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Every program we checked.

Each program reaches the operators or venues its regulator or operator controls, and no others.

Canada

Official pages checked October 2026.

Alberta

Alberta: Self-Exclusion Program

Self-Exclusion Program

AGLC

Official page for AGLC's Self-Exclusion Program (opens in a new tab)

Covered Sports betting apps and sites; Online casino games; Casinos in person
Not stated Betting shops and retail sportsbooks; Lottery and scratch tickets; Horse racing; Machines in bars, arcades or bingo halls; Prediction markets; Crypto or offshore sites; Sweepstakes casinos

A choice of regulated online gambling sites in Alberta, casinos and racing entertainment centres, or both. AGLC says the program applies inside Alberta.

How to sign up: Online
Lengths: 6 months, 1 year, 2 years, 3 years
When it ends: It ends when the chosen term is over.

Details for AGLC's Self-Exclusion Program

How to sign up

Sign-up is online, through AGLC's sign-up site, using details exactly as they appear on government ID. Casinos keep a device for reaching it.

Lengths

The program says a term cannot be shortened.

When it ends

AGLC says the agreement lasts for the term chosen, until its expiry date.

Notes

AGLC lets a member name an optional Other Contact, who is contacted if the agreement is broken.

AGLC says people in the program cannot receive a prize in a gaming facility.

AGLC's program pages do not mention VLTs in bars or bingo halls.

British Columbia

British Columbia: Game Break

Game Break

BCLC

Official page for Game Break (opens in a new tab)

Covered Sports betting apps and sites; Online casino games; Casinos in person; Lottery and scratch tickets; Machines in bars, arcades or bingo halls
Not stated Betting shops and retail sportsbooks; Horse racing; Prediction markets; Crypto or offshore sites; Sweepstakes casinos

BCLC's gambling facilities, such as casinos, community gaming centres with slot machines and the gaming floors of race tracks, plus BCLC's own online gambling on PlayNow and BCLC's apps. BCLC says this applies whichever way the person enrols, online, in person or by video. Lottery means play on PlayNow and BCLC's apps; tickets bought in stores are not mentioned.

How to sign up: In person, by video call, from a gambling account
Lengths: 6 months, 1 year, 2 years, 3 years
When it ends: It does not end on the end date. It continues until the person acts, or for an extra period the program states.

Details for Game Break

How to sign up: In person at a casino, community gaming centre or commercial bingo hall with government photo ID, by video call with a GameSense Advisor, or from a PlayNow account.
Lengths: The program says a term cannot be shortened.
When it ends: If no step is taken after the term, BCLC keeps the exclusion in place for 12 more months.
Notes: BCLC says jackpots won during a Game Break are forfeited.

Our British Columbia guide

Manitoba

Manitoba: Voluntary Self-Exclusion, Voluntary Self-Exclusion from PlayNow

Voluntary Self-Exclusion

Manitoba Liquor & Lotteries

Official page for Manitoba Liquor & Lotteries' Voluntary Self-Exclusion (opens in a new tab)

Covered Sports betting apps and sites; Online casino games; Casinos in person
Not stated Betting shops and retail sportsbooks; Lottery and scratch tickets; Horse racing; Machines in bars, arcades or bingo halls; Prediction markets; Crypto or offshore sites; Sweepstakes casinos

Enrolling in person covers Club Regent Casino, McPhillips Station Casino, Shark Club Gaming Centre and any future Manitoba Liquor & Lotteries venue, and closes the PlayNow Manitoba account.

How to sign up: In person
Lengths: 6 months, 1 year, 2 years, 3 years
When it ends: It does not end on the end date. It continues until the person acts, or for an extra period the program states.

Details for Manitoba Liquor & Lotteries' Voluntary Self-Exclusion

How to sign up

In person at a Manitoba Liquor & Lotteries casino or the Shark Club Gaming Centre, or off-site by appointment, with government photo ID that shows a signature.

Lengths

Each length is a minimum.

The program says a term cannot be shortened.

When it ends

Manitoba Liquor & Lotteries says enrolment continues after the chosen term ends; it does not end on its own.

Voluntary Self-Exclusion from PlayNow

Manitoba Liquor & Lotteries (PlayNow)

Official page for PlayNow Manitoba's self-exclusion (opens in a new tab)

Covered Sports betting apps and sites; Online casino games; Lottery and scratch tickets
Not covered Casinos in person
Not stated Betting shops and retail sportsbooks; Horse racing; Machines in bars, arcades or bingo halls; Prediction markets; Crypto or offshore sites; Sweepstakes casinos

The PlayNow Manitoba account, including its online lottery. Manitoba Liquor & Lotteries says this enrolment does not apply to gambling facilities, which take a separate enrolment.

How to sign up: From a gambling account
Lengths: 6 months, 1 year, 2 years, 3 years
When it ends: It does not end on the end date. It continues until the person acts, or for an extra period the program states.

Details for PlayNow Manitoba's self-exclusion

Lengths

Each length is a minimum.

The program says a term cannot be shortened.

When it ends

PlayNow Manitoba says enrolment continues after the chosen term ends; it does not end on its own.

Manitoba Liquor & Lotteries' program pages do not mention VLTs in bars and lounges.

Casinos run by Manitoba First Nations are not on Manitoba Liquor & Lotteries' venue list.

New Brunswick

New Brunswick: Long Term Break, Voluntary Self-Exclusion

Long Term Break

Atlantic Lottery

Official page for Atlantic Lottery's Long Term Break (opens in a new tab)

Covered Sports betting apps and sites; Online casino games; Lottery and scratch tickets
Not stated Casinos in person; Betting shops and retail sportsbooks; Horse racing; Machines in bars, arcades or bingo halls; Prediction markets; Crypto or offshore sites; Sweepstakes casinos

A break on the Atlantic Lottery online account, which blocks sign-in. It is an account break, not a venue exclusion.

How to sign up: From a gambling account
Lengths: 6 months, 12 months, 24 months, 36 months
When it ends: The official pages we read do not say. Ask the program before signing up.

Details for Atlantic Lottery's Long Term Break

Lengths: The program says a term cannot be shortened.
When it ends: Atlantic Lottery's page does not say what happens when a break ends.

Voluntary Self-Exclusion

Casino New Brunswick (Great Canadian Entertainment)

Official page for Casino New Brunswick's Voluntary Self-Exclusion (opens in a new tab)

Covered Casinos in person
Not stated Sports betting apps and sites; Online casino games; Betting shops and retail sportsbooks; Lottery and scratch tickets; Horse racing; Machines in bars, arcades or bingo halls; Prediction markets; Crypto or offshore sites; Sweepstakes casinos

Casino New Brunswick in Moncton. We did not find its terms published online; the casino's Responsible Gaming Information Centre has information on the program.

How to sign up: See the official page
Lengths: We did not find its lengths published online.
When it ends: The official pages we read do not say. Ask the program before signing up.

Details for Casino New Brunswick's Voluntary Self-Exclusion

When it ends: We did not find Casino New Brunswick's end-of-term rule published online.

No New Brunswick program page mentions VLTs.

Newfoundland and Labrador

Newfoundland and Labrador: Long Term Break

Long Term Break

Atlantic Lottery

Official page for Atlantic Lottery's Long Term Break (opens in a new tab)

Covered Sports betting apps and sites; Online casino games; Lottery and scratch tickets
Not stated Casinos in person; Betting shops and retail sportsbooks; Horse racing; Machines in bars, arcades or bingo halls; Prediction markets; Crypto or offshore sites; Sweepstakes casinos

A break on the Atlantic Lottery online account, which blocks sign-in. It is an account break, not a venue exclusion.

How to sign up: From a gambling account
Lengths: 6 months, 12 months, 24 months, 36 months
When it ends: The official pages we read do not say. Ask the program before signing up.

Details for Atlantic Lottery's Long Term Break

Lengths: The program says a term cannot be shortened.
When it ends: Atlantic Lottery's page does not say what happens when a break ends.

We found no land-based self-exclusion program in Newfoundland and Labrador. Atlantic Lottery's online account break is the program we found.

Northwest Territories

We found no self-exclusion program run in the Northwest Territories.

Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia: Long Term Break, Voluntary Self-Exclusion Program

Long Term Break

Atlantic Lottery

Official page for Atlantic Lottery's Long Term Break (opens in a new tab)

Covered Sports betting apps and sites; Online casino games; Lottery and scratch tickets
Not stated Casinos in person; Betting shops and retail sportsbooks; Horse racing; Machines in bars, arcades or bingo halls; Prediction markets; Crypto or offshore sites; Sweepstakes casinos

A break on the Atlantic Lottery online account, which blocks sign-in. It is an account break, not a venue exclusion.

How to sign up: From a gambling account
Lengths: 6 months, 12 months, 24 months, 36 months
When it ends: The official pages we read do not say. Ask the program before signing up.

Details for Atlantic Lottery's Long Term Break

Lengths: The program says a term cannot be shortened.
When it ends: Atlantic Lottery's page does not say what happens when a break ends.

Voluntary Self-Exclusion Program

Casino Nova Scotia, with the province's Alcohol, Gaming, Fuel and Tobacco Division

Official page for Casino Nova Scotia's Voluntary Self-Exclusion (opens in a new tab)

Covered Casinos in person
Not stated Sports betting apps and sites; Online casino games; Betting shops and retail sportsbooks; Lottery and scratch tickets; Horse racing; Machines in bars, arcades or bingo halls; Prediction markets; Crypto or offshore sites; Sweepstakes casinos

Every licensed casino facility in Nova Scotia: Casino Nova Scotia in Halifax and Sydney, including the gaming floor, restaurants and entertainment venues.

How to sign up: In person
Lengths: 6 months, 1 year, 3 years, indefinite
When it ends: It does not end on the end date. It continues until the person acts, or for an extra period the program states.

Details for Casino Nova Scotia's Voluntary Self-Exclusion

How to sign up: At the province's Alcohol, Gaming, Fuel and Tobacco Division or at either casino, with government-issued ID.
Lengths: The program says a term cannot be shortened.
When it ends: Nova Scotia's agreement says the ban continues after the chosen term until the person acts; an indefinite term is also offered.
Notes: Nova Scotia Gaming Corporation says people enrolled cannot collect prizes from the casino.

The Nova Scotia casino program does not mention VLTs.

Nunavut

We found no self-exclusion program run in Nunavut.

Ontario

Ontario: BetGuard, My PlayBreak

BetGuard

iGaming Ontario

Official page for BetGuard (opens in a new tab)

Covered Sports betting apps and sites; Online casino games
Not covered Casinos in person
Not stated Betting shops and retail sportsbooks; Lottery and scratch tickets; Horse racing; Machines in bars, arcades or bingo halls; Prediction markets; Crypto or offshore sites; Sweepstakes casinos

Every regulated online gambling site and app in Ontario, including OLG's online site. OLG says BetGuard does not cover in-person casinos.

How to sign up: Online
Lengths: 6 months, 1 year, 5 years, a custom length from 6 months to 5 years
When it ends: It does not end on the end date. It continues until the person acts, or for an extra period the program states.

