Gambling self-exclusion in Connecticut
Self-exclusion in Connecticut: you need three separate enrollments. Connecticut statewide Voluntary Self-Exclusion list (not the tribal casino floors), run by the Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection (DCP), Gaming Division. First step: Open the Connecticut self-exclusion request form. A fixed term continues until you request removal; a lifetime term has no published way to lift it. Connecticut: Mohegan Sun self-exclusion (gaming floor only), run by the Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority d/b/a Mohegan Sun. First step: Mail the notarized form to Mohegan Sun Security. It continues until a removal is granted. Connecticut: Foxwoods patron voluntary exclusion (gaming floor only), run by the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation (MPTN) Gaming Commission. First step: Mail the notarized form to the MPTN Gaming Commission. A fixed term ends on its own at the end of the term; a lifetime term has no published way to lift it. None substitutes for another, and this is not everything in Connecticut.
Reviewed 2026-09-24 against official sources. Every fact below links to the agency that published it. How we check facts.
We list what we've confirmed. If a casino isn't here, we haven't found its program yet. That doesn't mean it has none.
Self-exclusion programs in Connecticut 3
Compare what each program blocks and how to sign up. Click any program name for the full step-by-step instructions, official forms, and sources.
Asking a program for a form or an answer does not enroll you.
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| Connecticut statewide Voluntary Self-Exclusion list (not the tribal casino floors)State regulator Run by Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection (DCP), Gaming Division. | By mail By email Online Open the Connecticut self-exclusion request form. Official form (PDF metadata ModDate 2021-10-19; no separate printed revision code) Program page | Not confirmed | Not confirmed | Not confirmed | Confirmed | Confirmed | Depends on the term you pick Sign up for the longest exclusion time you can. Future you will thank you. | |
Before you count on it. This is the state list only. It carves out gaming conducted solely on the reservations of Connecticut's tribes, so it does not keep you off the gaming floor at Mohegan Sun or Foxwoods — each tribe runs its own program, and enrolling with a tribe does not put you on this state list either. The tribes' online and mobile products ARE on this list. Retail, in-person lottery ticket purchases are not covered; only online lottery sales and keno are. Racing and pari-mutuel wagering (horse racing, jai alai, greyhound racing) sits outside the statutory definition of a sporting event the list uses, and no exclusion mechanism was found for it. Whether residents or non-residents qualify is not stated in any source reviewed. Sending the form does not put you on the list: the form says you are not considered registered until DCP emails you a confirmation. DCP told us in writing on October 2, 2026 that the confirmation goes out the same day you sign up and that it names the end date of the term you chose, so you should not be waiting long — and if the day passes, email dcp.selfexclusion@ct.gov, which DCP says is where every question about the list goes. DCP did not say whether your registration counts from the day it receives your form or the day the email goes out, and did not say what happens if the email never comes. Whether a remote online notarization is accepted is not addressed. After your term ends your name stays on until you request removal, and the form states a lifetime selection can never be removed. | ||||||||
| Connecticut: Foxwoods patron voluntary exclusion (gaming floor only)Tribal gaming commission Run by Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation (MPTN) Gaming Commission. | By mail In person Mail the notarized form to the MPTN Gaming Commission. | Confirmed | Not confirmed | Not confirmed | Not confirmed | Not confirmed | Depends on the term you pick Sign up for the longest exclusion time you can. Future you will thank you. | |
Before you count on it. This is a Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation program covering Foxwoods, and it stands apart from the state. Enrolling here does not add you to Connecticut's statewide DCP list for online casino gaming, sports wagering, online lottery and fantasy contests, and joining that state list does not exclude you from the Foxwoods gaming floor. It does not cover Mohegan Sun, which runs its own separate program. The form does not say whether it reaches Foxwoods-branded online or mobile products. A Five-Year term is rescinded automatically once at the five-year mark; once you have used that allowance, any later request is restricted to Permanent, which is irreversible, and no early-removal process is published for an active Five-Year term. Residency eligibility, processing time and confirmation are all unaddressed — the form collects province/state and country fields, which implies non-U.S. applicants are contemplated, but no source states an eligibility policy. Mailing the form is a submission, not proof of exclusion, so keep a copy of the form and write down the date. | ||||||||
| Connecticut: Mohegan Sun self-exclusion (gaming floor only)Tribal gaming commission Run by Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority d/b/a Mohegan Sun. | By mail Mail the notarized form to Mohegan Sun Security. Official form (PDF metadata ModDate 2022-04-29; no separate printed revision code) | Confirmed | Confirmed | Not confirmed | Source says no | Not confirmed | Until a removal is approved | |
Before you count on it. This reaches the Mohegan Sun gaming floor and nothing else. The form itself states it does not enroll you in Connecticut's statewide DCP list for online gaming and mobile sports wagering — that is a separate request to the state, and joining the state list does not exclude you from this gaming floor either. It does not cover Foxwoods, which runs its own separate program. If you return and play, you can be arrested for criminal trespassing and any jackpot winnings are forfeited. Whether residents or visitors qualify, how long processing takes, and what confirmation you get are all unaddressed on the form, so mailing it does not by itself tell you the exclusion is active. Removal is never automatic: after one or five years you have to write the Director of Security, and an ejection committee panel has to agree. The letter's exact address and the panel's timeline are not published. | ||||||||
Gambling types in Connecticut
One self-exclusion list rarely blocks every kind of gambling. Here is what we found for each type of gambling in this state.
