Responsible Gambling on Your Phone

Limits inside the app

Set limits on a calm day, not after a losing evening. The tools below are typically found in the account or profile settings of the Batery app; names and options may vary, so ask support if you can't find them.

• 1Deposit limit

  Caps how much you can add per day, week or month.

• 2Time-out

  A short, fixed break during which you cannot log in or bet. Useful after a bad run or during exams and busy work weeks.

• 3Self-exclusion

  A longer block on the account. Once requested, it cannot be cancelled early from the app, which is the point.

Keep the betting balance separate from your daily UPI spending too. Using a different bank account or a fixed monthly transfer makes it obvious when you are going over budget.

Turn off the nudges

Push messages about boosted odds, a match about to start or a new slot are designed to pull you back in. Turn them off:

• Android: Settings → Apps → Batery → Notifications, then switch off all categories. Long-pressing a notification also offers a shortcut.
• iPhone: the web app's alerts are managed in Settings → Notifications, if you ever allowed them. Promotional emails and SMS can be switched off in the app's account settings.

Moving the icon off your home screen into a folder or the app drawer adds a small pause before every session, and that pause helps.

Use the phone's own screen-time tools

Both Android and iPhone can limit any app, including a betting one, without help from the operator.

1. Android: Digital Wellbeing

   Open Settings → Digital Wellbeing & parental controls → Dashboard, tap the Batery app and set an app timer. When the daily time is used up, the icon greys out until midnight. Bedtime mode can also silence the phone at night.

2. iPhone: Screen Time

   Open Settings → Screen Time → App Limits → Add Limit. Because the Batery web app runs through Safari, you can limit the site itself under Content & Privacy Restrictions, or set a short Downtime window. A Screen Time passcode held by someone you trust makes the limit harder to skip.

3. Block it fully if needed

   If limits are not enough, uninstall the APK or delete the home-screen icon, and ask your bank about blocking gambling-related payments where that is offered.

Warning signs to watch for

• You open the app without deciding to, out of habit.
• You deposit again to win back what you just lost.
• You bet with money meant for rent, fees or family needs, or you borrow to bet.
• You hide your betting or play late at night so nobody sees.
• You feel restless or irritable when you cannot check odds or play.
• Sleep, work or studies are slipping because of time on the app.

Betting should be paid entertainment, never a way to earn income or fix money problems. Offshore operators also sit outside Indian consumer protection (see the legal note), one more reason to keep stakes small.

Where to get help in India

These services are free and confidential. You do not need a diagnosis to contact them.

If someone close to you is struggling, these services support family members as well.

Responsible gambling FAQ