Gambling self-exclusion in the USA, state by state

There is no federal gambling self-exclusion list in the United States. Every program is run by a state gaming regulator, and they differ in almost every detail. Ohio, Connecticut, Colorado, Mississippi, Vermont and South Dakota let you enrol online in a few minutes; Illinois, Louisiana, Kansas, Delaware and New Mexico make you turn up in person. Coverage differs too: some lists reach only the casino floor, while New York and Washington, D.C. cover mobile sportsbooks and the state lottery as well.

A state list is also separate from closing your account at one company. DraftKings, FanDuel, BetMGM and Caesars each run their own exclusion, and it binds only that operator. Find your state in the table below, open the official link, and choose the longest term you can accept - most programs will not let you shorten it once it has started.

How state self-exclusion programs work

A state self-exclusion program is a register held by the gaming regulator. Once your name is on it, every operator that regulator licenses has to refuse your wagers, close or freeze your accounts, cancel your player-club membership and stop sending you marketing. You sign a form, show government photo ID, and in most states have your photograph taken.

Terms run from six months to life

The common menu is one year, five years or lifetime. Several states are stricter: Illinois and Louisiana set a mandatory minimum of five years, Mississippi a minimum of three, Colorado a minimum of one, and Michigan's Detroit-casino list is lifetime by default. South Dakota is the only state here offering a term as short as six months. Lifetime is genuinely permanent in Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Vermont, Delaware and Iowa (for enrolments from 1 July 2017 onward), and every Arizona exclusion is irrevocable for the term chosen.

Enrolment is online in some states, in person in others

Online enrolment needs only a photo ID and a selfie, and most of the states below accept applications through a browser, Ohio, Colorado and Connecticut among them. Arizona, Washington, New York and New Mexico require a notarised form. Illinois takes 30 to 45 minutes in person at a Gaming Board office inside a casino, Louisiana requires a trip to a State Police gaming field office, and Delaware accepts nothing but a visit to the Lottery office in Dover.

Gambling while excluded costs you the winnings

Pennsylvania confiscates any winnings and remits them to the Gaming Control Board's problem-gambling programs, and an excluded person found on a gaming floor can be cited for criminal trespass. In Michigan, entering a Detroit casino while on the Disassociated Persons List is criminal trespassing punishable by up to one year in prison, a fine of up to $1,000, or both. New York forfeits any winnings obtained during the exclusion; Iowa does the same for anyone found on the premises.

Coming off the list is deliberately slow

Some states drop you automatically when the term ends: New York (unless you renew within 30 days), Mississippi, Vermont, North Carolina and Missouri's sports-wagering list. Others make you apply, and Washington, D.C. and Colorado remove nobody automatically. Massachusetts requires a reinstatement session, Delaware a second visit to the Lottery office, Kansas a problem-gambling assessment and a series of courses, Louisiana a mental-health professional's recommendation and a hearing. Illinois sets the highest bar in the country: an affidavit from a licensed mental health professional who is also a certified gambling addiction counsellor, or a psychiatrist, attesting that you are no longer a problem gambler - and the Gaming Board notes plainly that such an affidavit is difficult to obtain and that it does not provide referrals.

Self-exclusion programs by state

Every entry below was checked against the regulator's own page in September 2026. Where a state runs more than one list, both are shown, because enrolling in one does not enrol you in the other.

States with no statewide self-exclusion list

Several states with real legal gambling markets have nothing to enrol in centrally; there, only operator-level exclusion exists.

• Nevada keeps an involuntary List of Excluded Persons - the Black Book - but no voluntary register. Gaming Commission Regulation 5A.130 requires self-exclusion only for interactive gaming, with a minimum of 30 days set by the operator, so casinos and sportsbooks are excluded property by property.
• Florida has no statewide program: the Gaming Control Commission's resources page offers a helpline and nothing else, and Hard Rock Bet runs under the tribal Seminole compact.
• Oregon relies on operator-level exclusion. The Lottery's rule for lottery couriers tells them to honour a statewide list "when available", which is the state's own way of saying one does not yet exist.
• Montana splits regulation between the Gambling Control Division and the Lottery, and neither publishes a self-exclusion mechanism.
• Oklahoma, Minnesota and Wisconsin are tribal-gaming states with no state register. Oklahoma's model compact lets a patron ask to be added to a facility's barred-persons list.
• Arkansas requires operator-level self-exclusion only for interactive gaming, with a minimum of 30 days before re-entry; its Rule 25 list is regulator-imposed rather than voluntary.
• New Hampshire has no verifiable statewide list. The Lottery offers exclusion from your own online lottery account, temporarily or permanently, through player support.

In these states, exclude at every operator you hold an account with, then use device blocking and a bank gambling block for the sites you have not signed up to yet.

Tribal casinos are not on the state list

Tribal casinos are regulated under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act by the tribe and the National Indian Gaming Commission, not by the state gaming board, whose role is limited to negotiating the Class III compact. A state form therefore does not reach a tribal gaming floor unless the state and the tribes have agreed otherwise. Arizona and New Mexico are the exceptions - Arizona's casino list covers every Class III tribal facility in the state, and New Mexico's form has a statewide option that includes tribal establishments. Washington's program explicitly does not: its tribal casinos do not take part. If you gamble at a tribal property, ask its security or problem-gambling office for their own form.

Account-level exclusion at DraftKings, FanDuel, BetMGM and Caesars

Operator exclusion is a switch inside your account, and it binds only that brand. It is worth using the same day you file the state form, because it takes effect immediately rather than after a processing queue.

• DraftKings offers a cool-off from three days to four weeks and self-exclusion for 1 or 5 years. In Pennsylvania you cannot do it on the site; the company directs you to the Gaming Control Board.
• FanDuel separates a Timeout, a break you set yourself, from Self-Exclusion, which it describes as an indefinite amount of time off from all its products. Both are set inside a logged-in account.
• Caesars Sportsbook offers deposit, spending and daily time limits, a cool-off of 3 to 30 days, and self-exclusion for a minimum of twelve months, requested in a sportsbook or by posting a notarised form. Coming back requires a separate reinstatement form.
• BetMGM runs its responsible-gambling tools under the GameSense brand, with time-out and self-exclusion controls inside the account.

FanDuel's and BetMGM's tools are set per state, so open the responsible-gaming section from inside the app you actually use. None of these carry across to a competitor. Excluding yourself from DraftKings leaves FanDuel, BetMGM, Caesars and every other licensed app untouched, which is the argument for filing the state form as well.

What self-exclusion does not block

State lists bind operators licensed by that state. They do not bind offshore or crypto sites, and they do not cross a state line: enrolling in New Jersey does nothing about a Pennsylvania account. The apps also stay on your phone and the cards stay in your wallet. Three layers close those gaps:

• A gambling block on your card through your bank, which declines merchants coded as gambling - see how bank gambling blocks work.
• Blocking software such as Gamban, which two regulators hand out free: Ohio pays for a one-year subscription through Time Out Ohio, and the Michigan Gaming Control Board offers residents licences of one to five years at no cost - see our review of Gamban.
• Device-level restrictions, covered in blocking gambling sites on iPhone and Android.

Where to get help

The National Problem Gambling Helpline covers all 50 states and US territories on 1-800-MY-RESET, by call, text or chat, at any hour, with no payment or insurance details required, and routes you to services in your own state. State contacts and treatment options are on our United States page. Outside the US, see the helplines directory and the guide to self-exclusion schemes by country.