Your exit plan,
friend.
Everything here is ready: the emails are pre-written, the letters are addressed, the freeze links go straight to the right page. Work top to bottom — the biggest bans come first.
That is the whole list. Keep every confirmation that comes back — and keep the meeting.
First: whose plan is this?
Stop anytime — everything saves on this phone and is here when you come back.
Start with the biggest ban
You're here because you decided to be done. This call is the single biggest step on the page — take it now, while the decision is still hot. Twenty minutes closes fifty casinos forever.
- Caesars — nationwide, every property, forever"I want to enroll in your self-exclusion program. Permanent."One call covers every Caesars property in America — and every property they ever acquire — plus their sportsbook and online casino. Irrevocable for the term you choose. This one call outweighs any ten letters. They will verify your identity on the phone — have your license in front of you.
Sign the two registries
Two enrollments, each one covering many operators at once — the most ground per minute after the Caesars call. Both end with an ID check; that's how they're enforced.
- NVSEP — the free national registry FreeOne application covers participating states (WY, NE, LA, WI, MI, CO, CA, IA and growing). Check every state you live near or travel to. Heads-up: it ends with an ID check and a face scan — that's how it's enforced at the door.
- Ban yourself from prediction markets FreeEvent-contract trading (Kalshi, Polymarket, Robinhood events) is gambling with a ticker symbol. SelfExclude.io pauses trading across prediction markets — Kalshi today, more platforms integrating. ID check required; terms of 1–12 months, so set a reminder to renew.
Lock your phone
Everything here installs from your phone, right where you're sitting. Have your trusted person nearby — they hold the passcodes when you're done.
- Install Gamban on every device $2.99/moBlocks the sweepstakes casinos most tools miss; can't be uninstalled while active. $2.99/mo or $29.99/yr — some state programs cover it free. A person you trust holds the account login.
- Install BetBlocker — set 5 years FreeRuns alongside Gamban. Once the restriction starts, nobody can lift it early — not even their support staff.
- Phone lockdown (Screen Time / Family Link)Your trusted person sets a passcode they keep, turns off app installs, and adds known gambling sites to the block list. This closes the delete-and-reinstall loophole.
Make these phone calls — script included
Short calls, and you don't have to explain yourself — the script is the whole conversation. Nobody on the other end will ask why.
- Call your bank"Hi — I'd like a gambling block on my account and debit card. Please decline all gambling merchant-category charges."Many banks add it on the spot. Know its limit: sweepstakes sites disguise charges as "digital goods" — the app blockers are what actually reach those. This is the backstop.
- Call each credit card — same ask"I'd like a gambling block on this card, and please treat any gambling charge as declined — including cash advances."One short call per card. Most issuers already treat casino charges as cash advances; this closes the rest.
Protect yourself from new debt
People hesitate here, so plainly: a freeze doesn't touch your credit score, doesn't affect any card you already have, and thaws anytime with your PIN. It only blocks new accounts — which is exactly the door a bad night opens. Payday lenders can't lend what they can't check. Every link below lands on the freeze form itself — have your SSN ready; each one takes about four minutes.
- Freeze Clarity Services FreeFirst of four subprime bureaus. Frozen, payday lenders can't score you — so they won't lend.
- Freeze DataX Free
- Freeze Teletrack Free
- Freeze FactorTrust Free
- Freeze the big three FreeEquifax, Experian, TransUnion — closes the mainstream credit lines a bad night could open.
- Freeze LexisNexis + ChexSystems FreeThe perimeter's far edge — risk data and new-bank-account screening.
- OptOutPrescreen — 5 years FreeStops pre-approved credit offers landing in your mailbox.
- Hand every freeze PIN to your trusted personNot the junk drawer. A person.
Emails — already written
Each button opens a pre-written email from your own address — that's what makes it your request.
A quick run to the post office
Print your letters — each one personalized, addressed, one page. Sign each, add a photocopy of your photo ID, and mail. The label sheet is one page of Avery 5160 labels (~$8 at Amazon): every destination plus your return labels. You'll also want a book of stamps and #10 envelopes.
- Print your ID copies — every envelope gets oneAdd your license photos here (or up top, in your plan card) and this prints all 18 cut-apart copies, plus the front-and-back page MicroBilt needs. The photos are used for this print only — never stored, never uploaded. They are gone when you close this page.
Watch the mailbox
- Some operators mail you their own forms → complete + returnA few programs (Golden Entertainment, Westgate) respond with official enrollment forms. Complete and return them — some need a notary, or can be handed to any casino cage in person.
- Keep every written confirmation in one folderYou'll want the paper trail.
- Put the follow-ups on your calendarThree reminders: check that confirmations arrived (2 weeks), return any forms that came back (4 weeks), and a one-year review — renew any short-term bans and the prediction-market exclusion before they lapse.
The exit is real
Everything above closes doors. This is the part that opens one. Millions of people have gotten out of gambling — and nearly all of them will tell you the paperwork wasn't what did it. The rooms were. They're free, they're everywhere, and nobody in them will be surprised by your story.
- Sit in one Gamblers Anonymous meeting this week FreeIn person, online, or by phone — any meeting, any state. First time: just go and listen; nobody makes you talk. If picking one feels hard, call the hotline and they'll find you one.
- Prefer a gospel-centered room? Addiction Recovery Program FreeThe Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints runs free 12-step recovery meetings — in person and virtual, open to anyone, member or not. Same road, walked with faith.
- Tell one person what you did todayThe plan works best when someone you trust knows it exists — and holds the passcodes and PINs.