Gaming on 99av is meant to be entertainment — something you do for fun with money you have set aside for it, not a solution to financial pressure or a guaranteed path to profit. This page lays out everything you need to keep your play healthy, and the tools available when you want to set firmer boundaries for yourself.
99av does not claim any government licence, regulatory approval, or official endorsement from Pakistani authorities. This is an entertainment platform for adults aged 18 and above. Gambling involves real financial risk — most sessions end in a loss. Play only with what you can afford to lose.
Every tool below is available in your account settings. No support contact needed — you can activate any of them right now.
Set a maximum amount you can deposit per day, per week, or per month. Once your limit is reached, no further deposits will be accepted until the period resets. You can lower your limit at any time with immediate effect. Raising your limit takes effect after a 24-hour cooling period.
Available in SettingsSet a reminder that triggers after a chosen play duration — 30 minutes, 1 hour, or a custom duration. When the reminder fires, you will see a notification asking whether you want to continue or stop. It is just a prompt, not a forced logout, but it breaks the autopilot loop that makes long sessions easy to lose track of.
Available in SettingsLock your account for a chosen period — 1 week, 1 month, 3 months, 6 months, or 1 year. During exclusion you cannot log in, deposit, or place any bets. Exclusion periods can be extended before they expire, but cannot be shortened. A permanently closed account is also available on request.
Available in SettingsSet a maximum net loss per day, week, or month. If your net losses hit the limit within the chosen period, your account is restricted from further wagering until the period resets. Like deposit limits, you can reduce your loss limit immediately but increases take effect after a 24-hour delay.
Available in SettingsNot ready for full self-exclusion but need a short break? A cooling-off period lets you pause deposits and betting for 24 hours, 48 hours, or 7 days while keeping your account accessible for chat support or account review. It takes effect immediately with no reversal option.
Available in SettingsEnable on-screen reality check cards that show you how long your current session has been, your net result for the session, and the total deposited today. Seeing these figures during a session — rather than guessing — helps you make a more grounded decision about continuing or stopping.
Available in SettingsThe phrase "responsible gaming" gets used a lot, but it is worth being specific about what it actually means in practice — especially in a Pakistani context where the conversation around online gaming is still relatively new for many players.
At its most basic, responsible gaming means treating a casino or sports betting platform as a form of entertainment, in the same way you might watch a PSL match, go to a restaurant, or spend an evening at a cricket ground. You set a budget for the experience, you enjoy it while you are in it, and you accept the cost as the price of entertainment — not as money you expect to get back.
This is important because the way gambling actually works is that over the long run, the house has a mathematical edge on every game. On slots, that edge is built into the return-to-player (RTP) percentage. On live casino games like baccarat and roulette, it sits in the house margin on each bet. On sports betting, it is reflected in the odds being set slightly below true probability. None of this is hidden — it is just how entertainment businesses are structured. The lights-on, servers-running, customer support-available cost of running a platform is built into the odds.
What this means for you as a player is that if you play long enough, the statistical expectation is a loss equal to the house edge applied to your total wagered amount. Short sessions can absolutely produce wins, and that is what makes it entertaining — but no betting system, pattern recognition approach, or "hot game" theory will overcome the mathematical edge over time. Anyone who tells you otherwise is either misunderstanding probability or selling something.
With that context in place, the goal of responsible gaming is not to stop people from playing. It is to ensure that the people who choose to play do so with a clear understanding of the risk, a budget they have genuinely set aside for entertainment, and the tools to enforce their own boundaries when they need to.
For Pakistani players specifically, a few practical points are worth keeping in mind. Do not use your JazzCash or Easypaisa balance as your gaming budget — that money typically serves daily needs like transport, groceries, and utility payments. Set aside a separate amount specifically for gaming, treat it as spent the moment you deposit it, and anything you withdraw on top of it is a bonus rather than an expectation.
PSL season is a natural time when betting interest goes up significantly. Placing a few bets on a Pakistan Super League match because you are watching it anyway and want a bit of extra involvement is very different from chasing losses on in-play markets because the match is not going the way you expected. The first is entertainment; the second is where problems start to develop.
