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Help in Nova Scotia starts with the Provincial Mental Health and Addictions Crisis Line, 1-888-429-8167, and a centre inside each casino. Below that, the Two Rooms desk explains how it checks what it prints and what it leaves out.

Written by the Two Rooms deskChecked October 13, 2026

Crisis line
1-888-429-8167
Halifax centre
902-424-8663
Sydney centre
902-563-3797

Where to get help

  • The Provincial Mental Health and Addictions Crisis Line, 1-888-429-8167, is run by Nova Scotia Health. The call is toll-free, free and confidential, 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
  • Mental Health and Addictions Intake, 1-855-922-1122, is for help that is not a crisis. It answers Monday to Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., to 8 p.m. on Tuesday and Thursday, with voicemail on weekends.
  • The 988 Suicide Crisis Helpline is open 24 hours a day.
  • The Responsible Gambling Resource Centre in Halifax is on the gaming floor near Trapeze Restaurant, phone 902-424-8663. In Sydney the centre is inside the main entrance, phone 902-563-3797.
  • Voluntary Self-Exclusion covers both casinos, Centre 200 excluded, for 6 months, one year, three years or indefinite. Sign-up is through casino staff, either resource centre or Service Nova Scotia in Halifax or Sydney.

A limit set at home

In Halifax, live tables run daily from 2 p.m. to 3 a.m. The high-limit area, a room with higher table limits, stays open to 4 a.m. The clock will not end the night, so the stopping point has to come from somewhere else.

Decide an amount and a stop time before leaving home. The amount is what the night may cost. That limit is about spending, not winning. It stays the same after a win or a loss.

Method

The Two Rooms desk

This guide is written and signed collectively as the Two Rooms desk. No page carries a personal byline, and the site has no named author. Facts were checked on October 13, 2026. The sources were the casinos' own pages, the Nova Scotia Gaming Corporation (NSGC), Service Nova Scotia, Nova Scotia Health, yourbestbet.ca and Atlantic Lottery. Hours a venue does not publish are shown as not published, and holiday hours should be checked on the venue's own site.

Distances are straight lines between OpenStreetMap points for the two casino buildings and 55 towns and cities (© OpenStreetMap contributors). Roads are longer than straight lines, especially across water, so the guide does not estimate driving times.

The pictures are generated scenes with no people in them, not photographs of either casino. The site has no forms, comments or accounts. It keeps nothing about readers except the colour theme chosen in the open browser tab.

Questions

Short answers

Is the crisis line just for emergencies?
It is open to anyone in a mental health or addiction crisis, or someone concerned about them. NSGC and Atlantic Lottery give it as the one number for help with gambling in Nova Scotia. Nova Scotia Health runs it, 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and the call is toll-free and confidential. For help that is not urgent, Mental Health and Addictions Intake is at 1-855-922-1122 on weekdays.
Where is the help centre inside each casino?
In Halifax, the Responsible Gambling Resource Centre is on the gaming floor near Trapeze Restaurant, phone 902-424-8663. In Sydney, it is inside the main entrance, phone 902-563-3797. Halifax staff give confidential support and information on self-exclusion.
Are the pictures photos of the casinos?
The pictures are generated scenes with no people in them, not photographs of the Halifax or Sydney casino.

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