Florida: Seminole Tribe casinos and Hard Rock Bet only

Terms you can choose

One year, five years, or lifetime, selected by initialing the corresponding line on the form.

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When it ends

A fixed term ends on its own at the end of the term; a lifetime term continues until you request removal.

A fixed term. A one-year or five-year term comes off the list on its own when it expires, and the form describes no appeal process. A lifetime term stays in place until you ask for removal in writing: the form directs that request to the Seminole Tribal Gaming Commission, Attn: Executive Director, 6300 Stirling Rd., Hollywood, FL 33024, and it may be submitted only after five years have passed. No source says who decides such a request or how long it takes.

A lifetime term. A lifetime term is offered alongside the one-year and five-year terms. The form states it may be terminated only by written request to the Seminole Tribal Gaming Commission, Attn: Executive Director, 6300 Stirling Rd., Hollywood, FL 33024, submitted after five years have passed. No approval, hearing or decision step is described either way.

How to enroll

Take the signed form to a Seminole casino Security office.

Bring the completed, witnessed form to Security at any Seminole Tribe of Florida casino. They photograph you on site and complete the acceptance block, which also carries a Gaming Commission signature. The form does not say whether an in-person submission has to be notarized; a mailed one does. Handing the form over is not the same as being on the list. No processing time and no receipt are published, so keep a copy of the form and write down the date you hand it in.

1. Download the Voluntary Self-Exclusion Program form from PlayersEdge (playersedge.org). We don't fill in or submit this form.
2. Fill in the identifying fields: your name and any aliases or nicknames, home address, home phone, date of birth, driver's license number, height, weight, gender, hair color, eye color, and any other distinguishing physical characteristics. Your Social Security number is asked for, and the form states that disclosure is voluntary. A photograph is affixed to the form — taken on site if you submit in person, enclosed as a current photo with copies of valid federal or state ID if you mail it.
3. Initial the line for the term you want — one year, five years, or lifetime — and write the effective date. You must be 21 or older generally, 18 or older for bingo and poker in Florida. Anyone already trespassed, already banned by the Seminole Tribe, or already on the self-exclusion list cannot re-enroll.
4. Sign the acknowledgment page and have a witness sign it. The witness line is separate from the notary block and applies to both routes.
5. In person: take the form to Security at any Seminole Tribe of Florida casino, where they photograph you and complete the acceptance block. By mail: have the form sworn to and subscribed before a notary, enclose copies of valid federal or state identification and a current photo, and mail it to your nearest Seminole Casino Security Department. Notarization is stated as a requirement for the mail route only. The form prints no street address for this — only the words “your nearest Seminole casino Security Department” — so no mailing address is confirmed. Look that casino's address up yourself before you post anything, or take the form to its Security office in person.
6. No processing timeframe, receipt, or confirmation beyond the completed and countersigned form is published, so keep a copy of the form and write down the date you handed it in.
7. A one-year or five-year term expires on its own, with no appeal process described. A lifetime term stays in place until you ask for removal in writing, addressed to the Seminole Tribal Gaming Commission, Attn: Executive Director, 6300 Stirling Rd., Hollywood, FL 33024, and that request may be submitted only after five years have passed.

Official form (No printed revision or effective date on the form.) · Program page

Before you count on it. This program covers Seminole Tribe of Florida properties. Enrolling does not exclude you from gambling in Florida generally. Every non-Seminole cardroom, pari-mutuel facility and slot facility stays open to you, along with the Florida Lottery and the Miccosukee Tribe's separate casino, and Florida has no statewide list that would close them. Whether the Miccosukee Tribe runs a program of its own is unresolved: its casino site blocked every attempt to read it. Mailing the form requires a notary, copies of valid federal or state ID, and a current photo; the form does not say whether an in-person submission also has to be notarized. No processing timeframe is published and no confirmation mechanism beyond the countersigned form is described, so completing or delivering the form does not by itself mean you are excluded. Keep a copy of the form and write down the date. Whether people who live outside Florida may enroll is not established. One-year and five-year terms expire automatically, with no appeal process described; a lifetime term comes off only after a written request to the Seminole Tribal Gaming Commission, Attn: Executive Director, 6300 Stirling Rd., Hollywood, FL 33024, submitted after five years have passed, and no source says who decides that request. While you are on the list, returning to a Seminole property counts as a violation and can lead to ejection and arrest by the Seminole Police Department, winnings from wagers you place cannot be collected, and losses cannot be recovered. The one address the form prints — Seminole Tribal Gaming Commission, Attn: Executive Director, 6300 Stirling Rd., Hollywood, FL 33024 — is for lifetime-removal requests, not for enrolling. The mail route for enrolling has no published address at all, so no address is confirmed. Look up the casino's own address before you post a notarized form and copies of your ID, or take the form to its Security office in person. The form also prints 1-833-PLAYWISE, Florida's problem-gambling helpline; it is a helpline rather than the Gaming Commission's own program line, and calling it does not enroll you.