gaming is offered aboard, it is for adults who have reached the minimum age stated in the notice printed on every page of this site. That age is the one that applies where the operators described here sail, and each operator enforces it at the gangway with identification checks — bring photo ID. We do not knowingly collect information from anybody below that age; see our Privacy Policy.

What This Site Is Not

We do not operate, host, promote or provide access to any form of play, aboard or online. We offer no games, no bonuses, no promotional codes and no odds, and we link to no operator of any kind. We accept no payment, hold no funds and process no transaction. We are not affiliated with, licensed by or endorsed by any operator, gaming authority or regulator. A salon aboard is one part of an evening on the water, and that is how this site describes it — never as a casino floor.

Gambling Is Entertainment, Not Income

Every game offered in a licensed venue is built with a mathematical advantage for the house. Over time the house wins — that is the design of the game, not bad luck and not a run you can wait out. If you intend to play, treat the money as the cost of an evening: decide the amount before you arrive and take only that; set a limit on time as well as on money; never borrow in order to play, and never try to win back what you have lost; do not play to manage stress, boredom or grief; avoid drinking while you play, because it makes a limit easy to forget; take breaks and eat.

Signs Worth Taking Seriously

Play may have stopped being entertainment if you are spending more than you planned or can afford, chasing losses, borrowing or hiding what you spend, understating how often you play, feeling restless or irritable when you are not playing, or if it is affecting your work, your sleep or the people around you. None of that means something is wrong with you, and it is common. It does mean it is worth talking to somebody.

Where To Get Help

Support is free and confidential in most jurisdictions, and it is available to family members as well as to the person playing. Public health services and gaming authorities fund problem-gambling programmes with helplines and counselling, and national support lines operate around the clock. Licensed venues are generally required to offer support on site — ask staff; the request is routine and treated in confidence. If you or somebody else is in immediate danger, contact local emergency services.

Self-Exclusion

Most gaming authorities operate a voluntary self-exclusion register: signing up bars you from participating venues for a period you choose, free of charge and in confidence. It can usually be arranged at a venue or directly with the authority. This publication has no role in, and no access to, any self-exclusion register.

Tell Us If We Get The Tone Wrong

If anything published here reads as encouragement to gamble rather than as a description of a place, write to [email protected] and say so. That is a fair criticism of our writing, and we would rather hear it than not.

Contact

Questions about this page, or about anything else on this site, go to [email protected].