Terms you can choose
One, three or five years. Removal is not automatic when the term ends: an applicant must request removal and obtain Division Director approval. Early removal may be petitioned for, not assumed.
When it ends
This continues until a removal is granted.
Removal is not automatic when the one, three or five year term ends: the applicant must request removal and obtain Division Director approval. Early removal may be petitioned for, not assumed.
How to enroll
Enroll through NVSEP.
NVSEP fills in Colorado's application with you online, checks your ID, notarizes it free if the form needs that, and sends it to the Division of Gaming. Press Self-Exclude Now on the page and sign in with the code NVSEP emails you. Identity checks start with a live face scan — it asks you to turn your head to each side — before it asks your name, and NVSEP says the pictures you submit are stored on your self-exclusion record. Colorado is one of the states it notarizes, and it takes one of those per request: if you also need California, Iowa or Michigan's online list, that is a second request. NVSEP says most self-exclusions take effect within 24 to 72 hours after submission, and that it sends you a confirmation once the submission is processed. The Division does not contact you, so keep NVSEP's confirmation. The Division's own page does not mention NVSEP. To apply to the Division directly instead, use the form and steps below.
- Enroll through NVSEP. Its Colorado page covers this list, 32 casinos and 21 online sportsbooks, for one, three or five years. You fill in the application online, upload your ID, sign in front of a free video notary if needed, and NVSEP sends it to the Division. We don't fill in or submit it. To apply directly instead, follow the steps below.
- Use the February 2026 application. Choose a minimum term of one, three or five years and read the acknowledgments.
- Sign it and have the signature witnessed. The Division accepts an electronic signature and a remote online notarization, or you can sign in front of a witness at its Lakewood office.
- Attach a photo copy of the ID you used. The Division says that is required whichever route you send it by — email, mail, drop-off or the online form.
- Keep your own copy and your proof of sending. Colorado will not write back: the Division does not contact applicants to confirm the exclusion is active. Allow about three days, and longer over a weekend or holiday.
- Exclusion does not end automatically. Removal takes a request and the Division Director’s approval.
Official form (02/26/26) Program page
Before you count on it. Colorado does not contact you when your exclusion is active, so keep a copy of your signed form and proof of sending. You can still contact the Division to ask whether your form arrived. The Division’s instructions don’t say whether a remote notary must be commissioned in Colorado. Look over the official application and fill in any remaining blanks before you sign and send it.
Every route we checked
Routes that enroll you
- By email — dor_gamingselfexclusion@state.co.us
The official page offers application submission by this route: the form can be "emailed, mailed to, or dropped off". Asked what an emailed application needs, the Division answered on 2026-10-02 that an electronic signature and a remote notarization are accepted and that a photo copy of the ID used for identity verification is required. - By mail — Colorado Division of Gaming, Self-Exclusion Program, 1707 Cole Blvd., Suite 300, Lakewood, CO 80401
Page 6 directs mailing the completed registration and a copy of state-issued ID to this recipient. - In person — Colorado Division of Gaming, 1707 Cole Blvd., Suite 300, Lakewood, CO 80401
The landing page accepts office applications/drop-off. The form offers witnessed signing at Division offices with government-issued ID; call Lakewood at 303-205-1300 for office hours. - Online — https://betsmart.colorado.gov/self-exclusion
Start from the official page, not from a saved form link. It carries two Google Forms labeled "Apply to the Self-Exclusion List online!" plus a third for removal. The Division wrote on 2026-10-02: "There is a self-exclusion form and request for removal form that may be applied for online through Google Forms. Both are current." It did not say which of the two application links it means, and neither could be read past a Google sign-in, so read the heading of whichever form opens before you fill it in. An electronic signature is accepted and a photo copy of your ID is required. - Online Not verified — https://www.nvsep.org/colorado
NVSEP's Colorado page covers this program: 32 licensed casinos and 21 online gambling operators, for one, three or five years, and lists the NVSEP platform as an application option beside the Division's website, the PDF and the Division's office. NVSEP says it fills in the state's form online, verifies your ID, arranges a free online notarization through Proof when the state requires one, and submits the form to the state electronically. The Division's own page and its written answer of 2026-10-02 do not mention NVSEP. Its own sign-up portal lists Colorado among the states that require meeting a free online notary before the exclusion is fully processed, and it takes one such state per request, so California, Iowa or Michigan's online list is a separate request. Identity checks there start with a live face scan, and NVSEP says the pictures you submit are stored on your self-exclusion record.
