What is a Deposit Control?
Paddy Power allows you to set a personal Limit which helps you control how much you can deposit in for a set period. This can be daily, weekly, or monthly and can be found in the Deposit control section.
Limits can help you manage your spending if you ensure you set responsible limits which indicate funds which you can afford to lose.
Deposit Limit
Deposit Limits only consider their deposits made into the account. Withdrawals are not taken into account. Deposit limits work on a rolling period based strictly on your deposits.
Net Deposit Limit
This Limit Considers both deposits into the customer account and withdrawals; this means they are a 'net' amount (deposits - withdrawals). This limit works on a rolling period based strictly on the customers deposits.
For customers based in Ireland and Rest of World, If you wish to decrease your limit you can do this at any time, and it will be effective immediately. If you want to increase or remove your limit it'll come into effect after a cooling off period. You will be notified of the cooling off period when making the increase or removal request.
After this cooling off period, you will need to re-confirm your Deposit Limit by visiting 'My Account' or the 'Safer Gambling Tools' page.
How to set a Deposit Control
Step 1. From the top right of the page select 'My Account' and then 'Safer Gambling Tools' from the drop down.
Step 2. Select Set your Limit Type underneath Available tools
Step 3. Select your frequency ''Daily, Weekly or Monthly'' and enter your Limit & ''Continue'' and ''Confirm'' to apply your changes
Alternatively, you can apply a Deposit Limit directly by clicking here.
How do Controls work?
Deposit Limit
Deposit limits work on a rolling period based strictly on your deposits- see example's below to understand how this works.
Scenario 1:
You set a £25 daily limit
You deposit £25 at 13:01
In this case you are unable to next deposit until 13:02 the following day.
Scenario 2:
You set a deposit limit on your account for the first time of £50 a week on 14/11
You deposit £10 on 15/11 at 14:15
You deposit £5 on 16/11 at 19:00
On 22/11 you will only have £35 available to deposit until 14:16 due to depositing £15 in the previous 7 days.
To clarify, a weekly limit doesn't run Monday to Monday. Its constantly rolling to stop you depositing more than your set limit. It will look at all your deposits from the previous 'limit period' - in this case a week.
Net Deposit Limit
Your limit is based on your net position. This is your deposits minus your withdrawals. For example:
You have set a £100 per week limit.
- You deposit £50 on Monday.
- You withdraw £100 on Tuesday.
- £100 (Deposit Limit) - £50 (Deposits) + £100 (Withdrawals)= £150 available to deposit for the rest of the week
Net Deposit Limits works on a set time-period.
Daily limits reset at 00:00 each day (UTC - Coordinated Universal Time).
Weekly limits reset every Monday at 00:00 (UTC - Coordinated Universal Time).
Monthly limits reset on the first of the month at 00:00 (UTC - Coordinated Universal Time).
Does my Deposit Limit carry across to Betfair/SkyBet?
Please be aware that if you apply any safer gambling tool to your Paddy Power account it will not automatically apply to any account within the Flutter Family of brands (Betfair, Sky Betting & Gaming & Pokerstars). If you wish to set a safer gambling tool you can do so by contacting each brand below.
Betfair: https://support.betfair.com/app/home
Sky Bet: https://support.skybet.com/s/
Pokerstars: https://www.pokerstars.uk/help/?no_redirect=1
Please note that your Deposit Limit does not apply to Paddy Power Retail.
Carry out a Self-Assessment
Concerned about your habits? You can find out how safe your gambling is via GamCare. In an online assessment, you'll be asked a series of statements about your gambling behaviour on a scale of 1 - 10. At the end, you'll be provided with a breakdown of how gambling is affecting your life, alongside personal recommendations for your next steps.
Take a self-assessment
To learn more about our Safer Gambling tools, click here.