Interval

The interval: keeping play a pastime

Every production at Marionette Lane uses fictional credits, but the habits that can grow around slot games are real ones. These tools are built into every account, and the services listed below are free and independent.

Interval reminders

Each account can show a reminder after 15, 30, 45 or 60 minutes of play, or you can switch it off. When the interval bell appears, auto-play pauses and the screen tells you how long you have been in your seat.

Taking a break from your account

A break of 24 hours, 7 days or 30 days can be started from your account page. It signs you out on every device at once, and the account cannot play until the break ends. A break cannot be cut short once it has begun.

Closing your theatre account

You can delete your account from the account page whenever you like. Your balance, round history and favourites are removed straight away.

Signs that it may be time to stop

Playing for longer than you intended, feeling restless when you are not playing, chasing the feeling of a win, or play crowding out sleep, work or the people around you. These signs matter even when the credits are free.

Free help from outside the theatre

The National Gambling Helpline, run by GamCare, is free and open 24 hours a day, seven days a week, on 0808 8020 133, with live chat at gamcare.org.uk. GamStop lets you block your own access to UK-licensed gambling websites. The NHS lists its specialist gambling clinics at nhs.uk. For anyone in Northern Ireland, Dunlewey Addiction Services gives free support, with details at dunlewey.org.

These organisations are entirely independent of Marionette Lane, and we have no commercial arrangement with any of them.