Responsible Gambling

What ParlayDesk is, and isn’t

ParlayDesk is a tool for tracking, organizing and researching sports parlays, and for sharing them with a community. It helps you keep a record of wagers you’ve made elsewhere and see how they’re doing.

• ParlayDesk is not a sportsbook. We don’t accept, place or settle wagers, and we don’t place bets for you.
• We don’t hold your money. We never handle wagering funds, deposits or payouts. A Pro subscription pays for ParlayDesk features only.
• We’re not affiliated with any sportsbook, league, team or player, and they don’t endorse ParlayDesk.
• We don’t guarantee results. Nothing on ParlayDesk is a promise that a bet will win or that you’ll make money.

Treat our information as a guide, not a guarantee

Scores, statistics, schedules, live progress, grading, hit rates, Research history, Community Trends and AI bet slip extraction can all be incomplete, delayed or wrong. Sports data comes from third-party sources that can have outages and errors. Past performance doesn’t predict future results, and a high hit rate doesn’t make a bet safe.

Your sportsbook is the source of truth. Always check your wager details, odds, results and payouts with the sportsbook where your bet was placed. A result shown on ParlayDesk doesn’t change how your sportsbook settles or pays a wager.

Picks and opinions shared in Community come from other users. They aren’t advice from ParlayDesk, and nobody on ParlayDesk can guarantee a winner.

Betting responsibly

Sports betting involves real financial risk, and you can lose money. If you choose to bet:

• Only bet where it’s legal for you, and only if you meet the legal age where you live.
• Only bet what you can afford to lose. Never bet money you need for rent, bills, food or debts.
• Set limits before you start, on both money and time, and stick to them. Most licensed sportsbooks let you set deposit, wager and time limits in your account.
• Don’t chase losses. Trying to win back what you’ve lost usually leads to bigger losses.
• Don’t bet to escape stress, boredom, loneliness or other problems, or while under the influence of alcohol or drugs.
• Treat betting as entertainment, not as a way to make money.
• Take breaks. If you need one, your sportsbook and many states offer self-exclusion and cool-off programs.

Warning signs

It may be time to step back or get help if you:

• bet more than you planned, or more than you can afford
• need to bet bigger amounts to get the same excitement
• chase losses or borrow money to bet
• lie to people close to you about how much you bet
• feel anxious, irritable or low when you aren’t betting or try to cut back
• let betting get in the way of work, school, relationships or sleep

Where to get help

These organizations offer free, confidential support for people affected by gambling, including friends and family:

• National Problem Gambling Helpline 1-800-MY-RESET Call, text or chat, 24/7, covering all 50 states and U.S. territories. Run by the National Council on Problem Gambling.
  ncpgambling.org/help-treatment
• Gamblers Anonymous In-person, virtual and telephone meetings for people who want to stop gambling.
  gamblersanonymous.org
• Gam-Anon Support for family members and friends of people with a gambling problem.
  gam-anon.org
• 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline Call or text 988 24/7 support if you’re in emotional distress or crisis.
  988lifeline.org

Your state may also run its own problem-gambling helpline and self-exclusion program. The National Council on Problem Gambling’s site can point you to local resources.

Taking a break from ParlayDesk

If tracking or following bets is making it harder to step back, you can turn off notifications in Account → Notifications, stop following other users, or delete your account at any time in Account → Security. Deleting your ParlayDesk account doesn’t close or limit any sportsbook account. To limit or exclude yourself from betting, contact your sportsbook or your state’s self-exclusion program.