What is casino self exclusion?

It is a voluntary, formal request by a person to be barred from gambling. In most states a gaming regulator maintains a single list, and every property it licenses is expected to deny entry or gaming to anybody on it. The enrollment is a legal act. Whether it works is an operational question, and it is answered at the door.

Does every state have a self exclusion program?

No. The structures differ. Most commercial gaming states run one statewide list through a regulator. Nevada does not: it has no statewide casino self exclusion list, so a person asks each property individually. Tribal gaming is regulated by each nation’s own gaming commission and is administered separately from any state program.

Does a self exclusion in one state cover another state?

Generally no. Programs are administered by the state or the nation that runs them, and an enrollment in one does not automatically create an enrollment in another. That is a question for the agencies involved, and each one is linked in the table above.

Why do self excluded people still get in?

Because a list is not enforcement. Most programs are enforced by a person at a door comparing a face to a photograph taken years earlier, often without asking for identification, during a rush. Under those conditions the failure is not negligence, it is arithmetic. Facial recognition changes the conditions rather than the rule.

How does facial recognition enforce a self exclusion?

The enrollment photograph becomes a template held in the property’s own gallery. On arrival the person is matched by face in under a second, before entry, without an identification check and regardless of how much time has passed. The property gets an alert that names the person, and every match is logged with the acting user and the timestamp for the regulator.

Is this page legal advice?

No. It is a directory of the agencies that administer these programs, with a link to each. Rules, eligibility, enrollment periods, and reinstatement all come from the agency itself, and they change. Confirm anything that matters with the agency named in the row.

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Self exclusion, state by state.

Which agency administers the program where you operate, how the three structures differ, and the reason a list on its own does not keep anybody out.

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Three structures

Self exclusion is not one thing in the United States.

Operators often assume that a person who has excluded themselves somewhere has excluded themselves everywhere. That is not how it works. Programs are built and run by whoever regulates the gaming, and that is three different kinds of body.

Statewide program

A state agency maintains one list, and every property it regulates is expected to honour it.

Mixed

A state program covers the gaming the state regulates, and tribal gaming is administered separately by each nation.

Property level only

There is no single state list. A person asks each property to exclude them, and each property holds its own record.

Tribal programs

Gaming is regulated by each nation’s own gaming commission, and exclusion is administered there rather than by the state.

The directory

Each row names the agency and links to it. The rows deliberately state no enrollment period, no reinstatement rule, and no penalty, because those differ by program and they change. The agency states them, and the agency is one click away.

State	Structure	Agency	Note
Nevada	Property level only	Nevada Gaming Control Board	Nevada has no statewide casino self exclusion list. A person who wants to be excluded asks each property directly, which is exactly the case where recognition at the door does the work a list cannot.
New Jersey	Statewide program	New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement	The Division administers self exclusion for the casinos and internet gaming it regulates.
Pennsylvania	Statewide program	Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board	The Board administers self exclusion across the gaming it licenses.
Michigan	Mixed	Michigan Gaming Control Board	Michigan calls its list the Disassociated Persons List, and it covers the commercial casinos the Board regulates. Tribal properties administer their own.
Illinois	Statewide program	Illinois Gaming Board	The Board administers a statewide self exclusion program for the gaming it regulates.
Indiana	Statewide program	Indiana Gaming Commission	The Commission runs a Voluntary Exclusion Program covering the casinos and sports wagering it regulates.
Missouri	Statewide program	Missouri Gaming Commission	Missouri established the first statewide casino exclusion program of its kind in the United States, and the Commission still administers it.
Iowa	Statewide program	Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission	The Commission administers statewide self exclusion for the licensed facilities it regulates.
Ohio	Statewide program	Ohio Casino Control Commission	The Commission administers a voluntary exclusion program for the casinos and sports gaming it regulates.
New York	Mixed	New York State Gaming Commission	The Commission administers self exclusion for the gaming it regulates. Tribal properties administer their own programs.
Mississippi	Statewide program	Mississippi Gaming Commission	The Commission administers self exclusion for the licensed casinos it regulates.
Louisiana	Statewide program	Louisiana Gaming Control Board	The Board administers self exclusion for the gaming it regulates.
Colorado	Mixed	Colorado Division of Gaming	The Division administers self exclusion for the limited gaming it regulates. Tribal properties administer their own.
Washington	Mixed	Washington State Gambling Commission	The Commission runs a statewide self exclusion program for the gambling it regulates. Tribal casinos administer their own programs.
Kansas	Mixed	Kansas Racing and Gaming Commission	The Commission maintains a voluntary exclusion list for the state owned casinos it regulates. Tribal properties administer their own.
Arizona	Mixed	Arizona Department of Gaming	The Department administers self exclusion in cooperation with the tribes under the state compacts.
New Mexico	Mixed	New Mexico Gaming Control Board	The Board regulates non tribal gaming in New Mexico. Tribal properties are regulated by their own gaming commissions under the state compacts.
West Virginia	Statewide program	West Virginia Lottery	The Lottery administers self exclusion for the gaming it regulates.
Oklahoma	Tribal programs	Office of Management and Enterprise Services, Gaming Compliance Unit	Oklahoma gaming is tribal. Each nation regulates its own properties through its own gaming commission, and exclusion is administered there. The state carries its compact role through this unit.
Federal	Tribal programs	National Indian Gaming Commission	The federal agency created by the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act. It publishes the Minimum Internal Control Standards for Class II gaming and reviews tribal gaming ordinances. It does not run a national exclusion list.