Details for BetGuard

How to sign up: Online, for adults 19 and over with government photo ID. No gambling account is needed, and BetGuard's contact centre agents can help with registration.
Lengths: The program says a term cannot be shortened.
When it ends: If the term is not renewed, BetGuard keeps the person registered for up to seven more years after it ends.

My PlayBreak

OLG

Official page for My PlayBreak (opens in a new tab)

Covered Casinos in person; Lottery and scratch tickets; Machines in bars, arcades or bingo halls
Not stated Sports betting apps and sites; Online casino games; Betting shops and retail sportsbooks; Horse racing; Prediction markets; Crypto or offshore sites; Sweepstakes casinos

Three kinds of break: Ontario casinos plus OLG's online sites; Charitable Gaming Centres plus OLG's online sites; or the OLG online account alone. Online, a break reaches OLG's own websites and no others. Lottery means OLG's online play; tickets bought in stores are not mentioned.

How to sign up: By phone, in person, from a gambling account
Lengths: 3 months, 6 months, 1 to 5 years
When it ends: It ends when the chosen term is over.

Details for My PlayBreak

How to sign up: Casino breaks: by phone, with staff on site or at a PlaySmart Centre. Charitable Gaming Centre breaks: by phone or with staff on site. Online account breaks: from the account.
Lengths: Online account breaks also come in shorter lengths.
When it ends: OLG says a break taken under its current rules ends with the term unless it is renewed.

Our Ontario guide

Prince Edward Island

Prince Edward Island: Long Term Break, Break in Play

Long Term Break

Atlantic Lottery

Official page for Atlantic Lottery's Long Term Break (opens in a new tab)

Covered Sports betting apps and sites; Online casino games; Lottery and scratch tickets
Not stated Casinos in person; Betting shops and retail sportsbooks; Horse racing; Machines in bars, arcades or bingo halls; Prediction markets; Crypto or offshore sites; Sweepstakes casinos

A break on the Atlantic Lottery online account, which blocks sign-in. It is an account break, not a venue exclusion.

How to sign up: From a gambling account
Lengths: 6 months, 12 months, 24 months, 36 months
When it ends: The official pages we read do not say. Ask the program before signing up.

Details for Atlantic Lottery's Long Term Break

Lengths: The program says a term cannot be shortened.
When it ends: Atlantic Lottery's page does not say what happens when a break ends.

Break in Play

Red Shores Racetrack and Casino (Atlantic Lottery)

Official page for Break in Play (opens in a new tab)

Covered Casinos in person
Not stated Sports betting apps and sites; Online casino games; Betting shops and retail sportsbooks; Lottery and scratch tickets; Horse racing; Machines in bars, arcades or bingo halls; Prediction markets; Crypto or offshore sites; Sweepstakes casinos

The Red Shores gaming floors in Charlottetown and Summerside. It was formerly called Voluntary Self-Exclusion.

How to sign up: In person
Lengths: 30 days, 60 days, 90 days, 6 months, 12 months, 24 months, 36 months
When it ends: It does not end on the end date. It continues until the person acts, or for an extra period the program states.

Details for Break in Play

How to sign up: On-site at either Red Shores, or arranged through Addiction Services, with photo ID.
Lengths: The program says a term cannot be shortened.
When it ends: Red Shores says the break continues indefinitely after the period ends unless the person acts.

Red Shores' program covers its own gaming floors and does not mention VLTs elsewhere on the island.

Quebec

Quebec: Self-exclusion from online gambling, Self-exclusion from casinos and gaming halls

Self-exclusion from online gambling

Loto-Québec

Official page for Loto-Québec's online self-exclusion (opens in a new tab)

Covered Sports betting apps and sites; Online casino games; Lottery and scratch tickets
Not stated Casinos in person; Betting shops and retail sportsbooks; Horse racing; Machines in bars, arcades or bingo halls; Prediction markets; Crypto or offshore sites; Sweepstakes casinos

Loto-Québec's online gambling account. The online program does not describe any effect on casinos or gaming halls.

How to sign up: From a gambling account, in person
Lengths: See the official page
When it ends: The official pages we read do not say. Ask the program before signing up.

Details for Loto-Québec's online self-exclusion

How to sign up: From the online account, or in person at Loto-Québec's Montréal or Québec City offices or at any of its casinos or gaming halls.
Lengths: The program says a term cannot be shortened.
When it ends: Loto-Québec says the account is blocked for the duration chosen.

Self-exclusion from casinos and gaming halls

Loto-Québec

Official page for Loto-Québec's casino and gaming hall self-exclusion (opens in a new tab)

Covered Sports betting apps and sites; Online casino games; Casinos in person; Lottery and scratch tickets
Not stated Betting shops and retail sportsbooks; Horse racing; Machines in bars, arcades or bingo halls; Prediction markets; Crypto or offshore sites; Sweepstakes casinos

The Loto-Québec casinos and gaming halls the person self-excludes from, plus its online gambling account for the same term.

How to sign up: In person
Lengths: 3 months to 5 years
When it ends: It ends when the chosen term is over.

Details for Loto-Québec's casino and gaming hall self-exclusion

How to sign up: With staff at a casino, a gaming hall or Loto-Québec's Montréal office, or through a designated support centre, with photo ID.
Lengths: The program says a term cannot be shortened.
When it ends: Loto-Québec says it lasts for the length chosen, and a new self-exclusion can be started once it has ended.
Notes: Loto-Québec says a self-excluded person found on site is escorted outside.

Loto-Québec's self-exclusion pages do not mention VLTs in bars.

Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan: Voluntary Self-Exclusion (SIGA), Game Break, Voluntary Self-Exclusion (SIGA, through PlayNow Saskatchewan)

Voluntary Self-Exclusion

SIGA

Official page for SIGA's Voluntary Self-Exclusion (opens in a new tab)

Covered Sports betting apps and sites; Online casino games; Casinos in person
Not stated Betting shops and retail sportsbooks; Lottery and scratch tickets; Horse racing; Machines in bars, arcades or bingo halls; Prediction markets; Crypto or offshore sites; Sweepstakes casinos

Every casino in Saskatchewan, SIGA's and SaskGaming's, and the PlayNow Saskatchewan online platform for the same term.

How to sign up: In person
Lengths: 6 months to 5 years
When it ends: The official pages we read do not say. Ask the program before signing up.

Details for SIGA's Voluntary Self-Exclusion

How to sign up: At any SIGA casino, by appointment at SIGA's Central Office in Saskatoon, or remotely by arrangement with the Central Office, with government-issued ID such as a driver's licence.
When it ends: SIGA says the exclusion lasts for the period chosen; it does not say what happens after that.
Notes: SIGA says entering a SIGA or SaskGaming casino while self-excluded can lead to charges and a fine, and winnings are confiscated.

Game Break

SaskGaming (Casinos Regina & Moose Jaw)

Official page for SaskGaming's Game Break (opens in a new tab)

Covered Sports betting apps and sites; Online casino games; Casinos in person
Not stated Betting shops and retail sportsbooks; Lottery and scratch tickets; Horse racing; Machines in bars, arcades or bingo halls; Prediction markets; Crypto or offshore sites; Sweepstakes casinos

Casinos Regina & Moose Jaw, including the Show Lounge and restaurants, every SIGA casino, and the PlayNow Saskatchewan online platform.

How to sign up: In person
Lengths: 6 months, 1 year, 2 years, 3 years, 4 years, 5 years
When it ends: The official pages we read do not say. Ask the program before signing up.

Details for SaskGaming's Game Break

How to sign up: With Customer Service or Security staff at the casino, or off-site if arranged in advance, with government-issued ID that shows a signature and a photo.
Lengths: The program says a term cannot be shortened.
When it ends: SaskGaming's page describes extending a term but does not say what happens when it ends.

Voluntary Self-Exclusion

SIGA, through PlayNow Saskatchewan

Official page for PlayNow Saskatchewan's self-exclusion (opens in a new tab)

Covered Sports betting apps and sites; Online casino games
Not stated Casinos in person; Betting shops and retail sportsbooks; Lottery and scratch tickets; Horse racing; Machines in bars, arcades or bingo halls; Prediction markets; Crypto or offshore sites; Sweepstakes casinos

The PlayNow Saskatchewan account. PlayNow does not describe any effect on casinos.

How to sign up: From a gambling account
Lengths: 6 months, 1 to 5 years
When it ends: It ends when the chosen term is over.

Details for PlayNow Saskatchewan's self-exclusion

How to sign up: From the Self-Exclusion page in the PlayNow account; customer support or live chat can help.
Lengths: The program says a term cannot be shortened.
When it ends: PlayNow Saskatchewan's page refers to re-enrolling once an exclusion has expired.

Lotteries and Gaming Saskatchewan describes VLT tools but no VLT self-exclusion program.

Our Saskatchewan guide

Yukon

Yukon: Voluntary Self Exclusion

Voluntary Self Exclusion

Klondike Visitors Association (Diamond Tooth Gerties)

Official page for Diamond Tooth Gerties' Voluntary Self Exclusion (opens in a new tab)

Covered Casinos in person
Not stated Sports betting apps and sites; Online casino games; Betting shops and retail sportsbooks; Lottery and scratch tickets; Horse racing; Machines in bars, arcades or bingo halls; Prediction markets; Crypto or offshore sites; Sweepstakes casinos

Diamond Tooth Gerties in Dawson City. Its terms are not published online, so ask the venue.

How to sign up: See the official page
Lengths: Not published online; ask the venue.
When it ends: The official pages we read do not say. Ask the program before signing up.

Details for Diamond Tooth Gerties' Voluntary Self Exclusion

When it ends: Diamond Tooth Gerties' page does not say what happens when an exclusion ends.

United States

Official pages checked October 2026.

A list binds the operators its own state licenses. Gambling in more than one place means enrolling in each one.

Alabama

We found no self-exclusion program run in Alabama. Each gambling operator is the place to ask whether it offers its own exclusion.

Alaska

We found no self-exclusion program run in Alaska. Each gambling operator is the place to ask whether it offers its own exclusion.

Arizona

Arizona: Casino Self-Exclusion, Event Wagering & Fantasy Sports Self-Exclusion

Casino Self-Exclusion

Arizona Department of Gaming

Official page for Arizona's casino self-exclusion list (opens in a new tab)

Covered Casinos in person
Not stated Sports betting apps and sites; Online casino games; Betting shops and retail sportsbooks; Lottery and scratch tickets; Horse racing; Machines in bars, arcades or bingo halls; Prediction markets; Crypto or offshore sites; Sweepstakes casinos

Every Class III tribal gaming facility in Arizona, including its restaurants, concerts, hotels and conferences. It is separate from the event wagering and fantasy sports list.

How to sign up: By mail, in person
Lengths: 1 year, 5 years, 10 years
When it ends: It ends when the chosen term is over.

