How Pause Point checks what it tells you

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The site exists because the practical side of safer play is scattered. Springbok describes its tools on one page, the counselling service lives on another website, and the crisis line on a third. Here they sit together, in plain language, with the steps in order.

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   Step 1: Read it at the source

   We open the source's own page: Springbok's Responsible Gaming, Support and Player Complaints pages for its tools, the South African Responsible Gambling Foundation for the NRGP, and SADAG for the crisis line.

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   Step 2: Log it with a date

   The wording, the web address and the day we read it go into a shared facts register. Pages pull figures such as the one month minimum or the helpline number from that register, so one correction updates every page.

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   Step 3: Label who is speaking

   When Springbok describes its own service, we say so. When two sources disagree, we show both rather than quietly picking one.

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   Step 4: Show the date and the links

   Each page carries a “Last checked” date near the top and a list of its sources at the bottom.

• Scores, stars or rankings of any kind.
• Jackpot amounts, winner stories or player counts.
• First-person play, deposit or withdrawal stories, and testimonials.
• Promises that a limit or a break works perfectly, or that a tool replaces professional help.
• A diagnosis. The warning-signs self-check is a prompt to talk to someone, not an assessment; NRGP counsellors do the assessing.

If something here is out of date or unclear, email hello@casino-springbok.org and tell us which page and what you saw. We re-read the source, fix the page and change its date.