Every link in this table was requested and confirmed to resolve on 30 August 2026. This directory covers the states where eConnect has the largest presence and is not a complete list of United States gaming jurisdictions. It is a directory, not legal advice.

The gap

Enrollment is a legal act. Enforcement is a door.

Every program in the table above produces a list. Almost none of them produce enforcement. The list arrives as names and photographs, and the property is expected to act on it with a person at an entrance who has a few seconds, no identification in hand, and a photograph that may be several years old.

That is not a training problem. It is a workload problem, and it is the one part of responsible gaming that technology can genuinely fix. eConnect turns the enrollment photograph into a template held in the property’s own gallery and matches on arrival, in under a second, without asking anybody for a document.

✓Matched on arrival, before entry, without an identification check.
✓Works years after enrollment, because the match is on the face and not on a name.
✓Every match logged with the acting user and the timestamp, for the regulator.
✓Runs on the cameras and the recorder already installed.
✓Everything stays on servers the property owns.

If you are looking for help

This page is written for operators. If you are trying to exclude yourself, contact the agency for your state in the table above, or the property directly. The National Problem Gambling Helpline is available at 1-800-522-4700.

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Self exclusion, answered

What is casino self exclusion?: It is a voluntary, formal request by a person to be barred from gambling. In most states a gaming regulator maintains a single list, and every property it licenses is expected to deny entry or gaming to anybody on it. The enrollment is a legal act. Whether it works is an operational question, and it is answered at the door.
Does every state have a self exclusion program?: No. The structures differ. Most commercial gaming states run one statewide list through a regulator. Nevada does not: it has no statewide casino self exclusion list, so a person asks each property individually. Tribal gaming is regulated by each nation’s own gaming commission and is administered separately from any state program.
Does a self exclusion in one state cover another state?: Generally no. Programs are administered by the state or the nation that runs them, and an enrollment in one does not automatically create an enrollment in another. That is a question for the agencies involved, and each one is linked in the table above.
Why do self excluded people still get in?: Because a list is not enforcement. Most programs are enforced by a person at a door comparing a face to a photograph taken years earlier, often without asking for identification, during a rush. Under those conditions the failure is not negligence, it is arithmetic. Facial recognition changes the conditions rather than the rule.
How does facial recognition enforce a self exclusion?: The enrollment photograph becomes a template held in the property’s own gallery. On arrival the person is matched by face in under a second, before entry, without an identification check and regardless of how much time has passed. The property gets an alert that names the person, and every match is logged with the acting user and the timestamp for the regulator.
Is this page legal advice?: No. It is a directory of the agencies that administer these programs, with a link to each. Rules, eligibility, enrollment periods, and reinstatement all come from the agency itself, and they change. Confirm anything that matters with the agency named in the row.

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