Details for Arizona's casino self-exclusion list

How to sign up: A notarized form with a colour photo, by mail or as a scanned PDF by email, or in person by appointment; the Department can notarize in person.
Lengths: The program says a term cannot be shortened.
When it ends: The Department says the listing ends when the chosen term ends, and no notice is sent.
Notes: The Department's procedure says any jackpot won by a listed person is donated.

Event Wagering & Fantasy Sports Self-Exclusion

Arizona Department of Gaming

Official page for Arizona's sports betting self-exclusion list (opens in a new tab)

Covered Sports betting apps and sites; Betting shops and retail sportsbooks
Not stated Online casino games; Casinos in person; Lottery and scratch tickets; Horse racing; Machines in bars, arcades or bingo halls; Prediction markets; Crypto or offshore sites; Sweepstakes casinos

Event wagering and fantasy sports contests in Arizona. Option 1 covers every licensed sportsbook and app, including sportsbook locations on tribal land; Option 2 covers apps and non-tribal retailers alone. It is separate from the casino list.

How to sign up: By mail, in person
Lengths: 1 year, 5 years, 10 years
When it ends: It ends when the chosen term is over.

Details for Arizona's sports betting self-exclusion list

How to sign up: A notarized form with a colour photo, by mail or as a scanned PDF by email, or in person by appointment; the Department can notarize in person.
Lengths: The program says a term cannot be shortened.
When it ends: The Department says the listing ends when the chosen term ends, and no notice is sent.
Notes: The Department says event wagering winnings a listed person forfeits go to its Division of Problem Gambling.

Arkansas

We found no self-exclusion program run in Arkansas. Each gambling operator is the place to ask whether it offers its own exclusion.

Arkansas's casino rules require each casino to have self-exclusion policies, so each casino is the place to ask. State law also lets the Racing Commission keep a statewide list; we found none running.

California

California: Self-Exclusion Program

Self-Exclusion Program

California Department of Justice, Bureau of Gambling Control

Official page for California's cardroom self-exclusion (opens in a new tab)

Covered Casinos in person
Not covered Horse racing
Not stated Sports betting apps and sites; Online casino games; Betting shops and retail sportsbooks; Lottery and scratch tickets; Machines in bars, arcades or bingo halls; Prediction markets; Crypto or offshore sites; Sweepstakes casinos

California's licensed cardrooms. The Bureau says its list does not include tribal casinos or horse-racing wagering facilities.

How to sign up: Online, by mail
Lengths: 1 year, lifetime (as California's cardroom self-exclusion defines it)
When it ends: The official pages we read do not say. Ask the program before signing up.

Details for California's cardroom self-exclusion

How to sign up: Started online on the Bureau's registration page, which sends further steps after submitting, or by mailing the Commission's paper request, notarized or witnessed by a cardroom key employee.
Lengths: The program says a term cannot be shortened.
When it ends: The Bureau notifies people on a 1-year term before it ends and does not say what happens next.
Notes: The Bureau of Gambling Control says unredeemed jackpots or prizes of a listed patron found playing are confiscated.

Tribal casinos are not on the Bureau's list.

The one tribal-state compact we read, the Pechanga Band's, requires that tribe's casino to run its own self-exclusion program. Each tribal casino is the place to ask.

Colorado

Colorado: Self-Exclusion List

Self-Exclusion List

Colorado Division of Gaming

Official page for Colorado's self-exclusion list (opens in a new tab)

Covered Sports betting apps and sites; Casinos in person; Betting shops and retail sportsbooks
Not stated Online casino games; Lottery and scratch tickets; Horse racing; Machines in bars, arcades or bingo halls; Prediction markets; Crypto or offshore sites; Sweepstakes casinos

The gaming the Colorado Limited Gaming Control Commission and the Division oversee: casinos, and on-site and online sportsbooks.

How to sign up: Online, by mail, in person
Lengths: 1 year, 3 years, 5 years
When it ends: It does not end on the end date. It continues until the person acts, or for an extra period the program states.

Details for Colorado's self-exclusion list

How to sign up: An online form, a PDF sent by email or mail or dropped off, or at the Division's office.
When it ends: The Division says nobody leaves the list automatically when the term ends.

The Division of Gaming's page does not mention the Colorado Lottery.

The Division of Gaming's page does not mention tribal casinos.

Connecticut

Connecticut: Connecticut Gaming Self-Exclusion List

Connecticut Gaming Self-Exclusion List

Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection

Official page for Connecticut's self-exclusion list (opens in a new tab)

Covered Sports betting apps and sites; Online casino games; Betting shops and retail sportsbooks; Lottery and scratch tickets
Not covered Casinos in person
Not stated Horse racing; Machines in bars, arcades or bingo halls; Prediction markets; Crypto or offshore sites; Sweepstakes casinos

Online casino, retail and online sports betting, fantasy contests, keno and online lottery from Connecticut's licensees. It does not cover gaming on the tribes' reservations; Mohegan Sun and Foxwoods have their own forms.

How to sign up: Online
Lengths: 1 year, 5 years, lifetime (as Connecticut's self-exclusion list defines it)
When it ends: It does not end on the end date. It continues until the person acts, or for an extra period the program states.

Details for Connecticut's self-exclusion list

Lengths: The program says a term cannot be shortened.
When it ends: A 1 or 5 year term does not end on its end date; it continues until the person acts.
Notes: The Department says operators may choose to apply the Connecticut list to their services in other states or countries.

Connecticut's list does not cover gaming on the tribes' reservations; Mohegan Sun and Foxwoods have their own forms.

Delaware

Delaware: Self-Exclusion Program

Self-Exclusion Program

Delaware Lottery

Official page for the Delaware Lottery's self-exclusion (opens in a new tab)

Covered Sports betting apps and sites; Online casino games; Casinos in person; Lottery and scratch tickets
Not stated Betting shops and retail sportsbooks; Horse racing; Machines in bars, arcades or bingo halls; Prediction markets; Crypto or offshore sites; Sweepstakes casinos

Delaware Park, Bally's Dover and Harrington Raceway casinos, their online casinos, and the Lottery's iGaming and sports app.

How to sign up: In person
Lengths: 1 year, 5 years, lifetime (as the Delaware Lottery's self-exclusion defines it)
When it ends: It does not end on the end date. It continues until the person acts, or for an extra period the program states.

Details for the Delaware Lottery's self-exclusion

How to sign up

At the Delaware Lottery office, by appointment. Delaware's current rule no longer requires filing in person, but the Lottery's page still asks for the form to be brought in.

Lengths

Each length is a minimum.

The program says a term cannot be shortened.

When it ends

A 1 or 5 year term does not end on its own; it continues until the person acts.

District of Columbia

District of Columbia: Self-Exclusion Program

Self-Exclusion Program

DC Office of Lottery and Gaming

Official page for the District's self-exclusion list (opens in a new tab)

Covered Sports betting apps and sites; Betting shops and retail sportsbooks; Lottery and scratch tickets
Not stated Online casino games; Casinos in person; Horse racing; Machines in bars, arcades or bingo halls; Prediction markets; Crypto or offshore sites; Sweepstakes casinos

The gambling the Office regulates in the District, including sports betting at licensed facilities and on mobile, and the DC Lottery in stores and through iLottery. It cannot be limited to one type.

How to sign up: Online, in person
Lengths: 1 year, 18 months, 3 years, 5 years, lifetime (as the District's self-exclusion list defines it)
When it ends: It does not end on the end date. It continues until the person acts, or for an extra period the program states.

Details for the District's self-exclusion list

How to sign up

Online, at a licensed sportsbook, or at the Office by appointment. Online applications are reviewed before approval.

Lengths

Lifetime is available after at least six months on the list.

The program says a term cannot be shortened.

When it ends

The Office says nobody leaves the list automatically when the term ends.

Florida

We found no self-exclusion program run in Florida. Each gambling operator is the place to ask whether it offers its own exclusion.

Florida's Gaming Control Commission says legal gaming establishments must offer self-exclusion options.

Georgia

Georgia: Voluntary Self-Exclusion Program

Voluntary Self-Exclusion Program

Georgia Lottery Corporation

Official page for the Georgia Lottery's self-exclusion (opens in a new tab)

Covered Lottery and scratch tickets
Not stated Sports betting apps and sites; Online casino games; Casinos in person; Betting shops and retail sportsbooks; Horse racing; Machines in bars, arcades or bingo halls; Prediction markets; Crypto or offshore sites; Sweepstakes casinos

Online and mobile Georgia Lottery play and the Players Club (iHOPE) account, including online ticket purchases, plus the Lottery's marketing and promotions. The Lottery's terms say play at retailers is outside the program.

How to sign up: From a gambling account, by phone
Lengths: 3 months, 6 months, 1 year, 2 years, 5 years, 10 years
When it ends: It does not end on the end date. It continues until the person acts, or for an extra period the program states.

Details for the Georgia Lottery's self-exclusion

How to sign up: Through the person's own Lottery account, or by calling the Lottery's player information line.
Lengths: The program says a term cannot be shortened.
When it ends: The suspension does not end on its own when the period ends; it continues until the person acts.

The Georgia Lottery's terms say play at retailers is outside the program.

Hawaii

We found no self-exclusion program run in Hawaii.

Idaho

We found no self-exclusion program run in Idaho. Each gambling operator is the place to ask whether it offers its own exclusion.

Illinois

Illinois: Self-Exclusion Program

Self-Exclusion Program

Illinois Gaming Board

Official page for Illinois's Self-Exclusion Program (opens in a new tab)

Covered Sports betting apps and sites; Casinos in person; Betting shops and retail sportsbooks
Not stated Online casino games; Lottery and scratch tickets; Horse racing; Machines in bars, arcades or bingo halls; Prediction markets; Crypto or offshore sites; Sweepstakes casinos

Illinois casinos and sports wagering.

How to sign up: In person
Lengths: At least 5 years
When it ends: It does not end on the end date. It continues until the person acts, or for an extra period the program states.

Details for Illinois's Self-Exclusion Program

How to sign up: In person at a location the Board designates, with a driver's licence or state ID. There is no fee.
When it ends: The listing continues after the 5-year minimum until the person acts.

The Illinois Gaming Board's self-exclusion pages do not mention video gaming terminals.

Indiana

Indiana: Voluntary Exclusion Program, Internet Self Restriction Program

Voluntary Exclusion Program

Indiana Gaming Commission

Official page for Indiana's Voluntary Exclusion Program (opens in a new tab)

Covered Sports betting apps and sites; Casinos in person; Betting shops and retail sportsbooks
Not stated Online casino games; Lottery and scratch tickets; Horse racing; Machines in bars, arcades or bingo halls; Prediction markets; Crypto or offshore sites; Sweepstakes casinos

Indiana has two lists. This one covers Indiana casinos and every form of sports wagering.

How to sign up: Online, in person
Lengths: 1 year, 5 years, lifetime (as Indiana's Voluntary Exclusion Program defines it)
When it ends: It does not end on the end date. It continues until the person acts, or for an extra period the program states.