The same applies to cricket betting more broadly — T20 internationals, bilateral series, and Test matches all have a lot of markets. Having a well-considered bet on a match outcome before it starts is a very different activity from placing multiple in-play bets trying to recover what you lost in the first innings. If you notice that pattern in yourself, that is the moment to use the cooling-off tool or the session timer.
All tools on this page — deposit limits, loss limits, session timers, cooling-off periods, reality checks, and self-exclusion — are available directly in your account settings. You do not need to contact support to activate any of them. They work immediately and cannot be reversed or bypassed.
From any device — takes less than a minute.
Open 99av on your phone browser or the Android app and log in as normal. Biometric login works too.
Tap your profile icon in the top right corner, then select "Settings" from the dropdown.
You will see a dedicated Responsible Gaming section with all tools listed — deposit limits, session timers, self-exclusion and more.
Choose the tool and value you want, then confirm. Restrictions apply immediately. No support approval needed.
Recognising the difference in your own behaviour is the first step.
Think about your gaming over the past month and answer honestly — this is for you, not us. If you find yourself answering "yes" to several of these, it is worth setting limits or taking a break.
Have you spent more than you planned to in any single session, telling yourself "just a bit more to get it back"?
Have you deposited money that was meant for something else — rent, groceries, mobile credit, school fees?
Do you find yourself thinking about your last session or planning your next one more often than you would like?
Have you lied to a family member or friend about how much time or money you spend on gaming?
After a big win, did you feel compelled to keep playing rather than stopping and withdrawing?
Has your work, study, or time with family been affected by the amount of time you spend on gaming?
If you answered yes to one or more of the above, use the tools in your account settings right now. Set a deposit limit, activate a cooling-off period, or self-exclude. These tools work immediately and no one will judge you for using them — they exist specifically for this purpose.
A lot of the difficulty around gaming and money comes from not having a clear budget before you start. Most people who end up spending more than they intended do not have a firm number in mind when they open the app — they have a vague sense that they will "just play a little." That approach consistently leads to longer, more expensive sessions than planned.
A simple approach that works: decide your monthly entertainment budget for gaming and treat it the same way you treat any other fixed expense. If your entertainment allowance is PKR 2,000 per month and you want to split that between gaming and other activities, that number is your hard ceiling. Set a deposit limit in your account that enforces it automatically so the decision is made once, when you are thinking clearly, rather than in the middle of a session when you have already lost half of it.
The deposit limit in your account settings is exactly the right tool for this. Set it to your monthly gaming budget at the start of each month. If you deposit PKR 1,500 and it runs out, the platform will not let you deposit more until the next calendar month. You do not have to rely on willpower in the moment — the system enforces it.
For sports betting specifically — PSL matches, T20 cricket, football — treat each bet as a fixed stake decided before the match, not a response to what is happening live. In-play betting is the part of sports gambling that most commonly leads to rapid, unplanned spending. If you enjoy placing bets on cricket, decide your stake before the toss and stick to it regardless of how the first few overs go.
Never chase losses. The most common path to a serious problem is a losing session followed by a larger deposit to "get it back." The mathematics do not support this approach — a larger bet placed while frustrated and trying to recover produces the same expected result as any other bet: a loss equal to the house edge applied over time. The only reliable way to stop losing is to stop playing.
STEP 1 — Start with your take-home income
List all fixed monthly expenses: rent, food, transport, phone, utilities, school fees. Total them.
STEP 2 — Identify your discretionary amount
What is left after fixed expenses is your discretionary budget — for outings, entertainment, gaming, and savings.
STEP 3 — Allocate a gaming slice (if any)
If you choose to spend some of your discretionary budget on gaming, decide the amount — PKR 500, PKR 1,000, PKR 2,000. There is no right answer; whatever fits your budget.
STEP 4 — Set that amount as your deposit limit
Log in, go to Account Settings, set a monthly deposit limit equal to your gaming allocation. Done. You will not be able to exceed it regardless of what happens during sessions.
STEP 5 — Treat deposits as spent
The moment you deposit, consider that money gone as entertainment spend. Any withdrawal on top of it is a bonus. This mindset removes the emotional investment in "getting it back."
Register for free, set your deposit limit before your first deposit, and enjoy slots, live casino and cricket betting on your own terms.