Terms you can choose
Choose 1 year, 5 years, or lifetime (lifetime only if you have already been on the list at least 6 months). Your chosen length can only be increased later, never shortened, and you stay on the list past its end date until you request removal and the Lottery grants it.
When it ends
This continues until a removal is granted.
How removal works. You cannot request removal until 5 years have passed since you were placed on the list. Removal requires written treatment documentation and a signed liability waiver, and a request filed before the 5 years are up is denied outright.
On a lifetime term. Lifetime is a term you choose (available only after 6 months already on the list), not a separate removal rule -- the same 5-year-minimum, written-request-and-approval process applies.
How to enroll
Mail the signed, notarized agreement to the Lottery's Claims Unit.
Download the self-exclusion agreement from the Lottery's Where to Get Help page, or get it in person or by mail from any Illinois Lottery office. Fill it out and sign it in front of a notary, then mail or deliver the signed, notarized original to the Claims Unit at the address above. Getting or notarizing the form does not exclude you. Mailing or delivering it to the Claims Unit is how you submit it. The Lottery does not publish how or when it confirms your enrollment, so keep a copy and write down the date you mailed or delivered it.
- Download the self-exclusion agreement from the Lottery's Where to Get Help page, or get a paper copy in person or by mail from any Illinois Lottery office.
- Fill in your identifying information and sign in front of a notary -- a notarized signature is required.
- Mail or deliver the signed, notarized agreement to the Illinois Lottery's Claims Unit, 101 West Jefferson, MC5-915, Springfield, Illinois 62702. The Lottery wrote that this is the correct and current location, and its own instructions page still prints a different mail code at the same street address (see the caution). We don't fill in or send anything for you.
- Choose 1 year, 5 years, or lifetime when you enroll (lifetime is only available if you have already been on the list for at least 6 months). You stay on the list past your chosen term until you request removal and the Lottery grants it -- nothing removes you automatically.
- You cannot request removal until 5 years have passed from when you were placed on the list, and you will need to submit written treatment documentation and sign a liability waiver. A request submitted before 5 years is denied outright.
Official form (Revised effective 8-28-2008)
Before you count on it. This is a separate list run by the Illinois Lottery -- it is not the same as, and does not connect to, the IGB's casino/sports-wagering Self-Exclusion Program. It covers Lottery gaming products; it does not cover casinos, sports wagering, video gaming terminals, racing, or charitable gaming. Notarization is required -- an unnotarized agreement will not be accepted. You are not removed automatically when your chosen term ends; you stay on the list until you request removal (after a 5-year minimum) and the Lottery approves it. The Lottery's website blocks some automated downloads. If the form link won't open for you, get a paper copy in person or by mail from a Lottery office. Check what you get: the Lottery's reply to us called its attachment 'the attached form' and named it SelfExclusionRules.pdf. The file of that name on the Lottery's website is the rule text, not the agreement. The document you notarize is headed 'Self-Exclusion from Play and Prize Payment Agreement.' Mail it to the Claims Unit, MC5-915. The Lottery wrote to us on 2026-10-08 that 'Claims Unit at MC5-915 is the correct/current location,' and the same reply pasted the address off its website, 'Attention: Legal Section, 101 W. Jefferson, MC5-950,' directly under that sentence. Call 1-800-252-1775 and ask which mail code before you send it. That number also lets you exclude yourself from online Lottery play only, for a minimum of 5 years. A call covers online play. For in-store play, you need the notarized agreement. Whether non-Illinois residents can enroll is not established. Getting, filling out, or notarizing the form does not exclude you, and delivering it is a submission, not a confirmed enrollment. The Lottery does not publish how or when it confirms enrollment, so keep a copy and write down the date.
Every route we checked
Routes that enroll you
- By mail — Illinois Lottery's Claims Unit, 101 West Jefferson, MC5-915, Springfield, Illinois 62702
Mail or otherwise deliver the signed, notarized self-exclusion agreement here. The Lottery wrote to us on 2026-10-08 that the Claims Unit at MC5-915 is the correct and current location; the same reply reprinted the Legal Section, MC5-950 address its website publishes, so call 1-800-252-1775 and ask which mail code before you send it. - By phone — 1-800-252-1775 (Illinois Player Hotline) -- online play only
The Lottery's Where to Get Help page: 'Any individual wishing to exclude themselves from purchasing Illinois Lottery tickets online may do so by calling the Illinois Player Hotline at 1-800-252-1775. The exclusion from online play will be for a minimum period of 5 years.' Covers online play only; no web portal is published.
Routes that get you a form or an answer, not an exclusion
- In person — Any Illinois Lottery office
Confirmed only as a place to pick up the blank form -- the rule does not say a completed, notarized agreement can be handed in there instead of mailed to the Claims Unit.
Requirements and sources
Sources read 2026-10-08. These are the program's requirements, not a record of anyone's enrollment.
- Terms available
- Choose 1 year, 5 years, or lifetime (lifetime only if you have already been on the list at least 6 months). Your chosen length can only be increased later, never shortened, and you stay on the list past its end date until you request removal and the Lottery grants it.
- Can a resident enroll
- Not verified: The rule does not state a residency requirement either way.
- Can a visitor enroll
- Not verified: The rule does not state a residency requirement either way.
- Identification
- The Lottery's agreement form asks for your driver's license number and state, date of birth and Social Security number, and has a box to attach a recent photo. The rule itself says only 'identifying information.' The form has no alternative to the license line.
- Notarization
- Required at enrollment -- you mail or deliver the signed and notarized agreement -- and again if you later request removal. The Lottery wrote to us on 2026-10-08 that "a player must have a notary sign the attached form and send it to the address below for acceptance."
- Witnesses
- Not verified: Not addressed beyond the notary requirement.
- Notarizing online
- Not verified: The rule requires a notarized signature but does not say whether a remote online notarization is accepted.
- How long processing takes
- Not verified: Illinois rules say the Lottery acts when it receives your signed, notarized agreement, but give no timeframe for when the exclusion takes effect. Its 2026-10-08 written answer says the agreement is sent "for acceptance" and names no timeframe either.
- How you are told it took effect
- Not verified: The rules do not describe a notice sent to you after enrollment. They do say removal decisions are sent by certified mail.
The form asks for: identifying information for the self-exclusion agreement (the form asks for name, address, phone, driver's license number, date of birth, Social Security number, email and a recent photo), notarized signature, acknowledgment that gambling activity is the individual's sole responsibility, affidavit authorizing release of the agreement's contents to necessary persons.
- 11 Ill. Adm. Code 1770.240 - Voluntary Self-Exclusion Program (Lottery) ilga.gov · read 2026-09-24
- Illinois Lottery player support, written answer to BanMyself on which unit at 101 W. Jefferson receives a notarized self-exclusion agreement written answer received 2026-10-08
- Illinois Lottery Self-Exclusion Rules PDF (11 Ill. Adm. Code 1770.240) illinoislottery.com · read 2026-09-24