Gambling self-exclusion in Michigan

Before you count on it. Use MGCB-RGD@michigan.gov. The Board has a second, near-identical mailbox, MGCB-DPL@michigan.gov, that handles removals from the casino list only; an application sent there enrolls you in nothing. Removal from this database is automatic when your term ends and you cannot shorten it. The pages we read don’t say whether you have to live in Michigan, whether a remotely notarized form is accepted, whether the Lansing office takes walk-ins, or whether there’s a fee. Sending the form doesn’t put you on the list by itself. If you hold an Internet Gaming Occupational License, as an online dealer does, placement revokes it.

Before you count on it. There is no mail, email or online way onto this list, and the form carries no submission address. MGCB-DPL@michigan.gov is the Board's removal mailbox; sending your application there enrolls you in nothing. Placement is for life. You can ask for removal no earlier than five years after placement, and it takes effect only when the Board notifies you in writing. The pages we read don’t say whether you have to live in Michigan or whether there’s a fee. Booking the appointment doesn’t put you on the list by itself.

Before you count on it. This form only reaches Four Winds South Bend's gaming floor, hotel, on-site venues, and parking, plus the tribe's three Michigan Four Winds properties. It doesn't touch the Four Winds online casino, which the form leaves out. Four Winds runs a separate online exclusion for it, through your online account or a form on its own website, and its own page ties the online casino to Michigan. This program is run separately from Indiana's state-run VEP (a different card here). The Band's page says it recognizes every Indiana exclusion, VEP included, so your VEP enrollment already covers its casinos. Nothing published says a Pokagon exclusion puts you on the IGC list. A second exclusion becomes an involuntary lifetime bar. You can also ask in person at the Security department of any Four Winds casino for the Gaming Commission. The Band's page says a remote request may go by email, fax or US mail, but only the email address is published for exclusion requests. Filling out or emailing the form doesn't confirm the exclusion; it takes effect only once the Commission approves it.

Before you count on it. This exclusion is permanent unless the Executive Director sets another term. You can petition in writing for removal at most once a year. The Commission decides; it holds a hearing if the Gaming Commission staff or the casino opposes your return. It covers FireKeepers only and is separate from Michigan's statewide Disassociated Persons List; neither the packet nor the regulations say FireKeepers honors that list. Apart from NVSEP's confirmation of a submission made through it, nothing published says how you'll hear that you're enrolled.

Before you count on it. This covers Gun Lake Casino only. It is separate from Michigan's statewide Disassociated Persons List, and the form doesn't say whether the casino honors that list. A one-year exclusion ends by itself after 365 days if you haven't broken it; breaking it moves you to the permanent list. A permanent exclusion is lifted only if the Commission Board grants a written request, made no sooner than a year in and at most once a year. Nothing published says how you'll hear that you're enrolled.