Keep it a night on the ice

Why the pond is 19+ when it’s free

Social casino games copy the glow, the jingles and the tempo of real gambling. Pondpuck Village is for adults over the legal gambling age and is never pitched at anyone under 19. Your age gets confirmed twice: on the banner you meet the first time you arrive, and again with a tick Bruntle will not let you skip at sign-up.

Lines Bruntle won’t cross

• Offer or promote real-money gambling.
• Offer prizes of real-world value.
• Sell a single coin, or slip in-app purchases into the shack.
• Steer you to a gambling operator or an affiliate of one.
• Hang countdown clocks or streak counters by the boards to drag you back.

Bruntle’s honest word

A free game can be tuned to feel open-handed, and this one refills your coin jar for nothing. A real-money game does neither. Lucky streaks on the slough say nothing about how you would get on with money at stake.

Cracks in the ice to watch for

• Still skating long after you meant to head home.
• Feeling irritable when you stop.
• Playing to escape a mood.
• The pond is crowding out your sleep, your job or the people around you.
• Wishing these reels took real money.

Staying the boss of your own evening

• Choose a time to leave the ice before you lace up.
• Leave autoplay off.
• Take regular breaks.
• Clearing this site’s data wipes the slate; if you want to quit for good, block us in your device settings.

Free help across Canada, off the ice

Worried about a child using this site? Write to [email protected] and we will help you block it.