Details for Indiana's Voluntary Exclusion Program

How to sign up: At any Indiana casino, the Commission's office in Indianapolis or a designated problem gambling treatment provider, or online with an identity check.
When it ends: The listing continues after the term until the person acts.

Internet Self Restriction Program

Indiana Gaming Commission

Official page for Indiana's Internet Self Restriction Program (opens in a new tab)

Covered Sports betting apps and sites
Not covered Casinos in person; Betting shops and retail sportsbooks; Horse racing
Not stated Online casino games; Lottery and scratch tickets; Machines in bars, arcades or bingo halls; Prediction markets; Crypto or offshore sites; Sweepstakes casinos

Indiana has two lists. This one is an extra list for mobile sports wagering; its definition leaves out horse racing, fantasy sports and e-sports. The Voluntary Exclusion Program is the one that reaches casinos and every form of sports wagering.

How to sign up: Online
Lengths: 1 year, 5 years
When it ends: It does not end on the end date. It continues until the person acts, or for an extra period the program states.

Details for Indiana's Internet Self Restriction Program

When it ends: The restriction continues after the term until the person acts.

Neither Indiana program page mentions the Indiana Lottery.

Iowa

Iowa: Voluntary Self-Exclusion Program

Voluntary Self-Exclusion Program

Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission

Official page for Iowa's Voluntary Self-Exclusion Program (opens in a new tab)

Covered Sports betting apps and sites; Casinos in person; Betting shops and retail sportsbooks; Horse racing
Not stated Online casino games; Lottery and scratch tickets; Machines in bars, arcades or bingo halls; Prediction markets; Crypto or offshore sites; Sweepstakes casinos

Iowa casinos, racetracks, sports wagering and fantasy sports operators, including online accounts.

How to sign up: By mail, in person
Lengths: 5 years, lifetime (as Iowa's Voluntary Self-Exclusion Program defines it)
When it ends: It ends when the chosen term is over.

Details for Iowa's Voluntary Self-Exclusion Program

How to sign up: A notarized form by mail (remote online notarization is accepted), or in person at the Commission's Des Moines office, an Iowa Gambling Treatment Program agency, or a licensed casino or racetrack.
Lengths: The program says a term cannot be shortened.
When it ends: The Commission says a 5-year term ends automatically.

Kansas

Kansas: Sports Wagering Exclusion Program, Voluntary Exclusion Program

Sports Wagering Exclusion Program

Kansas Racing and Gaming Commission

Official page for Kansas's sports wagering exclusion (opens in a new tab)

Covered Sports betting apps and sites
Not stated Online casino games; Casinos in person; Betting shops and retail sportsbooks; Lottery and scratch tickets; Horse racing; Machines in bars, arcades or bingo halls; Prediction markets; Crypto or offshore sites; Sweepstakes casinos

Sports wagering in Kansas, including every sports wagering app the Commission licenses. Casinos have a separate program.

How to sign up: Online
Lengths: 2 years, 5 years, lifetime (as Kansas's sports wagering exclusion defines it), another length set on the form
When it ends: The official pages we read do not say. Ask the program before signing up.

Details for Kansas's sports wagering exclusion

How to sign up: A form and ID photo through the Commission's secure upload page, after asking the Commission by email for access.
Lengths: The program says a term cannot be shortened.
When it ends: The Commission's pages do not say what happens when a term ends.

Voluntary Exclusion Program

Kansas Racing and Gaming Commission

Official page for Kansas's casino exclusion (opens in a new tab)

Covered Casinos in person
Not stated Sports betting apps and sites; Online casino games; Betting shops and retail sportsbooks; Lottery and scratch tickets; Horse racing; Machines in bars, arcades or bingo halls; Prediction markets; Crypto or offshore sites; Sweepstakes casinos

Kansas's state-owned casinos. The Commission's sample application says it does not cover tribal casinos. Sports wagering has a separate program.

How to sign up: In person
Lengths: 2 years, lifetime (as Kansas's casino exclusion defines it)
When it ends: It does not end on the end date. It continues until the person acts, or for an extra period the program states.

Details for Kansas's casino exclusion

How to sign up: At a state-owned casino without an appointment, or at the Commission's Topeka office by appointment.
When it ends: The two-year term does not end on its own; it continues until the person acts.

The Commission's sample application says its casino program does not cover tribal casinos.

Kentucky

Kentucky: Statewide self-exclusion list

Statewide self-exclusion list

Kentucky Horse Racing and Gaming Corporation

Covered Sports betting apps and sites; Betting shops and retail sportsbooks
Not stated Online casino games; Casinos in person; Lottery and scratch tickets; Horse racing; Machines in bars, arcades or bingo halls; Prediction markets; Crypto or offshore sites; Sweepstakes casinos

Sports wagering with Kentucky's licensees. The state compiles the list from operator sign-ups and has no enrolment page of its own.

How to sign up: From a gambling account
Lengths: The state regulation sets no term lengths; it allows temporary or permanent exclusion, and each licensee has its own state-approved policy.
When it ends: The official pages we read do not say. Ask the program before signing up.

Details for Statewide self-exclusion list

How to sign up: Through a licensed sportsbook: at its premises, on its site or app, or by phone. Each sportsbook must post how. The sportsbook reports the sign-up to the state.
When it ends: The state regulation does not say what happens when a term ends.

Louisiana

Louisiana: Self-Exclusion

Self-Exclusion

Louisiana Gaming Control Board (Louisiana State Police)

Official page for Louisiana's self-exclusion list (opens in a new tab)

Covered Sports betting apps and sites; Casinos in person; Betting shops and retail sportsbooks
Not stated Online casino games; Lottery and scratch tickets; Horse racing; Machines in bars, arcades or bingo halls; Prediction markets; Crypto or offshore sites; Sweepstakes casinos

Louisiana casino gaming establishments, including their sports wagering platforms.

How to sign up: In person
Lengths: At least 5 years
When it ends: It does not end on the end date. It continues until the person acts, or for an extra period the program states.

Details for Louisiana's self-exclusion list

How to sign up: In person at a Louisiana State Police Gaming Enforcement office, signed before an agent.
When it ends: It does not end after five years; it continues until the person acts.

Maine

Maine: Universal self-exclusion list

Universal self-exclusion list

Maine Gambling Control Board

Official page for Maine's self-exclusion list (opens in a new tab)

Covered Sports betting apps and sites; Casinos in person; Betting shops and retail sportsbooks; Horse racing
Not stated Online casino games; Lottery and scratch tickets; Machines in bars, arcades or bingo halls; Prediction markets; Crypto or offshore sites; Sweepstakes casinos

The activities the person chooses from Maine's licensees: casinos and slot facilities, sports wagering in person and online, fantasy contests, and advance deposit wagering on horse races.

How to sign up: In person, by video call, from a gambling account
Lengths: 1 year, 3 years, 5 years, lifetime (as Maine's self-exclusion list defines it)
When it ends: It ends when the chosen term is over.

Details for Maine's self-exclusion list

How to sign up: In person at a Board office, a licensed casino or slot facility, or the state's problem gambling services provider; by a virtual meeting with that provider; or through an online wagering operator's app.
Lengths: The program says a term cannot be shortened.
When it ends: Maine's rule says a fixed term ends automatically on the last day of the month it expires.
Notes: Maine's rule says operators with affiliated establishments in other jurisdictions may apply the list there too.

Maryland

Maryland: Voluntary Exclusion Program

Voluntary Exclusion Program

Maryland Lottery and Gaming Control Agency

Official page for Maryland's Voluntary Exclusion Program (opens in a new tab)

Covered Sports betting apps and sites; Casinos in person; Betting shops and retail sportsbooks; Lottery and scratch tickets; Machines in bars, arcades or bingo halls
Not stated Online casino games; Horse racing; Prediction markets; Crypto or offshore sites; Sweepstakes casinos

A choice of Maryland casinos, the lottery, sports betting in person or online, daily fantasy sports, and instant bingo halls with more than 10 machines. The casino exclusion applies in Maryland.

How to sign up: In person
Lengths: At least 2 years, lifetime (as Maryland's Voluntary Exclusion Program defines it)
When it ends: It does not end on the end date. It continues until the person acts, or for an extra period the program states.

Details for Maryland's Voluntary Exclusion Program

How to sign up: In person at the Agency's headquarters by appointment, or at any Maryland casino.
When it ends: The Agency's agreement says the exclusion does not end automatically after the term.
Notes: The Agency's agreement says Maryland casinos may ban a listed person from their affiliated casinos outside Maryland.

Massachusetts

Massachusetts: Voluntary Self-Exclusion

Voluntary Self-Exclusion

Massachusetts Gaming Commission

Official page for Massachusetts's Voluntary Self-Exclusion (opens in a new tab)

Covered Sports betting apps and sites; Casinos in person; Betting shops and retail sportsbooks; Lottery and scratch tickets
Not stated Online casino games; Horse racing; Machines in bars, arcades or bingo halls; Prediction markets; Crypto or offshore sites; Sweepstakes casinos

One or more chosen activities: casino gambling, sports wagering with any Massachusetts licensee, retail or online, and the iLottery. Lottery means the iLottery.

How to sign up: By phone, online, by video call, in person
Lengths: 1 year, 3 years, 5 years, lifetime (as Massachusetts's Voluntary Self-Exclusion defines it)
When it ends: It does not end on the end date. It continues until the person acts, or for an extra period the program states.

Details for Massachusetts's Voluntary Self-Exclusion

How to sign up

By phone, through PlayWell's online chat, by remote video session, or in person by appointment or at a PlayWell Info Center in a casino.

Lengths

Lifetime is available after a shorter term is complete.

The program says a term cannot be shortened.

When it ends

A term does not end on its own; it continues until the person acts.

Notes

The Commission says operators may apply an exclusion to all the gambling they offer.

The Commission's lottery option covers the iLottery, not lottery tickets sold in stores.

Michigan

Michigan: Disassociated Persons List, Responsible Gaming Database

Disassociated Persons List

Michigan Gaming Control Board

Official page for the Disassociated Persons List (opens in a new tab)

Covered Casinos in person
Not stated Sports betting apps and sites; Online casino games; Betting shops and retail sportsbooks; Lottery and scratch tickets; Horse racing; Machines in bars, arcades or bingo halls; Prediction markets; Crypto or offshore sites; Sweepstakes casinos

Detroit's three commercial casinos.

How to sign up: In person
Lengths: Lifetime (as the Disassociated Persons List defines it)
When it ends: Every option is lifetime or indefinite. The program publishes no end date.

Details for the Disassociated Persons List

How to sign up: By appointment at the Board in Detroit or Lansing, with photo ID; the application is notarized there.
When it ends: The Board says the listing is for life.
Notes: The Michigan Gaming Control Board says entering a Detroit casino while listed is criminal trespass, and any winnings are confiscated.

Responsible Gaming Database

Michigan Gaming Control Board

Official page for the Responsible Gaming Database (opens in a new tab)

Covered Sports betting apps and sites; Online casino games
Not stated Casinos in person; Betting shops and retail sportsbooks; Lottery and scratch tickets; Horse racing; Machines in bars, arcades or bingo halls; Prediction markets; Crypto or offshore sites; Sweepstakes casinos

Every online casino and sports betting site the Board licenses, chosen separately for each. It is separate from the Disassociated Persons List.

