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Gambling self-exclusion in Pennsylvania

Self-exclusion in Pennsylvania: you need five separate enrollments. Pennsylvania: casinos and in-person sports betting, run by the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board. First step: Start the casino enrollment on the PGCB portal. A fixed term continues until you request removal; a lifetime term continues until a removal is granted. Pennsylvania: online casino and sports betting apps, run by the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board. First step: Start the iGaming enrollment on the PGCB portal. A fixed term ends on its own at the end of the term; a lifetime term continues until a removal is granted. Pennsylvania: video gaming terminals at truck stops, run by the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board. First step: Start the VGT enrollment on the PGCB portal. A fixed term ends on its own at the end of the term; a lifetime term has no published way to lift it. Pennsylvania: fantasy contests, run by the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board. First step: Start the fantasy contest enrollment on the PGCB portal. It ends on its own at the end of the term. Pennsylvania: iLottery online account, run by the Pennsylvania Lottery, Department of Revenue. First step: Open Responsible Gambling in your iLottery account. It continues until you request removal. None substitutes for another, and this is not everything in Pennsylvania.

Reviewed 2026-09-18 against official sources. Every fact below links to the agency that published it. How we check facts.

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Self-exclusion programs in Pennsylvania 5

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.

Self-exclusion programs in Pennsylvania
ProgramHow you enrollWhat it blocksHow long it lastsSources
Getting inBettingCredit, compsOnlineMail
Pennsylvania: casinos and in-person sports bettingState regulator Run by Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board.Online In person

Start the casino enrollment on the PGCB portal.

Official form Program page

ConfirmedConfirmedConfirmedNot confirmedConfirmedDepends on the term you pick

Sign up for the longest exclusion time you can. Future you will thank you.

Before you count on it. Whether you can enroll from outside Pennsylvania is not verified. Ask the Office of Compulsive and Problem Gambling on 717-346-8300 if you are unsure. Regional office addresses, walk-in casino locations and any fee are not published. Opening the portal, creating an account or reaching the selfie step does not confirm enrollment. The completion screen confirms submission; your name is active only once the Board adds it. We don't submit anything for you.

Pennsylvania: fantasy contestsState regulator Run by Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board.Online In person

Start the fantasy contest enrollment on the PGCB portal.

Official form Program page

Not confirmedNot confirmedConfirmedConfirmedConfirmedEnds at the end of the term

Before you count on it. Whether you can enroll from outside Pennsylvania is not verified. Ask the Office of Compulsive and Problem Gambling on 717-346-8300 if you are unsure. The fantasy regulation itself has no identification clause, so the selfie and ID steps are taken from the portal's shared instructions rather than confirmed for this list alone. Opening the portal, creating an account or reaching the selfie step does not confirm enrollment. The completion screen confirms submission; your name is active only once the Board adds it. We don't submit anything for you.

Pennsylvania: iLottery online accountState regulator Run by Pennsylvania Lottery, Department of Revenue.Online

Open Responsible Gambling in your iLottery account.

Program page

Source says noSource says noConfirmedConfirmedConfirmedUntil you ask to lift it

Before you count on it. This covers the online account only. Tickets sold in stores remain available to you, and none of the Gaming Control Board lists is affected. Account registration requires being in Pennsylvania; eligibility for the exclusion itself is not separately stated. iLottery player support is 1-833-530-PLAY (7529) or support@PAiLottery.com, both published on the Lottery's own pages; it answers questions and handles reinstatement, and it cannot make the request for you. Signing in or opening the Responsible Gambling menu does not exclude you; only a submitted request does. We don't submit anything for you.

Pennsylvania: online casino and sports betting appsState regulator Run by Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board.Online In person

Start the iGaming enrollment on the PGCB portal.

Official form Program page

Not confirmedNot confirmedConfirmedConfirmedConfirmedDepends on the term you pick

Sign up for the longest exclusion time you can. Future you will thank you.

Before you count on it. Whether you can enroll from outside Pennsylvania is not verified. Ask the Office of Compulsive and Problem Gambling on 717-346-8300 if you are unsure. This list governs online play and states no ban on entering a casino; an operator may separately choose to bar you from affiliated properties. Opening the portal, creating an account or reaching the selfie step does not confirm enrollment. The completion screen confirms submission; your name is active only once the Board adds it. We don't submit anything for you.

