Sportsbooks. Casinos. Crypto exchanges. Every betting app you've promised yourself you'd never open again. FocusDragon removes the option entirely — not for an hour, for as long as you need.
Download FocusDragon — FreeAddiction researchers call it the craving curve. When an urge fires, it spikes sharply, peaks within 10 to 20 minutes, and then drops — whether or not you act on it. The vast majority of gambling relapses happen inside that first spike.
If the app opens in those minutes, you're in. If it doesn't, the urge passes and an hour later it feels distant. The goal of a good blocker is not willpower. It's making the first 15 minutes physically impossible.
FocusDragon's six blocking layers, six lock modes, and root daemon are built for that window. The daemon doesn't negotiate. The date lock doesn't flex. Uninstall is blocked while the lock is active. By the time you could possibly bypass it, the urge is gone.
Set a calendar date. The lock doesn't release until then. Works for a week, a month, a year — or indefinitely, if you set the date far enough out. Survives every reboot, every OS update, every attempt to roll the clock back.
Requires N actual system reboots to unlock. The daemon counts real boot events, so you can't fake it by force-restarting. Five reboots across a week is effectively a week-long cooldown.
Type 200+ random characters to unlock. No copy-paste — clipboard is auto-cleared. By character 40, most cravings have passed.
For maximum protection, stack them. Date lock + restart lock is a combination nobody has reported getting through.
Preset category: Gambling blocks 150+ sites and apps in one click.
DraftKings, FanDuel, Bet365, BetMGM, Caesars, PointsBet
Stake, Bovada, Ignition, BetOnline, MGM, WSOP
Binance, Coinbase, Robinhood, Kraken, Pump.fun, perps
FanDuel DFS, Underdog, PrizePicks, Sleeper
Any betting app, any crypto client, any trading platform
Add anything. Subdomains, regional mirrors, aggregators.
FocusDragon is a tool, not a cure. If you or someone you love is struggling with gambling, please reach out to professional support alongside using a blocker:
Use FocusDragon to close the door. Use these resources to walk through it.
FocusDragon is the most bypass-resistant free option on macOS. It blocks sports betting sites, casinos, crypto exchanges, and their native apps using six independent layers. Date-lock mode means you can commit to a gambling-free month, year, or indefinite block — and the daemon keeps enforcing even if you reinstall macOS.
A blocker alone can't treat a gambling addiction — it's part of a larger recovery toolkit that usually includes GamStop/GAMBAN for state registries, a therapist, and often a financial accountability partner. What a strong blocker does is remove the in-the-moment option. Most relapses happen in a window of five to fifteen minutes. If the site won't load and the app won't open during that window, the urge usually passes.
GamStop (UK) and state self-exclusion programs register you with operators and prevent account creation. GAMBAN is a subscription blocker ($3–$10/mo) that covers a pre-built gambling list. FocusDragon is free, macOS-native, and supplements these registries by also blocking the sites, apps, and every browser on your Mac. Use all three if you can — they work on different layers.
Date lock for serious commitments ('no gambling sites until my next payday' or 'for a year'). Combine with restart-count lock (requires N reboots to unlock) for the moments you try to rationalize your way out. The random-text lock is a good third layer — typing 200+ characters of gibberish is enough friction to snap out of a craving.
Yes. Add any domain — DraftKings, FanDuel, Bet365, Coinbase, Binance, Robinhood — and the daemon enforces blocks across every browser and every app. Preset gambling categories cover 150+ common sites out of the box.