How to sign up: In person, by mail
Lengths: 1 year, 5 years
When it ends: It ends when the chosen term is over.

Details for the Responsible Gaming Database

How to sign up: In person at a Board office, or a notarized application sent by email or post, with photo ID.
Lengths: The program says a term cannot be shortened.
When it ends: It ends when the 1 or 5 years chosen are over.
Notes: The Board's application says operators may apply the ban to their casino properties elsewhere.

Michigan's regulator warns that its self-exclusion programs do not protect players on unlicensed sites.

The Gaming Control Board lists tribal casinos as another form of gaming; neither program page says it covers them.

The Gaming Control Board lists the lottery as another form of gaming; neither program page says it covers it.

Minnesota

We could not confirm whether Minnesota runs a self-exclusion program. Each gambling operator is the place to ask whether it offers its own exclusion.

Mississippi

Mississippi: Self-Exclusion Program

Self-Exclusion Program

Mississippi Gaming Commission

Official page for Mississippi's self-exclusion program (opens in a new tab)

Covered Casinos in person
Not covered Lottery and scratch tickets; Machines in bars, arcades or bingo halls
Not stated Sports betting apps and sites; Online casino games; Betting shops and retail sportsbooks; Horse racing; Prediction markets; Crypto or offshore sites; Sweepstakes casinos

Every state-regulated casino in Mississippi, including the casino property, restaurants and events. The Commission says it does not stop playing the Mississippi Lottery or bingo.

How to sign up: Online
Lengths: 3 years, 5 years, 10 years, another length from 3 to 10 years, lifetime (as Mississippi's self-exclusion program defines it)
When it ends: It ends when the chosen term is over.

Details for Mississippi's self-exclusion program

How to sign up

Online, with an email address, an ID number and photos of the ID and the person. The Commission provides a computer or phone at its locations for anyone without one.

Lengths

Lifetime is available after a completed exclusion of at least 3 years.

The program says a term cannot be shortened.

When it ends

The Commission marks the exclusion expired when the term ends. The person can choose to extend it.

Notes

The Mississippi Gaming Commission says a listed person found in a casino is ejected and, at the casino's discretion, may be arrested and prosecuted for criminal trespass.

The Commission's sample enrolment says casinos in Mississippi may choose to apply the exclusion at their casinos in other states and elsewhere.

Missouri

Missouri: List of Self-Excluded Persons, List of Disassociated Persons

List of Self-Excluded Persons

Missouri Gaming Commission

Official page for Missouri's sports wagering list (opens in a new tab)

Covered Sports betting apps and sites; Betting shops and retail sportsbooks
Not stated Online casino games; Casinos in person; Lottery and scratch tickets; Horse racing; Machines in bars, arcades or bingo halls; Prediction markets; Crypto or offshore sites; Sweepstakes casinos

Sports wagering in Missouri, online and in person. Casinos have a separate list.

How to sign up: Online
Lengths: 5 years
When it ends: It ends when the chosen term is over.

Details for Missouri's sports wagering list

How to sign up: Online through the Commission's portal. Each list needs its own application.
When it ends: The Commission says the listing ends automatically after five years; the person can ask to stay on the list for another five years.

List of Disassociated Persons

Missouri Gaming Commission

Official page for Missouri's casino list (opens in a new tab)

Covered Casinos in person
Not stated Sports betting apps and sites; Online casino games; Betting shops and retail sportsbooks; Lottery and scratch tickets; Horse racing; Machines in bars, arcades or bingo halls; Prediction markets; Crypto or offshore sites; Sweepstakes casinos

Casino gambling in Missouri. Sports wagering has a separate list.

How to sign up: Online, in person
Lengths: Lifetime (as Missouri's casino list defines it)
When it ends: Every option is lifetime or indefinite. The program publishes no end date.

Details for Missouri's casino list

How to sign up: Online through the Commission's portal, or at a Commission office at a casino or in Jefferson City. Each list needs its own application.
When it ends: The Commission describes the casino listing as lifetime.

Montana

Montana: Self-Exclusion Program

Self-Exclusion Program

Montana Lottery

Official page for the Montana Lottery's sports betting self-exclusion (opens in a new tab)

Covered Sports betting apps and sites; Betting shops and retail sportsbooks
Not stated Online casino games; Casinos in person; Lottery and scratch tickets; Horse racing; Machines in bars, arcades or bingo halls; Prediction markets; Crypto or offshore sites; Sweepstakes casinos

The Montana Lottery's sports betting. Montana's rule bars a listed person from holding a Lottery sports betting account and from collecting winnings on Lottery sports bets, and says the person accepts responsibility for not betting.

How to sign up: From a gambling account
Lengths: From 6 months
When it ends: It does not end on the end date. It continues until the person acts, or for an extra period the program states.

Details for the Montana Lottery's sports betting self-exclusion

How to sign up

From the person's own Sports Bet Montana account, in its self-exclusion section. The Lottery publishes no form or other route.

Lengths

The Lottery says the account is closed for at least 6 months and is not reopened during the period.

The program says a term cannot be shortened.

When it ends

The Lottery's terms say the account is not reopened automatically when the period ends.

Notes

Montana's rule says a participant forfeits rewards or points earned through the Lottery's player reward and promotional programs.

Nebraska

Nebraska: Voluntary Self-Exclusion (VSE) Program

Voluntary Self-Exclusion (VSE) Program

Nebraska Racing and Gaming Commission

Official page for Nebraska's Voluntary Self-Exclusion Program (opens in a new tab)

Covered Casinos in person; Betting shops and retail sportsbooks; Horse racing
Not stated Sports betting apps and sites; Online casino games; Lottery and scratch tickets; Machines in bars, arcades or bingo halls; Prediction markets; Crypto or offshore sites; Sweepstakes casinos

Gaming areas and wagering at Nebraska-licensed casinos and racetrack enclosures, including live and simulcast horse races.

How to sign up: Online
Lengths: 1 year, 3 years, 5 years, lifetime (as Nebraska's Voluntary Self-Exclusion Program defines it)
When it ends: The official pages we read do not say. Ask the program before signing up.

Details for Nebraska's Voluntary Self-Exclusion Program

How to sign up

Online through the National Voluntary Self-Exclusion Program, the application site the Commission links.

Lengths

Under the Commission's policy, lifetime is available after a completed shorter term.

The program says a term cannot be shortened.

When it ends

The Commission's policy does not say in plain words what happens when a term ends.

Notes

The Commission's policy says ownership groups may apply the exclusion at affiliated locations outside Nebraska.

Nebraska law says a listed person may not collect winnings or recover losses, and winnings are forfeited to the Commission.

Nevada

We found no self-exclusion program run in Nevada. Each gambling operator is the place to ask whether it offers its own exclusion.

Nevada's rules require online poker operators to keep their own self-exclusion list.

Nevada's rules also let casino patrons limit their own access to credit, check cashing and direct mail.

New Hampshire

State law requires a statewide self-exclusion list; we found none running yet. State law also requires the Lottery to offer self-exclusion for its online and app sales.

New Jersey

New Jersey: New Jersey Self-Exclusion Program, Self Exclusion

New Jersey Self-Exclusion Program

New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement

Official page for New Jersey's self-exclusion program (opens in a new tab)

Covered Sports betting apps and sites; Online casino games; Casinos in person; Betting shops and retail sportsbooks
Not stated Lottery and scratch tickets; Horse racing; Machines in bars, arcades or bingo halls; Prediction markets; Crypto or offshore sites; Sweepstakes casinos

One program and one sign-up, kept as two lists. The full scope covers Atlantic City casinos, racetrack sportsbooks and New Jersey-licensed online casino and sports betting; the other covers online play alone. The Division's form names casino simulcasting facilities; racetracks, off-track, account and fixed-odds race wagering are on the Racing Commission's separate list.

How to sign up: Online, by video call, in person, from a gambling account
Lengths: 1 year, 5 years, lifetime (as New Jersey's self-exclusion program defines it)
When it ends: It does not end on the end date. It continues until the person acts, or for an extra period the program states.

Details for New Jersey's self-exclusion program

How to sign up

Online (the full scope needs a webcam), by video conference or in person; not by mail. The online scope can also be chosen from a New Jersey online gambling account. Lifetime needs a video or in-person appointment.

Lengths

Each length is a minimum.

The program says a term cannot be shortened.

When it ends

A 1 or 5 year term does not end by itself; it continues until the person acts.

Notes

The Division says winnings from play while excluded are forfeited, including chips and online-account funds that came from that play.

The Division says an Atlantic City casino may apply a state self-exclusion to its properties elsewhere.

Self Exclusion

New Jersey Racing Commission

Official page for the Racing Commission's list (opens in a new tab)

Covered Horse racing
Not stated Sports betting apps and sites; Online casino games; Casinos in person; Betting shops and retail sportsbooks; Lottery and scratch tickets; Machines in bars, arcades or bingo halls; Prediction markets; Crypto or offshore sites; Sweepstakes casinos

New Jersey racetracks, off-track wagering facilities, account wagering and fixed-odds wagering.

How to sign up: In person
Lengths: At least 1 year
When it ends: It does not end on the end date. It continues until the person acts, or for an extra period the program states.

Details for the Racing Commission's list

How to sign up: In person at a Racing Commission or Division of Gaming Enforcement office, with photo ID.
Lengths: The program says a term cannot be shortened.
When it ends: The Commission says that after one year the listing continues indefinitely.

No New Jersey program page mentions the New Jersey Lottery.

New Mexico

New Mexico: Self-Exclusion

Self-Exclusion

New Mexico Gaming Control Board

Official page for New Mexico's self-exclusion list (opens in a new tab)

Covered Casinos in person
Not stated Sports betting apps and sites; Online casino games; Betting shops and retail sportsbooks; Lottery and scratch tickets; Horse racing; Machines in bars, arcades or bingo halls; Prediction markets; Crypto or offshore sites; Sweepstakes casinos

The gaming operations and gaming floors of New Mexico's licensed racetrack casinos. The Board's request offers chosen racetrack casinos, all racetrack casinos, or all racetrack casinos and tribal gaming facilities statewide.

How to sign up: In person
Lengths: 1 year, 5 years, lifetime (as New Mexico's self-exclusion list defines it), another length
When it ends: It ends when the chosen term is over.

Details for New Mexico's self-exclusion list

How to sign up

In person by appointment, with a notarized request and government photo ID. The Board's request is also available at each casino; it cannot be mailed.

Lengths

The minimum is one year.

When it ends

The Board says the exclusion ends when the chosen period expires, with no action needed.

Notes

The Gaming Control Board says a listed person may be arrested for trespass and may not collect winnings or recover losses.

The Board says licensed facilities may apply the exclusion at their properties in other jurisdictions.