Pennsylvania: video gaming terminals at truck stopsState regulator Run by Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board.Online In person

Start the VGT enrollment on the PGCB portal.

Official form Program page

Not confirmedConfirmedConfirmedNot confirmedConfirmedDepends on the term you pick

Sign up for the longest exclusion time you can. Future you will thank you.

Before you count on it. Whether you can enroll from outside Pennsylvania is not verified. Ask the Office of Compulsive and Problem Gambling on 717-346-8300 if you are unsure. This list bars play on the terminals and denies credit, check cashing and comps. It does not bar you from entering the building. Opening the portal, creating an account or reaching the selfie step does not confirm enrollment. The completion screen confirms submission; your name is active only once the Board adds it. We don't submit anything for you.

Gambling types in Pennsylvania

One self-exclusion list rarely blocks every kind of gambling. Here is what we found for each type of gambling in this state.

What we found for each gambling type in Pennsylvania
Gambling typeWhat we foundSources
on-track pari-mutuel racingNot checked yet0 sources
skill gamesNo program foundWhat we checked: Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board self-exclusion lists as defined by 4 Pa.C.S. § 1516 and 58 Pa. Code Chapters 503a and 1119a; skill game devices located anywhere other than a licensed facility or an establishment licensee's premises.
Why

Not covered anywhere outside a licensed casino or a licensed truck stop, and from 2026-10-14 unlawful there. The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania held on 2026-06-15 (50 MAP 2024, 2 EAP 2024) that skill game devices are slot machines under the Gaming Act; the Gaming Act defines "slot machine" to include skill and hybrid slot machines approved by the Board; and the State Police notice records that after the stay only licensed casinos and licensed truck stop establishments may possess devices the Board has inspected and approved. The casino list excludes a person from gaming activity, defined as the play of slot machines, table games or sports wagers, at licensed facilities or other locations the Board approves (4 Pa.C.S. § 1516(a); 58 Pa. Code §§ 503a.1, 503a.2(a)); the VGT list excludes a person from the play of video gaming terminals at an establishment licensee's premises (58 Pa. Code § 1119a.2). Neither list reaches a device in a bar, store, club or restaurant, and the Board runs no other list. A skill game inside a licensed venue is, by the same definitions, a Board-approved slot machine or video gaming terminal that the venue's list already names; whether any reclassified device has been approved for either venue is the separate unresolved entry below.

6 sources
retail lotteryNot covered by a program listed hereWhat we checked: Programs listed on this Pennsylvania page.
Why

The Lottery says iLottery self-exclusion does not stop you from buying lottery tickets in a store, and no other Pennsylvania program listed here covers them.

1 source
skill games inside licensed casinos and truck stop establishments after 2026-10-14Official sources don't settle it
2 sources
How we checked

These are the kinds of gambling we checked. The list may not include every way to gamble in the state.

Pennsylvania splits self-exclusion across five lists run by two agencies. The Gaming Control Board runs four separate lists: casinos, online gambling (interactive gaming), video gaming terminals and fantasy contests. One account on the Board's portal lets you sign up for any of them, but each one is its own sign-up. The Lottery runs a fifth list inside your iLottery account. Sports betting has no list of its own. In-person sports betting is covered by the casino list, and online sports betting by the interactive gaming list. The Gaming Control Board doesn't accept mailed forms for any of its four lists. The casino list doesn't expire. If you pick one year and wait, you stay on the list until you ask to come off it. Buying lottery tickets in a store isn't covered. What we know about tribal casinos and about where skill games stand comes only from secondary sources. We checked the official sources linked on this page, not every gambling option in the state. Unless a program says otherwise, the sources we read don't say whether you have to live in Pennsylvania to sign up.

How Pennsylvania's programs fit together

Pennsylvania splits self-exclusion across five separate lists run by two state agencies, and signing up for one doesn't put you on the others.

What we know about each one

Signing up for one Gaming Control Board list leaves the other three untouched, and none of them affects your iLottery account. None of these programs stops you buying lottery tickets in a store. Each program listed here is a separate sign-up. Signing up for all of them still doesn't cover every way to gamble in the state.

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Sources

Official Pennsylvania 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.