Maine: sports wagering, tracks and off-track betting

Terms you can choose

Chapter 63, sec.2(H) and (J) (still the adopted text on the Unit's sports wagering rulemaking page): 1, 3 or 5 years, auto-expiring; lifetime is available only after completing one of those three terms, and 10 years total must pass before removal may be requested. This directly conflicts with Chapter 13's newer universal-exclusion design (eff. 10/4/2025), which allows a direct lifetime selection at initial application with removal available by petition after 5 years for any covered activity, including sports wagering. Both rules are currently published as in force and neither text repeals or cross-references the other; the live MGCU-8500 form (Rev. 08/13/2024) matches Chapter 63's older 10-year design, not Chapter 13's newer one. The state's problem gambling provider (ADEPT) and Caesars Sportsbook's Maine page both still describe the Chapter 63 design for this list. The Unit's May 2026 proposal would rewrite Chapter 63 toward the Chapter 13 design, but its pages show it as proposed and no adoption notice was found. No official source says which rule controls today. This conflict is unresolved.

When it ends

A fixed term ends on its own at the end of the term; whether a permanent term exists, and what would govern it, is not established.

A fixed term. A 1-, 3- or 5-year term ends on its own on the last day of the month it began in. Chapter 63 sec.2(H) says terms 'shall automatically terminate upon expiration', and Chapter 13 sec.8(1)(A) says the same for every list it covers.

A lifetime term. Not verified: Two rules published as in force disagree about a lifetime term, and neither repeals the other. Chapter 63 and the live form allow lifetime only after you complete a fixed term, with 10 years total before removal may be requested. Chapter 13, effective 10/4/2025, allows a direct lifetime selection and removal by petition after 5 years. Until the Gambling Control Unit resolves that, do not count on a date for ending a lifetime term.

How to enroll

Request placement in person at the Gambling Control Unit or Oxford.

An Authorized Official verifies a government-issued photo ID. The other confirmed route does not need a trip: Chapter 13 lets you make the request through a licensed internet wagering operator's own platform or application — in practice DraftKings or Caesars Sports Book. No single statewide URL exists for that; it happens inside whichever app you use. No mail-in route for the MGCU-8500 form is published.

1. Download form MGCU-8500 (Rev. 08/13/2024) from the Gambling Control Unit's site, or start the request inside a licensed mobile operator's app. We don't fill in or submit this form for you.
2. Complete your legal name and any other names used, physical address, date of birth and physical description, and select your term.
3. Choose a route. In person: go to a Gambling Control Unit office or a licensed sports wagering facility operator — currently Oxford Casino-Hotel & Sports Book, 777 Casino Way, Oxford — where an Authorized Official verifies your government-issued photo ID. Video: book a meeting with ADEPT, Maine's problem gambling services provider, which emails you a form and finishes the process on Zoom; its page does not say whether people outside Maine can use it. Online: make the request through a licensed internet wagering operator's own platform or application. What that flow actually asks for is not published outside the app.
4. Understand the term conflict before you choose. The live form and the still-published Chapter 63 give 1, 3 or 5 years, with lifetime available only after you complete one of those terms, and 10 years total before removal may be requested. Chapter 13, effective 10/4/2025, instead allows a direct lifetime selection at the start with removal by petition after 5 years. Both are published as in force and neither repeals the other. Ask the Gambling Control Unit which one applies to the form you are signing.
5. A written removal request, once whichever waiting period applies has passed, goes to the Director, Gambling Control Unit, 87 State House Station, Augusta, ME 04333. That address is for removal only.

Official form (Rev. 08/13/2024) · Program page

Before you count on it. Maine has two published rules for this list and they contradict each other. Chapter 63 and the live MGCU-8500 form give 1, 3 or 5 years, lifetime only after completing a term, and a 10-year total wait before removal. Chapter 13, effective 10/4/2025, allows a direct lifetime selection and removal by petition after 5 years. Both are currently published as in force, neither repeals or cross-references the other, and no official source says which one controls — ask the Gambling Control Unit before you pick a term. The Unit filed proposed changes to Chapter 63 in May 2026 that point toward the Chapter 13 design; its pages show them as proposed, not adopted. This list does not name fantasy contests or advance deposit wagering, even though Maine's universal exclusion list statute names both alongside sports wagering; whether this form reaches them or a separate route is needed is unresolved. Casinos and slot facilities are the separate MGCB-2100 list. What the operator-app enrollment flow actually requires is not published outside that operator's own app. No processing time and no confirmation notice are published.