New York

New York: Voluntary Self-Exclusion

Voluntary Self-Exclusion

New York State Gaming Commission

Official page for New York's Voluntary Self-Exclusion (opens in a new tab)

Covered Sports betting apps and sites; Casinos in person; Betting shops and retail sportsbooks; Lottery and scratch tickets; Horse racing; Machines in bars, arcades or bingo halls
Not stated Online casino games; Prediction markets; Crypto or offshore sites; Sweepstakes casinos

Everything the Commission regulates: commercial casinos, video lottery facilities, racetracks and off-track betting, sports betting including mobile, interactive fantasy sports, charitable gaming and the New York Lottery. Tribal casinos are not mentioned.

How to sign up: In person, by mail
Lengths: 1 year, 3 years, 5 years, lifetime (as New York's Voluntary Self-Exclusion defines it)
When it ends: It ends when the chosen term is over.

Details for New York's Voluntary Self-Exclusion

How to sign up

In person at the Commission's office or a licensed facility's problem-gambling intake area, or by notarized mail with a recent photo.

Lengths

The program says a term cannot be shortened.

When it ends

A 1, 3 or 5 year term ends when the term is over unless the person asks to extend it.

Notes

The Gaming Commission says a listed person could be arrested for trespassing at a licensed facility, and any winnings are forfeited.

The Commission's form says some covered businesses apply their own policies to affiliated properties in other states.

The Gaming Commission's form does not list tribal casinos.

North Carolina

North Carolina: Voluntary Self-Exclusion Program

Voluntary Self-Exclusion Program

North Carolina State Lottery Commission

Official page for North Carolina's Voluntary Self-Exclusion Program (opens in a new tab)

Covered Sports betting apps and sites; Betting shops and retail sportsbooks; Horse racing
Not stated Online casino games; Casinos in person; Lottery and scratch tickets; Machines in bars, arcades or bingo halls; Prediction markets; Crypto or offshore sites; Sweepstakes casinos

Sports and pari-mutuel wagering on any device, at sportsbooks and wagering facilities, including advance deposit wagering on horse races.

How to sign up: Online, in person
Lengths: 1 year, 3 years, 5 years, lifetime (as North Carolina's Voluntary Self-Exclusion Program defines it)
When it ends: It ends when the chosen term is over.

Details for North Carolina's Voluntary Self-Exclusion Program

How to sign up: An online enrolment form, or at a North Carolina Education Lottery claims center.
When it ends: The Commission says the listing ends automatically when the chosen term is complete.
Notes: The Commission says an operator may also ban a listed person from its properties and online platforms in other states.

The Lottery Commission's page does not mention tribal casinos.

The Lottery Commission's page does not mention lottery games.

North Dakota

We found no self-exclusion program run in North Dakota. Each gambling operator is the place to ask whether it offers its own exclusion.

North Dakota's Attorney General says state law prohibits online gaming in North Dakota.

Ohio

Ohio: Time Out Ohio

Time Out Ohio

Ohio Casino Control Commission and Ohio Lottery Commission

Official page for Time Out Ohio (opens in a new tab)

Covered Sports betting apps and sites; Casinos in person; Betting shops and retail sportsbooks
Not stated Online casino games; Lottery and scratch tickets; Horse racing; Machines in bars, arcades or bingo halls; Prediction markets; Crypto or offshore sites; Sweepstakes casinos

Ohio's casinos, sports gaming, retail and online, and the 7 racinos, which are the Ohio Lottery's video lottery terminal venues.

How to sign up: Online, in person
Lengths: At least 1 year, at least 5 years, lifetime (as Time Out Ohio defines it)
When it ends: It does not end on the end date. It continues until the person acts, or for an extra period the program states.

Details for Time Out Ohio

How to sign up: Online at any hour, with government ID, a camera and a Social Security number. Staff at the casinos and racinos help with the online application.
Lengths: The program says a term cannot be shortened.
When it ends: Time Out Ohio says nobody leaves the program automatically when the term ends.

Time Out Ohio does not mention Ohio Lottery draw and scratch games.

Oklahoma

Oklahoma: Self-Exclusion Program (SEP)

Self-Exclusion Program (SEP)

Oklahoma Lottery Commission

Official page for the Oklahoma Lottery's Self-Exclusion Program (opens in a new tab)

Covered Lottery and scratch tickets
Not stated Sports betting apps and sites; Online casino games; Casinos in person; Betting shops and retail sportsbooks; Horse racing; Machines in bars, arcades or bingo halls; Prediction markets; Crypto or offshore sites; Sweepstakes casinos

Blocks cashing Oklahoma Lottery prizes over $600, the Players Club and Lottery messages. The Lottery's agreement says enforcing it at retailers is not currently feasible.

How to sign up: In person, by mail
Lengths: Lifetime (as the Oklahoma Lottery's Self-Exclusion Program defines it)
When it ends: Every option is lifetime or indefinite. The program publishes no end date.

Details for the Oklahoma Lottery's Self-Exclusion Program

How to sign up: A notarized agreement, delivered by hand to Lottery headquarters or mailed, with valid ID.
When it ends: The Lottery describes enrolment as a lifetime self-ban.

Oklahoma's model tribal gaming compact says patrons who think they may be gambling compulsively can ask to have their names put on a tribe's list of people barred from its facility. Each tribal casino is the place to ask.

Oregon

We found no self-exclusion program run in Oregon. Each gambling operator is the place to ask whether it offers its own exclusion.

Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania: Casino Self-Exclusion, iGaming Self-Exclusion, VGT Establishment Self-Exclusion, Fantasy Contest Self-Exclusion, Opt Out

Casino Self-Exclusion

Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board

Official page for Pennsylvania's casino list (opens in a new tab)

Covered Casinos in person; Betting shops and retail sportsbooks
Not stated Sports betting apps and sites; Online casino games; Lottery and scratch tickets; Horse racing; Machines in bars, arcades or bingo halls; Prediction markets; Crypto or offshore sites; Sweepstakes casinos

Gaming at Pennsylvania's licensed casinos, including their retail sportsbooks, and at offsite venues such as off-track betting sites. The casino brochure says it applies to the gaming floors of Pennsylvania licensed facilities. Each of the Board's lists covers its own type of gambling, so joining one does not join the others.

How to sign up: Online, in person
Lengths: 1 year, 5 years, lifetime (as Pennsylvania's casino list defines it)
When it ends: It does not end on the end date. It continues until the person acts, or for an extra period the program states.

Details for Pennsylvania's casino list

How to sign up

Online at the Board's self-exclusion site with a camera for a selfie, photo ID and an identity check, or by appointment at a Board office, including one inside a licensed facility.

When it ends

The Board says casino exclusions do not expire; a 1 or 5 year exclusion continues after the term until the person acts.

Notes

The Gaming Control Board says winnings are confiscated and a citation for criminal trespass is possible.

The Board says its licensees may set wider bans of their own, in Pennsylvania and elsewhere.

iGaming Self-Exclusion

Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board

Official page for Pennsylvania's iGaming list (opens in a new tab)

Covered Sports betting apps and sites; Online casino games
Not covered Casinos in person; Betting shops and retail sportsbooks; Lottery and scratch tickets; Machines in bars, arcades or bingo halls
Not stated Horse racing; Prediction markets; Crypto or offshore sites; Sweepstakes casinos

Online casino and online sports betting in Pennsylvania. The brochure says it does not apply to other forms of gambling. Each of the Board's lists covers its own type of gambling, so joining one does not join the others.

How to sign up: Online, in person
Lengths: 1 year, 5 years, lifetime (as Pennsylvania's iGaming list defines it)
When it ends: It ends when the chosen term is over.

Details for Pennsylvania's iGaming list

How to sign up: Online at the Board's self-exclusion site with a camera for a selfie, photo ID and an identity check, or by appointment at a Board office, including one inside a licensed facility.
When it ends: The Board says a 1 or 5 year term ends when it expires unless it is extended before then.

VGT Establishment Self-Exclusion

Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board

Official page for Pennsylvania's VGT list (opens in a new tab)

Covered Machines in bars, arcades or bingo halls
Not covered Sports betting apps and sites; Online casino games; Casinos in person; Betting shops and retail sportsbooks; Lottery and scratch tickets
Not stated Horse racing; Prediction markets; Crypto or offshore sites; Sweepstakes casinos

Video gaming terminals at Pennsylvania truck stops. The brochure says it does not apply to other forms of gambling. Each of the Board's lists covers its own type of gambling, so joining one does not join the others.

How to sign up: Online, in person
Lengths: 1 year, 5 years, lifetime (as Pennsylvania's VGT list defines it)
When it ends: It ends when the chosen term is over.

Details for Pennsylvania's VGT list

How to sign up: Online at the Board's self-exclusion site with a camera for a selfie, photo ID and an identity check, or by appointment at a Board office, including one inside a licensed facility.
When it ends: The Board says a 1 or 5 year term ends when it expires unless it is extended before then.

Fantasy Contest Self-Exclusion

Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board

Official page for Pennsylvania's fantasy contest list (opens in a new tab)

Not covered Sports betting apps and sites; Online casino games; Casinos in person; Betting shops and retail sportsbooks; Lottery and scratch tickets; Machines in bars, arcades or bingo halls
Not stated Horse racing; Prediction markets; Crypto or offshore sites; Sweepstakes casinos

Online fantasy contests in Pennsylvania. The brochure says it does not apply to other forms of gambling. Each of the Board's lists covers its own type of gambling, so joining one does not join the others.

How to sign up: Online, in person
Lengths: 1 to 99 years, in whole years
When it ends: It ends when the chosen term is over.

Details for Pennsylvania's fantasy contest list

How to sign up: Online at the Board's self-exclusion site with a camera for a selfie, photo ID and an identity check, or by appointment at a Board office, including one inside a licensed facility.
When it ends: The Board says a fantasy contest self-exclusion ends when its term expires unless it is extended before then.

Opt Out

Pennsylvania Lottery

Official page for the PA Lottery's Opt Out (opens in a new tab)

Covered Lottery and scratch tickets
Not stated Sports betting apps and sites; Online casino games; Casinos in person; Betting shops and retail sportsbooks; Horse racing; Machines in bars, arcades or bingo halls; Prediction markets; Crypto or offshore sites; Sweepstakes casinos

Online Pennsylvania Lottery play: the Lottery locks the person's iLottery account. The Lottery says it does not stop buying Lottery games sold in stores, though those tickets cannot be entered into second-chance drawings. It is separate from the Gaming Control Board's lists.

How to sign up: From a gambling account
Lengths: 6 months, 1 year, 5 years
When it ends: It does not end on the end date. It continues until the person acts, or for an extra period the program states.

Details for the PA Lottery's Opt Out

How to sign up

From the Responsible Gambling section of the person's own iLottery account.

Lengths

One Lottery help article lists 1 or 5 years alone.

The program says a term cannot be shortened.

When it ends

The Lottery says the opt out does not end automatically when the period ends.

