Check dein Spiel
Also: Spiel nicht bis zur Glücksspielsucht · Spielen mit Verantwortung
Germany's federal health education centre (BZgA, now BIÖG) campaign on gambling addiction, run since 2007 with the German state lottery bloc's support, that offers information on responsible gambling at check-dein-spiel.de with an online self-test, the 'Check Out' behaviour change programme, support for relatives and a free helpline, and is pushed each September on the national Gambling Addiction Action Day, with a 2022 focus on online sports betting.
- Years
- 2007
- Country
- Germany
- Topic
- Gambling
- Asks people to
- RecognizeSeek helpStop
- Strategy
- Self efficacySelf screeningService link
- Channel
- EventsHotlinePrintWebsite
- Audience
- AdultsPeople who gamble in Germany, including online sports bettors, and their relatives; materials in German, English, Polish, Arabic, Russian and Turkish.
Evidence
NoneUnknown
No evaluation found.
Sponsor (who paid)
- Bundeszentrale für gesundheitliche Aufklärung (BZgA), now Bundesinstitut für Öffentliche Gesundheit (BIÖG) Foreign government, creator
- Deutscher Lotto- und Totoblock Industry, funder (state lottery companies)
Credits (who made it)
Not recorded yet.
Sources
Research notes
Drafted by Claude (Claude Code) on 2026-10-28 for #130 from the sources listed; unreviewed, including the cardSummary. History (self-test from Sept 2007, counselling programme from Dec 2007, funded with support of the Deutscher Lotto- und Totoblock) is from a search-result summary of the 2014 FAGS paper, not opened. In 2019 the campaign ran under the name 'Spiel nicht bis zur Glücksspielsucht'. The 2022 release cites about 229,000 people with problem gambling and 200,000 probably pathological (BZgA survey); check before quoting. Lottery funding makes this partly industry-funded; check the current funding.
Record cases/de-bzga-check-dein-spiel.json, updated 2026-10-28· Link to this campaign