| Gambling type | What we found | Sources |
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| commercial casino — land-based commercial (non-tribal) casinos | Official sources don't settle it | 1 source
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| racing/pari-mutuel — racing / pari-mutuel (horse racing, jai alai, off-track betting) | Official sources don't settle it | 1 source
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| charitable/bingo — charitable gaming (bingo, bazaars, raffles, sealed tickets) | Not covered by a program listed hereWhat we checked: Connecticut’s one statewide self-exclusion list, as Public Act 21-23, its implementing regulation Sec. 12-865-23, and the Gaming Division’s own Self Exclusion page describe it: "see Connecticut Public Act 21-23, as well as the Emergency Regulation concerning online casino gaming, retail and online sports wagering, fantasy contests, Keno and online sale of lottery tickets." The two tribes’ own casino-floor programs are separate and not part of this scope.WhyChecked 2026-10-09. Bingo, bazaars and raffles are permitted municipality by municipality, not by a state regulator: the Gaming Division’s own Bingo, Bazaar and Raffle page, read 2026-10-09, says "The decision to permit bingo, bazaars, and raffles is voted upon by each municipality... All other permits related to bingo [etc.] are issued by the municipality." DCP’s own role is narrower still: "permitting sealed ticket activities and registering manufacturers and distributors of sealed ticket game products and equipment" and "registering qualified equipment dealers," none of which is a player-facing program. That page has zero occurrences of "exclu" or "self-". The statewide self-exclusion list is scoped to "online casino gaming, retail and online sports wagering, fantasy contests, Keno and online sale of lottery tickets" (Gaming Division Self Exclusion page) — none of this category. The DCP Legalized Gambling history page confirms the same municipal-permit model for bingo (1939) and bazaars/raffles (1955); sealed tickets (authorized 1987) are DCP-permitted, not municipal, matching the Bingo, Bazaar and Raffle page’s own statement of its narrower role. Limit: this is about the statewide list and DCP’s own role; no individual municipality’s bingo permit terms were surveyed. | 3 sources
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| lottery (retail, in-person ticket purchases) | Not covered by a program listed hereWhat we checked: Connecticut’s one statewide self-exclusion list, as Public Act 21-23, its implementing regulation Sec. 12-865-23, and the Gaming Division’s own Self Exclusion page describe it: "see Connecticut Public Act 21-23, as well as the Emergency Regulation concerning online casino gaming, retail and online sports wagering, fantasy contests, Keno and online sale of lottery tickets." The two tribes’ own casino-floor programs are separate and not part of this scope.WhyChecked 2026-10-09. Public Act 21-23 Sec. 14(b) limits the self-exclusion-bearing "electronic wagering platform" to online sports wagering, online casino gaming, "keno through the Internet web site, an online service or a mobile application of the Connecticut Lottery Corporation," online lottery draw-ticket sales, and fantasy contests; Sec. 14(c)(5) requires the voluntary self-exclusion process only of the licensees operating those platforms, plus retail sports wagering retailers. Retail, in-person lottery ticket sales and retail Keno (sold through CT Lottery's retail sales agents, a real and separate product from the online channel) are neither an "electronic wagering platform" nor retail sports wagering, so the statute does not reach either. The Gaming Division’s own Self Exclusion landing page, read 2026-10-09, states the same list in looser plain language — "online casino gaming, retail and online sports wagering, fantasy contests, Keno and online sale of lottery tickets" — which, read alone and without the statute’s "through the Internet" qualifier on keno, could be misread as covering retail Keno; Sec. 14(b)(2)'s exact text resolves that ambiguity. This settles only that the one statewide list does not reach retail lottery ticket or retail Keno purchases; it is not a statement that the Connecticut Lottery Corporation has, or lacks, any mechanism of its own for retail play. | 4 sources