Rhode Island

Rhode Island: Self-Exclusion

Self-Exclusion

Bally's and the Rhode Island Lottery

Official page for the Bally's and Rhode Island Lottery self-exclusion (opens in a new tab)

Covered Sports betting apps and sites; Online casino games; Casinos in person
Not covered Lottery and scratch tickets
Not stated Betting shops and retail sportsbooks; Horse racing; Machines in bars, arcades or bingo halls; Prediction markets; Crypto or offshore sites; Sweepstakes casinos

Bally's Twin River Lincoln and Bally's Tiverton casinos, Sportsbook Rhode Island and Bally Casino online. The iLottery takes a separate request.

How to sign up: In person
Lengths: 1 year, 5 years, lifetime (as the Bally's and Rhode Island Lottery self-exclusion defines it)
When it ends: The official pages we read do not say. Ask the program before signing up.

Details for the Bally's and Rhode Island Lottery self-exclusion

How to sign up: In person with casino security; the form cannot be mailed in.
When it ends: The joint enrolment document does not say what happens when a term ends.
Notes: The joint enrolment document says a request may also ban the person from other online gaming products of Bally's and its affiliates, including in other jurisdictions.

The joint enrolment document says it does not close an iLottery account, which takes a separate request.

South Carolina

We could not confirm whether South Carolina runs a self-exclusion program. Each gambling operator is the place to ask whether it offers its own exclusion.

South Dakota

South Dakota: Self-Exclusion

Self-Exclusion

South Dakota Commission on Gaming

Official page for South Dakota's Deadwood self-exclusion list (opens in a new tab)

Covered Casinos in person; Betting shops and retail sportsbooks
Not stated Sports betting apps and sites; Online casino games; Lottery and scratch tickets; Horse racing; Machines in bars, arcades or bingo halls; Prediction markets; Crypto or offshore sites; Sweepstakes casinos

Every gaming property in Deadwood: slots, table games and sports betting.

How to sign up: Online, by mail
Lengths: 6 months, 1 year, 2 years, 5 years, indefinitely
When it ends: The official pages we read do not say. Ask the program before signing up.

Details for South Dakota's Deadwood self-exclusion list

How to sign up: The Commission's request can be filled in and signed online, or sent by email or mail. Every licensed property holds copies and forwards completed ones to the Commission.
When it ends: The Commission does not say what happens when the chosen period ends.
Notes: The Commission on Gaming's request says entering a Deadwood gaming property after submitting it is trespassing and could lead to arrest, and that winnings cannot be collected or losses recovered.

Neither the Commission's request nor the South Dakota Lottery's responsible play page mentions an exclusion from video lottery.

Tennessee

Tennessee: Tennessee Voluntary Sports Wagering Self-Exclusion

Tennessee Voluntary Sports Wagering Self-Exclusion

Tennessee Sports Wagering Council

Official page for Tennessee's statewide list (opens in a new tab)

Covered Sports betting apps and sites
Not stated Online casino games; Casinos in person; Betting shops and retail sportsbooks; Lottery and scratch tickets; Horse racing; Machines in bars, arcades or bingo halls; Prediction markets; Crypto or offshore sites; Sweepstakes casinos

Online sports wagering with every operator licensed in Tennessee.

How to sign up: Online, from a gambling account
Lengths: 1 year, 3 years, 5 years
When it ends: The official pages we read do not say. Ask the program before signing up.

Details for Tennessee's statewide list

How to sign up: An application on the Council's site, with a driver's licence copy and a selfie holding the ID, or directly with each licensed sportsbook through its app.
When it ends: The Council's pages do not say what happens when a term ends.
Notes: The Council's application says operators may also exclude a listed person from gambling or wagering in other states.

The Council's application says fantasy sports exclusion is with each licensed fantasy sports operator.

Texas

We found no self-exclusion program run in Texas. Each gambling operator is the place to ask whether it offers its own exclusion.

Utah

We found no self-exclusion program run in Utah. Utah's constitution says the Legislature "shall not authorize any game of chance, lottery or gift enterprise."

Vermont

Vermont: Vermont Self-Exclusion List

Vermont Self-Exclusion List

Vermont Department of Liquor and Lottery

Official page for Vermont's self-exclusion list (opens in a new tab)

Covered Sports betting apps and sites
Not stated Online casino games; Casinos in person; Betting shops and retail sportsbooks; Lottery and scratch tickets; Horse racing; Machines in bars, arcades or bingo halls; Prediction markets; Crypto or offshore sites; Sweepstakes casinos

Mobile sports wagering in Vermont.

How to sign up: Online
Lengths: 1 year, 3 years, 5 years, lifetime (as Vermont's self-exclusion list defines it)
When it ends: It ends when the chosen term is over.

Details for Vermont's self-exclusion list

How to sign up: Online, with an email address, a phone for a one-time code, a selfie and photo ID.
When it ends: The Department says a 1, 3 or 5 year listing ends when the chosen period is reached.
Notes: The Department says operators may choose to apply the Vermont list to their services in other states or countries.

For fantasy sports, the Department points to the individual fantasy sports licensees.

Virginia

Virginia: Voluntary Exclusion Program

Voluntary Exclusion Program

Virginia Lottery

Official page for Virginia's Voluntary Exclusion Program (opens in a new tab)

Covered Sports betting apps and sites; Casinos in person; Betting shops and retail sportsbooks; Lottery and scratch tickets; Horse racing; Machines in bars, arcades or bingo halls
Not stated Online casino games; Prediction markets; Crypto or offshore sites; Sweepstakes casinos

Casinos, sports betting, account-based Virginia Lottery games, charitable gaming such as raffles and bingo, and horse racing, including historical horse racing and advance deposit wagering. Lottery tickets bought in stores are not mentioned.

How to sign up: Online, in person
Lengths: 2 years, 5 years, lifetime (as Virginia's Voluntary Exclusion Program defines it)
When it ends: It ends when the chosen term is over.

Details for Virginia's Voluntary Exclusion Program

How to sign up: Online for 2 or 5 years. Lifetime in person at Lottery headquarters or a casino, by appointment.
Lengths: The program says a term cannot be shortened.
When it ends: The Lottery says the listing ends automatically when the term expires.
Notes: The Lottery says operators may bar a listed person from gambling outside Virginia.

Washington

Washington: Statewide Self-Exclusion Program, Voluntary Self-Exclusion

Statewide Self-Exclusion Program

Washington State Gambling Commission

Official page for Washington's card room self-exclusion (opens in a new tab)

Covered Casinos in person
Not covered Lottery and scratch tickets; Horse racing
Not stated Sports betting apps and sites; Online casino games; Betting shops and retail sportsbooks; Machines in bars, arcades or bingo halls; Prediction markets; Crypto or offshore sites; Sweepstakes casinos

Every licensed house-banked card room in Washington, including its restaurants, bars and other amenities. Washington's rule says it does not apply to horse racing or the lottery.

How to sign up: By mail, in person
Lengths: 1 year, 3 years, 5 years, 10 years
When it ends: It does not end on the end date. It continues until the person acts, or for an extra period the program states.

Details for Washington's card room self-exclusion

How to sign up: By mail, notarized or signed by a certified gambling counselor, with a passport-style photo and an ID copy; in person at the Commission's headquarters by appointment; or at any licensed house-banked card room, which mails it in.
Lengths: The program says a term cannot be shortened.
When it ends: The listing continues after the term ends until the person acts. The Commission sends a notice 45 days before the term ends.
Notes: The Gambling Commission's rule says money and chips from wagers a listed person makes are confiscated.

Voluntary Self-Exclusion

Washington's Lottery

Official page for Washington's Lottery self-exclusion (opens in a new tab)

Covered Lottery and scratch tickets
Not stated Sports betting apps and sites; Online casino games; Casinos in person; Betting shops and retail sportsbooks; Horse racing; Machines in bars, arcades or bingo halls; Prediction markets; Crypto or offshore sites; Sweepstakes casinos

Blocks Washington's Lottery prizes over $600, second-chance prizes and a My Lottery 360° account. The Lottery says tickets can still be bought while enrolled.

How to sign up: In person, by mail
Lengths: 1 year, 3 years, 5 years
When it ends: It ends when the chosen term is over.

Details for Washington's Lottery self-exclusion

How to sign up: A printed form returned in person at a Lottery office, or mailed notarized, with proof of identity.
Lengths: The program says a term cannot be shortened.
When it ends: The enrolment ends when the period ends. The Lottery sends an email when about 60 days are left.

Tribal casinos, where Washington's sportsbooks are, are not currently participating in the Commission's list; the Commission points to each tribal casino's own program.

West Virginia

West Virginia: Statewide Self-Exclusion List

Statewide Self-Exclusion List

West Virginia Lottery

Official page for West Virginia's statewide list (opens in a new tab)

Covered Sports betting apps and sites; Online casino games; Casinos in person
Not covered Lottery and scratch tickets
Not stated Betting shops and retail sportsbooks; Horse racing; Machines in bars, arcades or bingo halls; Prediction markets; Crypto or offshore sites; Sweepstakes casinos

West Virginia's racetrack casinos and The Historic Greenbrier Casino, plus the online casino and sports betting apps tied to the Lottery. The form says it does not cover the iLottery, which has its own self-exclusion.

How to sign up: By mail, in person
Lengths: Lifetime (as West Virginia's statewide list defines it)
When it ends: Every option is lifetime or indefinite. The program publishes no end date.

Details for West Virginia's statewide list

How to sign up

A notarized form by mail, or signed before Lottery security staff.

When it ends

The Lottery describes the listing as permanent.

Notes

The Lottery's self-exclusion form says its list is public record.

The Lottery's form says licensed West Virginia casinos may deny a listed person service at their facilities in other jurisdictions.

The West Virginia Lottery's form says the list does not cover the iLottery, which takes its own exclusion.

Wisconsin

We found no self-exclusion program run in Wisconsin. Each gambling operator is the place to ask whether it offers its own exclusion.

The Division of Gaming says patrons can ask for a self-ban at many Wisconsin gaming facilities.

A Wisconsin law (Act 247) treats sports bets placed by phone anywhere in Wisconsin as made on tribal land when a tribe's server is there under its gaming compact. We did not find this live.

Wyoming

Wyoming: Self-Exclusion Program

Self-Exclusion Program

Wyoming Gaming Commission

Official page for Wyoming's Self-Exclusion Program (opens in a new tab)

Covered Sports betting apps and sites
Not stated Online casino games; Casinos in person; Betting shops and retail sportsbooks; Lottery and scratch tickets; Horse racing; Machines in bars, arcades or bingo halls; Prediction markets; Crypto or offshore sites; Sweepstakes casinos

Online sports wagering under the Commission's rules. The Commission's own pages publish no further scope.

How to sign up: Online
Lengths: See the official page
When it ends: See the official page

Details for Wyoming's Self-Exclusion Program

How to sign up: Through the National Voluntary Self-Exclusion Program link on the Commission's page. That program is run by idPair, Inc.

United Kingdom

Official pages checked October 2026.