Requirements and sources
Sources read 2026-10-02. These are the program's requirements, not a record of anyone's enrollment.
- Terms available
- One, three or five years. Removal is not automatic when the term ends: an applicant must request removal and obtain Division Director approval. Early removal may be petitioned for, not assumed.
- Can a resident enroll
- You do not have to live in Colorado. Asked whether a person who lives outside Colorado, for example a Utah resident, can enroll, the Division's Responsible Gaming Program Manager answered "YES" in writing on 2026-10-02. No published Colorado source states a residency condition either way; the written answer is what establishes this.
- Can a visitor enroll
- A visitor to Colorado can enroll. The Division answered that question "YES" in writing on 2026-10-02. No published Colorado source states a residency condition either way; the written answer is what establishes this.
- Identification
- Send a photo copy of your ID whichever route you use. The Division answered us in writing on 2026-10-02, asked specifically about email and online applications: "A photo copy of the identification used for identity verification is required." The form itself also asks for identifying and contact fields and an identification number, and office signing requires government-issued ID. The ID field requests the last four SSN digits or ITIN; the form's notice calls that disclosure voluntary generally, required online, and directs people declining it to apply in person.
- Notarization
- On the paper registration the signature is witnessed: it carries a notary certification on page 6 and a separate Division-office witnessed-signature section. You can do it electronically and remotely. The Division wrote on 2026-10-02: "Per Colorado Notary rules, electronic signatures and remote notarization are accepted." It said what it accepts, not what each route requires: whether the online form needs a witness or notary at all, and whether a notary commissioned in another state qualifies, are not stated.
- Witnesses
- Page 6 offers Division-office witnessing with government-issued identification and directs applicants to call for office hours. It does not establish that an arbitrary third-party witness substitutes for a notary.
- Notarizing online
- Remote online notarization is accepted. The Division answered us in writing on 2026-10-02: "Per Colorado Notary rules, electronic signatures and remote notarization are accepted. A photo copy of the identification used for identity verification is required." No published Colorado source says this. The answer names Colorado's notary rules and does not say whether a notary commissioned in another state is accepted, so a Utah-commissioned remote notary is not established.
- How long processing takes
- Usually about three days. The Division answered us in writing on 2026-10-02: "Minimal processing time, usually within 3 days per holiday and weekends." The sentence does not make clear whether weekends and holidays are counted, so allow longer than three calendar days. Casinos and sportsbooks then have three business days to load each updated list the Division sends them. Submission is not activation.
- How you are told it took effect
- Source says this does not apply: Colorado does not contact you to say it worked. Asked whether an applicant can confirm the exclusion is active, the Division answered in writing on 2026-10-02: "We do not contact the patron to confirm active status for privacy reasons." Expect no activation notice, and keep your own copy and proof of sending. Whether the Division acknowledges receiving a form is not stated, so ask if you need to know. The answer rules out the Division contacting you; it does not say what happens if you call and ask.
The form asks for: selected minimum exclusion term, name, email, date of birth, street address (no P.O. boxes), city, state and ZIP, primary phone, identification number, acknowledgments, signature and date, notary or Division-office witness certification, identification copy — the form asks for one on mail submissions, and the Division requires one on every route.
- Colorado Division of Gaming self-exclusion betsmart.colorado.gov · read 2026-10-01
- Colorado Division of Gaming, written answer to BanMyself on eligibility, processing, notarization, identification and the online forms written answer received 2026-10-02
- Colorado DR 9681 registration, revision 02/26/26 betsmart.colorado.gov · read 2026-10-21