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| skill games — VGTs / skill games | Official sources don't settle it | 1 source |
| card rooms — independent (non-tribal) card rooms | Official sources don't settle it | 1 source |
How we checked
These are the kinds of gambling we checked, and the list may not include every way to gamble in the state. On October 9, 2026 we found that in-person lottery and charitable gaming fall outside the statewide list's stated reach. Skill games stay unknown: Connecticut law confines chance-based video machines to the two tribal casinos, but we couldn't establish whether a purely skill-based machine is licensed, unregulated or absent elsewhere in the state. Independent card rooms also stay unknown, because no source we read addresses them either way.
Connecticut's two land-based casinos, Mohegan Sun and Foxwoods, are both tribal. Each tribe runs its own self-exclusion program for its own casino. Mohegan Sun offers 1 or 5 years, and you come off the list by written letter. Foxwoods offers 5 years or permanent, and the 5-year term lifts automatically at its end only once. Neither program reaches the other casino, and neither reaches the tribes' online or mobile products. A single statewide list run by the Department of Consumer Protection (DCP) covers online casino gaming, online and retail sports wagering (including the tribes' own DraftKings and FanDuel branded platforms), online lottery ticket sales and keno, and fantasy contests. You make one request and choose 1 year, 5 years or lifetime. We found no exclusion program that covers in-person lottery ticket purchases or racing and pari-mutuel wagering. We don't know whether you can enroll in any of the three programs if you live outside Connecticut. We checked the official sources linked on this page, not every gambling option in the state.
How Connecticut's programs fit together
Connecticut has three separate sign-ups: one statewide list for online gambling, sports betting and fantasy contests, and one for each of the two tribal casinos' gaming floors.
What we know about each one
The three programs don't overlap. The statewide list covers online casino gaming, sports wagering online and in person, online lottery and keno, and fantasy contests, and it doesn't reach either tribe's land-based gaming floor. Each tribal casino's program covers only its own physical premises. Enrolling in one doesn't enroll you in the others. Signing up for all three still doesn't cover every way to gamble in the state.
Official Connecticut links and forms
These are the primary sources this page is built from: agency program pages, statutes, regulations and the forms themselves. How we check facts explains what each label means.
- Connecticut DCP — How do I enroll in the Self-Exclusion Program? portal.ct.gov · read 2026-09-24
- Connecticut DCP — Self Exclusion portal.ct.gov · read 2026-09-24
- Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection, Gaming Division, written answer to BanMyself on the confirmation email written answer received 2026-10-02
- Connecticut Gaming Self-Exclusion Registration Form portal.ct.gov · read 2026-10-21
- Connecticut Gaming Self-Exclusion Terms and Conditions portal.ct.gov · read 2026-10-21
- Connecticut Lottery Corporation — Player Protection ctilottery.org · read 2026-09-24
- Connecticut Self Exclusion Portal (registration) gaming-exclusion.service.ct.gov · read 2026-09-24
- Mashantucket Pequot Gaming Commission — Patron Voluntary Exclusion Application (I-100A) foxwoods.com · read 2026-10-21
- Mohegan Sun Security Self-Exclusion Form mohegansun.com · read 2026-10-21
- Public Act No. 21-23 (HB 6451) cga.ct.gov · read 2026-09-24
- Regs. of CT State Agencies Sec. 12-865-23 — Voluntary Self-Exclusion Procedures eregulations.ct.gov · read 2026-10-21
If you also gamble outside Connecticut
State lists stop at the state line. Some casino companies' own bans reach their properties elsewhere, and each program above says what it covers. If you also travel to nearby states to gamble, check their pages too: