Terms you can choose
One year, five years, or lifetime. A person who selects one or five years is not automatically removed from the VEP and must submit a written Request for Removal (State Form 52323) after the term expires; a lifetime term has no removal path. A person may increase but never decrease the term once chosen.
Sign up for the longest exclusion time you can. Future you will thank you.
When it ends
A fixed term continues until you request removal; a lifetime term has no published way to lift it.
A fixed term. One- and five-year terms do not end on their own -- the participant must submit a written Request for Removal (State Form 52323) after the term expires, and the Board must act on it within an unquantified 'reasonable time period.'
A lifetime term. A lifetime term has no published removal path.
How to enroll
Start on the IGC's Voluntary Exclusion Program page.
This page carries the 'Enroll/Remove Online Now' link and lists every Indiana casino, the IGC office, and treatment providers where you can enroll in person instead. The rule still on the books (68 IAC 6-3-2(c)) says an applicant must appear in person, and doesn't mention an online path. Nothing the IGC publishes says which one governs. Opening the page or the online form is not enrollment.
- Get the Request for Enrollment form (State Form 51803) -- at any Indiana casino, the IGC office in Indianapolis, a treatment provider, or through the online portal linked from the VEP page. We don't fill in or submit this form for you.
- Fill in your information and initial your chosen term: one year, five years, or lifetime. Sign in front of a gaming agent or IGC designee in person, or pass the online identity-verification check. Either way, a photo gets taken.
- Submit it in person at any Indiana casino, the IGC office, or a treatment provider, or online through the VEP page. Mail isn't described as an enrollment option -- the published mailing address is for removal requests only.
- One year or five years doesn't end on its own. File a written Request for Removal (State Form 52323) after your term expires. Lifetime has no removal path at all. You can extend your term later, but you can't shorten it.
Official form (State Form 51803 (R3 / 8-21))
Before you count on it. Indiana's VEP webpage describes an online enrollment option, but the rule that implements VEP (68 IAC 6-3-2(c)) still says you must appear in person and never mentions an online path. Nothing the IGC publishes says which one governs -- ask the IGC directly if you're planning to enroll online instead of in person. If the online identity check can't verify you, the portal sends you to an Indiana casino or the IGC office. Reaching Four Winds South Bend by compact obligates the tribe's gaming agency to run the same procedures; it doesn't guarantee any particular checkpoint stops you, and the tribe also runs its own, separately administered Pokagon Band program (a different card here). The Band's page says it recognizes every Indiana exclusion, so your VEP enrollment also covers its casinos. A Pokagon enrollment on its own doesn't put you on the IGC list, and nothing published says it does. Pari-mutuel horse racing, paid fantasy sports, and e-sports wagering sit outside VEP's own definition of sports wagering and aren't covered. Whether residents and visitors are both eligible isn't established. Filling out the form, getting it witnessed, or opening the online portal doesn't confirm you're enrolled.
Every route we checked
Routes that enroll you
- In person — Any Indiana casino location, the IGC office in Indianapolis, or a designated problem gambling treatment provider
The applicant fills out the Request for Enrollment form in person, witnessed by a gaming agent or IGC designee; a photo is taken at the time. - Online — IGC's website (VEP 'Enroll/Remove Online now' link)
The current program page states enrollment is also available online by passing an identity verification check, with a photograph provided as part of the online application. The application is at secure.in.gov and asks for your name, date of birth, Social Security number, a driver's license, state ID or passport number, and multiple-choice identity questions, plus a photo of you and an image of your ID. Note: the administrative rule 68 IAC 6-3-2(c) still says a requester must appear in person at a commission office or another location designated by the executive director and does not mention an online path. Nothing the IGC publishes says which one governs. - By mail Not verified — no mail enrollment route is published
No source says enrollment itself (as opposed to removal) can be done by mail, and none says it cannot, so mail enrollment is not verified.
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, five years, or lifetime. A person who selects one or five years is not automatically removed from the VEP and must submit a written Request for Removal (State Form 52323) after the term expires; a lifetime term has no removal path. A person may increase but never decrease the term once chosen.
- Can a resident enroll
- Not verified: No source addresses residency.
- Can a visitor enroll
- Not verified: No source addresses residency.
- Identification
- A copy of government-issued photo ID is required for enrollment; a photograph is taken at the time of the request (also required for an online application per the program page).
- Notarization
- Not verified: Not mentioned in any source reviewed; VEP enrollment is witnessed by a gaming agent or IGC designee rather than notarized.
- Witnesses
- In-person enrollment is witnessed by a gaming agent or IGC designee; the online path substitutes passing an identity-verification check.
- Notarizing online
- Not researched: Not applicable; no notarization requirement has been established for VEP.
- How long processing takes
- Not verified: No processing-time interval is published for enrollment. Removal must be acted on within a reasonable time period, unquantified.
- How you are told it took effect
- Not verified: For removal, the person is notified in writing once accepted; no enrollment-side confirmation mechanism is described.
The form asks for: personal information, term selection (1 year / 5 years / lifetime, initialled), signature witnessed by a gaming agent or IGC designee (in-person) or an online identity-verification check, government-issued photo ID (copy), photograph (taken at enrollment).
- 68 IAC 6 (Exclusion and Eviction of Persons) in.gov · read 2026-09-24
- Commitments of Participants in the VEP in.gov · read 2026-09-24
- IC 4-33-4-3 iga.in.gov · read 2026-09-24
- IGC Exclusions (online portal) secure.in.gov · read 2026-09-24
- Request for Enrollment in the VEP, State Form 51803 (R3 / 8-21) -- sample in.gov · read 2026-09-24
- Request for Removal from the VEP, State Form 52323 (R5 / 8-21) forms.in.gov · read 2026-09-24
- Sports Wagering FAQs in.gov · read 2026-09-24
- Voluntary Exclusion Program in.gov · read 2026-10-01
- Where to Sign Up for the Voluntary Exclusion Program in.gov · read 2026-09-24