Great Britain

Great Britain: Gamstop Online (formerly GAMSTOP), Gamstop Betting Shops, SENSE (Self Enrolment National Self Exclusion), Bingo Industry Self-Exclusion Scheme (BISES), SmartEXCLUSION, Bacta Self-exclusion Service

Gamstop Online (formerly GAMSTOP)

The National Online Self Exclusion Scheme Limited (Gamstop Group)

Official page for Gamstop Online (opens in a new tab)

Covered Sports betting apps and sites; Online casino games; Horse racing
Not stated Casinos in person; Betting shops and retail sportsbooks; Lottery and scratch tickets; Machines in bars, arcades or bingo halls; Prediction markets; Crypto or offshore sites; Sweepstakes casinos

Online and other remote gambling with businesses licensed in Great Britain, including new ones as they open. Anyone living in the UK, including Northern Ireland, can register.

How to sign up: Online
Lengths: 6 months, 1 year, 5 years, 5 years with auto-renewal
When it ends: It does not end on the end date. It continues until the person acts, or for an extra period the program states.

Details for Gamstop Online

How to sign up

Online, with an email check and an identity check. Gamstop says a block usually takes effect within 24 hours but does not guarantee that.

Lengths

Each length is a minimum.

The program says a term cannot be shortened.

When it ends

When a minimum period ends, Gamstop offers an extension of 6 months, 1 year or 5 years. Without one, the exclusion continues for up to seven more years until the person acts.

Gamstop Betting Shops

The Multi-Operator Self-Exclusion Scheme Ltd

Official page for Gamstop Betting Shops (opens in a new tab)

Covered Betting shops and retail sportsbooks
Not stated Sports betting apps and sites; Online casino games; Casinos in person; Lottery and scratch tickets; Horse racing; Machines in bars, arcades or bingo halls; Prediction markets; Crypto or offshore sites; Sweepstakes casinos

Formerly called MOSES. Betting shops in the areas the person chooses, such as near home or work, across Great Britain; it is not a nationwide exclusion. Online, phone or shop accounts the person names with participating bookmakers during the call are closed for the period; the scheme says it covers no other providers.

How to sign up: By phone
Lengths: 12 months
When it ends: It does not end on the end date. It continues until the person acts, or for an extra period the program states.

Details for Gamstop Betting Shops

How to sign up: By phone, then a passport or driving licence and a current photo sent by post or email. It can take up to 10 working days to take effect after the photo and ID are checked. There is no online registration.
Lengths: The program says a term cannot be shortened.
When it ends: After the 12 months, the exclusion continues for a six-month review period, then lapses unless it is renewed.

SENSE (Self Enrolment National Self Exclusion)

Self Enrolment National Self Exclusion Ltd

Official page for SENSE (opens in a new tab)

Covered Casinos in person
Not covered Sports betting apps and sites; Online casino games; Betting shops and retail sportsbooks; Machines in bars, arcades or bingo halls
Not stated Lottery and scratch tickets; Horse racing; Prediction markets; Crypto or offshore sites; Sweepstakes casinos

Every licensed land-based casino in Great Britain. SENSE says it does not cover online gambling, high-street arcades (adult gaming centres), even ones with casino on the sign, betting shops or bingo clubs.

How to sign up: Online, in person
Lengths: 6 months, 12 months
When it ends: It does not end on the end date. It continues until the person acts, or for an extra period the program states.

Details for SENSE

How to sign up: Online through SENSE's Tuki portal or app, with a selfie, government photo ID and a digital signature, or in person with a manager at any casino. SENSE does not take applications by phone or email.
Lengths: The program says a term cannot be shortened.
When it ends: After the term, the exclusion continues for a six-month thinking period, then ends automatically unless it is renewed.
Notes: SENSE says stakes and winnings are forfeited if a member gambles while excluded.

Bingo Industry Self-Exclusion Scheme (BISES)

The Bingo Association

Official page for BISES (opens in a new tab)

Covered Machines in bars, arcades or bingo halls
Not stated Sports betting apps and sites; Online casino games; Casinos in person; Betting shops and retail sportsbooks; Lottery and scratch tickets; Horse racing; Prediction markets; Crypto or offshore sites; Sweepstakes casinos

Licensed bingo premises across Great Britain. The Bingo Association says it cannot help with online bingo and points to Gamstop Online.

How to sign up: In person, by phone
Lengths: The Bingo Association's page does not list lengths.
When it ends: The official pages we read do not say. Ask the program before signing up.

Details for BISES

How to sign up: Through a local licensed bingo club: in person, by phone or through the club's website. A photo is needed.
When it ends: The Bingo Association's page does not say what happens when an exclusion ends.

SmartEXCLUSION

SmartEXCLUSION, on technology from Boomerang Digital

Official page for SmartEXCLUSION (opens in a new tab)

Covered Machines in bars, arcades or bingo halls
Not stated Sports betting apps and sites; Online casino games; Casinos in person; Betting shops and retail sportsbooks; Lottery and scratch tickets; Horse racing; Prediction markets; Crypto or offshore sites; Sweepstakes casinos

Participating adult gaming centres, high-street bingo venues, holiday parks and family entertainment centres. The Gambling Commission lists it among the schemes for adult gaming centres across Great Britain.

How to sign up: In person, by phone
Lengths: Set when enrolling; see the scheme.
When it ends: The official pages we read do not say. Ask the program before signing up.

Details for SmartEXCLUSION

How to sign up: In person at a participating venue, or by phone.
When it ends: SmartEXCLUSION says an exclusion is active for the agreed period, and does not say what happens after it.

Bacta Self-exclusion Service

Bacta

Official page for Bacta's self-exclusion (opens in a new tab)

Covered Machines in bars, arcades or bingo halls
Not stated Sports betting apps and sites; Online casino games; Casinos in person; Betting shops and retail sportsbooks; Lottery and scratch tickets; Horse racing; Prediction markets; Crypto or offshore sites; Sweepstakes casinos

The arcade where the person enrols and other arcades in the area, up to a 1 km radius.

How to sign up: In person
Lengths: 6 to 12 months at a time
When it ends: The official pages we read do not say. Ask the program before signing up.

Details for Bacta's self-exclusion

How to sign up: In person at the arcade, or with trained staff at another place arranged with the venue, with proof of identity such as a driving licence or passport and a head-and-shoulders photo.
Lengths: Bacta says six months is normally the minimum.
When it ends: Bacta's page does not say what happens when an exclusion ends.

Gamstop says it is unable to help prevent access to gambling services run by organisations that do not take part in Gamstop.

BISES does not cover online bingo; the Bingo Association points to Gamstop Online.

Arcades and adult gaming centres also take exclusions at the venue. The Gambling Commission's directory lists the current arcade schemes. The Gambling Commission's scheme directory (opens in a new tab)

Our Gamstop guide

Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland: Gamstop Online (formerly GAMSTOP)

Gamstop Online (formerly GAMSTOP)

The National Online Self Exclusion Scheme Limited (Gamstop Group)

Official page for Gamstop Online (opens in a new tab)

Covered Sports betting apps and sites; Online casino games; Horse racing
Not stated Casinos in person; Betting shops and retail sportsbooks; Lottery and scratch tickets; Machines in bars, arcades or bingo halls; Prediction markets; Crypto or offshore sites; Sweepstakes casinos

Online and other remote gambling with businesses licensed in Great Britain, including new ones as they open. Anyone living in the UK, including Northern Ireland, can register.

How to sign up: Online
Lengths: 6 months, 1 year, 5 years, 5 years with auto-renewal
When it ends: It does not end on the end date. It continues until the person acts, or for an extra period the program states.

Details for Gamstop Online

How to sign up

Online, with an email check and an identity check. Gamstop says a block usually takes effect within 24 hours but does not guarantee that.

Lengths

Each length is a minimum.

The program says a term cannot be shortened.

When it ends

When a minimum period ends, Gamstop offers an extension of 6 months, 1 year or 5 years. Without one, the exclusion continues for up to seven more years until the person acts.

Gamstop says it is unable to help prevent access to gambling services run by organisations that do not take part in Gamstop.

You can register with Gamstop Online. The venue schemes describe Great Britain coverage; NI guidance says licensed venues offer their own self-exclusion, so ask the venue.

Ireland

Ireland's national exclusion register is set out in law but has not started. For now, each operator is the place to ask: many offer their own exclusion.

Australia

Official pages checked October 2026.

BetStop, the National Self-Exclusion Register

Dataworks Group Limited, for the ACMA

Official page for BetStop (opens in a new tab)

Covered Sports betting apps and sites; Horse racing
Not covered Online casino games; Casinos in person; Betting shops and retail sportsbooks; Machines in bars, arcades or bingo halls
Not stated Lottery and scratch tickets; Prediction markets; Crypto or offshore sites; Sweepstakes casinos

Every licensed online and phone wagering provider in Australia, in one registration; horse racing means online and phone wagering, not in-person betting.

How to sign up: Online
Lengths: From 3 months, lifetime (as BetStop defines it)
When it ends: It ends when the chosen term is over.

Details for BetStop

How to sign up

Online in about five minutes with an Australian driver licence, passport or Medicare card; without one of those, BetStop checks identity by phone. For people ordinarily resident in Australia. BetStop asks for every email address and phone number used with betting providers.

When it ends

It ends on the date chosen. BetStop tells the person, and any support people, before then and asks about extending it.

Notes

BetStop lets a member nominate up to five support people, who are also told before the period ends.

BetStop says it cannot guarantee that providers always check the register, or check it on time.

BetStop says it does not cover in-person betting, including casinos or pokie venues, or online services that are not licensed.

BetStop says registrations on existing state or territory self-exclusion registers do not transfer to it.

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Canada

Alberta

Self-Exclusion Program

British Columbia

Game Break

Manitoba

Voluntary Self-Exclusion

Voluntary Self-Exclusion from PlayNow

New Brunswick

Long Term Break

Voluntary Self-Exclusion

Newfoundland and Labrador

Long Term Break

Northwest Territories

Nova Scotia

Long Term Break

Voluntary Self-Exclusion Program

Nunavut

Ontario

BetGuard

My PlayBreak

Prince Edward Island

Long Term Break

Break in Play

Quebec

Self-exclusion from online gambling

Self-exclusion from casinos and gaming halls

Saskatchewan

Voluntary Self-Exclusion

Game Break

Voluntary Self-Exclusion

Yukon

Voluntary Self Exclusion

United States

Alabama

Alaska

Arizona

Casino Self-Exclusion

Event Wagering & Fantasy Sports Self-Exclusion

Arkansas

California

Self-Exclusion Program

Colorado

Self-Exclusion List

Connecticut

Connecticut Gaming Self-Exclusion List

Delaware

Self-Exclusion Program

District of Columbia

Self-Exclusion Program

Florida

Georgia

Voluntary Self-Exclusion Program

Hawaii

Idaho

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Self-Exclusion Program

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Voluntary Exclusion Program

Internet Self Restriction Program

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Voluntary Self-Exclusion Program

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Sports Wagering Exclusion Program

Voluntary Exclusion Program

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Statewide self-exclusion list

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Self-Exclusion

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Universal self-exclusion list