Terms you can choose
One year, eighteen months, three years, five years, or lifetime (lifetime available only if the person's name has previously appeared on the list for at least six months). A person may increase but never decrease the selected duration. Expiration is NOT automatic removal: the person remains on the list after the selected duration expires until affirmatively submitting a petition for removal that the Office approves.
When it ends
A fixed term continues until a removal is granted; whether a permanent term exists, and what would govern it, is not established.
A fixed term. Your term running out does not take you off the list. You stay on it until you submit a petition for removal and the Office approves it. Two current OLG documents disagree about what that petition requires: the codified regulation describes a petition plus an in-person removal session with a designated agent, and OLG's FY2024 Responsible Gambling Plan instead requires an affidavit from a licensed mental health professional who is a certified gambling addiction counselor. Neither is marked superseded.
A lifetime term. Not verified: A lifetime term is offered, and it is only available once your name has already been on the list six months or more. No source says whether the removal petition that ends a fixed term can also end a lifetime election, so how a lifetime term ends is not established.
How to enroll
Enroll in person at OLG headquarters.
Call (202) 788-2102 first to book the appointment — that line arranges the interview and does not enroll you by itself. Bring a valid government-issued photo ID; an OLG Responsible Gaming Program Specialist or Designated Agent witnesses and countersigns your signature. Any OLG-licensed Class A or B sports wagering facility can also process the application on site. An online application exists at forms.dc.gov. OLG's own FAQ and the first page of that form both say the application must be completed and signed in person, so the in-person route is the one the pages agree on.
- Call (202) 788-2102, the OLG Responsible Gambling Specialist's line, to make an appointment. The call arranges the interview; it does not put you on the list.
- Gather what the application asks for: legal name and any aliases, date of birth, current residence address, phone and email, your physical description, and a valid government-issued photo ID. The paper application says your Social Security number is not required while its field carries the required-field asterisk, and the online form marks it required. OLG's FAQ lists it too. Ask which applies to you.
- Choose your term: one year, eighteen months, three years, five years, or lifetime. Lifetime is only available if your name has already been on the list at least six months. You can increase the duration later; you can never decrease it.
- Go to the appointment at the Office of Lottery and Gaming, 2235 Shannon Place SE, Washington, DC 20020, or to any licensed Class A or B sports wagering facility, which can process the application on site. Your signature is witnessed and countersigned by an OLG Responsible Gaming Program Specialist or Designated Agent.
- An online application is published at forms.dc.gov/f/SelfExclusion, and an application will not be processed unless a valid government-issued photo ID is uploaded. OLG's own FAQ page, and the first page of that online form, say the application must be completed and signed in person. Ask OLG which is current before relying on the online route.
- Know that the term running out does not remove you. You stay on the list until you submit a petition for removal and OLG approves it. Two OLG documents disagree about what that takes: the regulation describes a petition plus an in-person removal session, and OLG's FY2024 Responsible Gambling Plan requires an affidavit from a licensed mental health professional who is a certified gambling addiction counselor.
Official form (DOC: SWL_010 - Rev. 11/25/2019, on both routes. Page 1 of the online version at forms.dc.gov/f/SelfExclusion prints the same revision in its footer.) Program page
Before you count on it. Three unresolved conflicts sit in OLG's own published documents. One: the program page lists an online application at forms.dc.gov/f/SelfExclusion while OLG's own FAQ, and the first page of that online form, say the application must be completed and signed in person. Two: the codified regulation describes removal by petition plus an in-person removal session, and OLG's FY2024 Responsible Gambling Plan instead requires an affidavit from a licensed mental health professional who is a certified gambling addiction counselor. Three: the paper application says your Social Security number is not required while its field carries the required-field asterisk, and the online form will not let you skip it. Nobody has marked any of these documents superseded. The (202) 788-2102 line arranges an appointment and does not enroll you. Your term running out does not take you off the list — you stay on it until an approved petition removes you, and you can increase the duration but never decrease it. This one list covers the DC Lottery and sports wagering, and you cannot exclude from lottery only or sports wagering only. No OLG page says whether it also reaches bingo, raffles or game of skill machines. Whether someone living outside the District may enroll is not established. No processing time and no enrollment confirmation are published.
Every route we checked
Routes that enroll you
- Online — https://forms.dc.gov/f/SelfExclusion
Named as the online application by both OLG's own general instructions PDF and by 30 DCMR §2129.15, which lets the Office 'provide procedures permitting online self-exclusion.' We haven't seen the live form's on-screen fields ourselves; what it asks for is known only from the linked PDF instructions. This directly conflicts with OLG's own Self-Exclusion FAQ page, which states enrollment 'must be completed and signed in person' with no online option mentioned at all — an unresolved disagreement between two current official OLG pages, recorded here rather than resolved by picking one. - In person — Office of Lottery and Gaming, 2235 Shannon Place SE, Washington, DC 20020
The FAQ states the application 'must be completed and signed in person' at this address, by appointment. - In person — Any OLG-licensed Class A or Class B sports wagering facility, through that facility's OLG-authorized agent
Each licensed sports wagering facility is authorized to process a Self-Exclusion Program application on site.
Routes that get you a form or an answer, not an exclusion
- By phone — (202) 788-2102 — OLG Responsible Gambling Program Specialist
Used to arrange the required enrollment interview appointment; the number itself does not complete enrollment. OLG's own site: 'Players having any questions regarding the Self-Exclusion Program or to make an appointment for self-exclusion can contact the Office's Responsible Gambling Specialist at (202) 788-2102.' The actual application routes are online, in person at OLG headquarters, or in person at a licensed Class A/B facility. - By phone — (202) 788-2102 — scheduling the removal exit session
Used to schedule the removal session, which OLG says must be held in person for now. - By email — OLGResponsibleGaming@dc.gov
Used to obtain a Request for Removal from Voluntary Self-Exclusion form, and published as the general questions and enrollment-appointment contact for the Office's Responsible Gambling Specialist. - By email — SelfExclusionProgram@dc.gov
For questions about an existing enrollment.
Requirements and sources
Sources read 2026-09-24. These are the program's requirements, not a record of anyone's enrollment.
- Terms available
- One year, eighteen months, three years, five years, or lifetime (lifetime available only if the person's name has previously appeared on the list for at least six months). A person may increase but never decrease the selected duration. Expiration is NOT automatic removal: the person remains on the list after the selected duration expires until affirmatively submitting a petition for removal that the Office approves.
- Can a resident enroll
- Not verified: No reviewed source states a District-residency requirement. The application collects 'address of current residence,' which reads as a contact field rather than an eligibility gate. 30 DCMR §2129.12 separately lets the Office add a name referred from another jurisdiction's list by intergovernmental agreement, a different mechanism from a direct self-application.
- Can a visitor enroll
- Not verified: Same as residents: no source states a residency requirement or its absence for a non-resident applicant.
- Identification
- A valid government-issued photo ID (driver's license or passport) is required in all cases: photographed on site for an in-person application, or uploaded for the online application. 'An application will not be processed unless a valid government-issued photo identification document is uploaded.'
- Notarization
- Not verified: No notary block appears anywhere in the 8-page sample application. In-person applications are instead witnessed and countersigned by an 'OLG Responsible Gaming Program Specialist or Designated Agent,' who signs a statement that they witnessed the applicant sign and observed no apparent impairment. No source says outright that notarization is not required, so whether you need a notary is not verified.
- Witnesses
- Witnessed and countersigned by an OLG Responsible Gaming Program Specialist or Designated Agent, who attests that the signature, physical description and identity match the attached photograph and credentials.
- Notarizing online
- Not verified: Notarization itself is not established as required, so remote online notarization does not clearly arise. The online application's identity-verification method (upload of a photo ID) is not described as a notarization substitute.
- How long processing takes
- Not verified: No source states how quickly a request is processed or when it takes effect at a specific operator.
- How you are told it took effect
- Source says this does not apply: DC sends no enrollment notice. The FAQ says that after you enroll, the Office of Lottery and Gaming and its licensees will not contact you by phone, email or mail about your exclusion. You can contact the Office yourself with questions about your enrollment.
The form asks for: legal name and any aliases, date of birth, current residence address, phone and email, physical description (height, weight, gender, hair/eye color), Social Security number (the paper application's cover says it is not required while its field carries the required-field asterisk; OLG's FAQ and online instructions list it among the information collected; the live online form enforces the field — an unresolved conflict), government-issued photo ID upload or presentation.
- Approved Sports Wagering Licenses (Rev 4/30/26) dclottery.com · read 2026-09-24
- Online Self-Exclusion Application (live intake form) forms.dc.gov · read 2026-10-01
- Online Self-Exclusion Application Instructions dclottery.com · read 2026-10-21
- Responsible Gambling Plan FY2024 dclottery.com · read 2026-10-01
- Sec 36-621.02 Rules governing conduct of sports wagering code.dccouncil.gov · read 2026-09-24
- Self Exclusion FAQs dclottery.com · read 2026-10-01
- Self-Exclusion Application (sample, watermarked) dclottery.com · read 2026-10-01
- Self-Exclusion Program dclottery.com · read 2026-10-01
- Title 30 DCMR Sec 2129, Self-Exclusion Program (full regulation text) dclottery.com · read 2026-10-01