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Michigan: the three Detroit casinos

State regulator Run by Michigan Gaming Control Board.

Covers the three Detroit commercial casinos, for life. It does not cover online casino play or online sports betting; those are the Board's separate Responsible Gaming Database, and the two lists do not cross-cover. Tribal casinos are outside the Board's jurisdiction, so this list does not guarantee you are kept out of them.

Reviewed 2026-09-17 against official sources. Every fact below links to the page it came from. How we check facts.

What it blocks

Covers the three Detroit commercial casinos licensed under the Michigan Gaming Control and Revenue Act, for life. Retail sportsbooks inside those casinos are covered only by inference from the premises pledge, not by a quoted statement. Tribal casinos are outside the mandatory scope of this list. The Board states tribal casinos are not subject to Michigan gaming laws and that it has no involvement with them, which establishes the limit of the Board's jurisdiction over physical tribal casinos. It does not establish that no tribal property honors or extends a state exclusion, nor that an applicant must enroll through each tribe's gaming commission. Treat state enrollment as not guaranteeing exclusion from physical tribal casinos, and treat tribe-specific and operator-specific arrangements as unverified rather than absent. Separately, the Board's FAQ and the Responsible Gaming Database application expressly permit operators to extend restrictions to affiliated properties and other gaming, including in other jurisdictions. Such extensions are optional operator policy, not part of the list's mandatory scope, and cannot be relied on. It does not cover internet gaming or internet sports betting, which are the separate Responsible Gaming Database.

Self-exclusion programs do not all block the same things. Here is what the official rules say about each one.

What Michigan: the three Detroit casinos blocks
What it could stopAnswerWhat the source says
Entering the propertyConfirmedEntering a casino after placement is criminal trespassing punishable by up to one year, a fine of up to one thousand dollars, or both. Hotel and conference areas are carved out: the person may be in those areas but not on the gaming floor.
Betting and winningsConfirmedWinnings are confiscated, and currency or instruments of value held at the time of arrest are treated as winnings.
Credit, check cashing and rewardsConfirmedA licensee may not extend credit, offer check cashing privileges or offer coupons.
Online playNot confirmedNot covered by this list. A licensee may separately deny service at affiliated properties and online affiliates in other jurisdictions.
Marketing and mailingsConfirmedA licensee may not market services to or solicit the patronage of a listed person, though it may advertise non-gaming amenities other than by direct mail.

How to enroll, how long it lasts, and the sources

Terms you can choose

Lifetime. Removal is not automatic and may only be requested no earlier than five years after placement, and is not effective until the Board processes it and notifies the person in writing.

Lifetime is the only term this program offers.

When it ends

This continues until a removal is granted.

How removal works. Placement is for life. A removal request may not be made earlier than five years after placement, and removal is not effective until the Board processes it and notifies the person in writing.

On a lifetime term. Lifetime is the only term, so the same removal rule applies: a request no earlier than five years after placement, effective only once the Board processes it.

How to enroll

Call 888-223-3044 to book your appointment.

You join this list only at an in-person appointment at the Board's Detroit or Lansing office. The phone line, or the Board's online request form, books that appointment. An online request is not a confirmed appointment; a representative calls you back. Booking is not enrollment. Your name is added when the appointment is complete. Someone who holds your power of attorney, or a court document giving them that authority, can request placement for you. They complete the Board’s Legal Representative Attestation Form (MGCB-AD-2507), and it goes in with your application and that legal document. The Board says submitting it doesn’t guarantee approval.

  1. Download the eleven-page packet and complete every field and the fourteen sworn questions. Initial every page. Leave the last page unsigned; you sign it in front of the Board's notary at your appointment. We don't fill in or submit this form.
  2. Book an appointment at Cadillac Place, 3062 West Grand Blvd, Suite L-700, Detroit, or the Lottery Building, 101 E. Hillsdale Street, Lansing. Call 888-223-3044 or 313-456-4100, or send the Board's online appointment request and wait for the call back.
  3. Bring the packet and a current driver license or other government photo ID. The Board takes your photo, notarizes the form and adds your name when the appointment is complete. If you need an interpreter, the Board uses a free phone translation service; a friend or relative can’t translate for you, and those appointments typically take an hour.
  4. Leave with your copy of the application, the Confidential Notice of Placement and the Confidential Order of Placement. Keep them. If your name, address or phone number changes later, fill in the Board’s Information Update Notification (MGCB-AD-1015) with the file number from those papers. Mail it or hand it in, in an envelope marked CONFIDENTIAL, to the Responsible Gaming Section, Michigan Gaming Control Board, Cadillac Place, 3062 W. Grand Blvd., Suite L-700, Detroit, MI 48202-6062.

Before you count on it. There is no mail, email or online way onto this list, and the form carries no submission address. MGCB-DPL@michigan.gov is the Board's removal mailbox; sending your application there enrolls you in nothing. Placement is for life. You can ask for removal no earlier than five years after placement, and it takes effect only when the Board notifies you in writing. The pages we read don’t say whether you have to live in Michigan or whether there’s a fee. Booking the appointment doesn’t put you on the list by itself.

Every route we checked

Routes that enroll you

  • In person — Michigan Gaming Control Board, Cadillac Place, 3062 West Grand Blvd., Suite L-700, Detroit, MI 48202
    By appointment only. The application must be completed in person; the form itself publishes no submission address of any kind. Checked again on 2026-09-17.
  • In person — Michigan Gaming Control Board, Lottery Building, 101 E. Hillsdale Street, Lansing, MI 48933
    By appointment only; the applicant chooses which office.

Routes that get you a form or an answer, not an exclusion

  • By phone — 888-223-3044 or 313-456-4100
    Books the required appointment. Booking is not enrollment. If you don’t remember whether you joined, the same line books an appointment to check.
  • Online — https://www.michigan.gov/mgcb/resources/responsible-gaming/contact-us
    Official appointment-request web form with a DPL Appointment Request topic, verified 2026-09-17. It explicitly states that an appointment or event request is not confirmation of an appointment and that a representative will call to confirm availability. This is an inquiry route; enrollment happens at the appointment.

Requirements and sources

Sources read 2026-09-17. These are the program's requirements, not a record of anyone's enrollment.

Terms available
Lifetime. Removal is not automatic and may only be requested no earlier than five years after placement, and is not effective until the Board processes it and notifies the person in writing.
Can a resident enroll
Not verified: No source addresses out-of-state applicants. One explicit exclusion exists: a person holding a Detroit casino occupational license may not join, because they would not be permitted on the gaming floor. No reviewed source addresses residency eligibility.
Can a visitor enroll
Not verified: No source addresses out-of-state applicants. One explicit exclusion exists: a person holding a Detroit casino occupational license may not join, because they would not be permitted on the gaming floor. No reviewed source addresses residency eligibility.
Identification
The applicant must appear in person and bring a current driver license or government-issued photo identification. The photograph is taken at the appointment.
Notarization
Required, and performed at the Board office during the appointment: the applicant is told not to sign the last page until then.
Witnesses
Not verified: No witness requirement is stated.
Notarizing online
Not verified: Notarization is performed in person at the Board office during the appointment, so remote online notarization does not arise.
How long processing takes
Placement takes effect on completion of the appointment; the name is added only after the appointment is completed.
How you are told it took effect
The applicant receives a copy of the completed application, a Confidential Notice of Placement and a Confidential Order of Placement.

The form asks for: name, current residence address, mailing address if different, Social Security number, primary and alternative telephone, date of birth, driver license number and state, email, sex, height, weight, hair color, eye color, skin color or race, casino players card account information, other names or aliases, occupation, business telephone and address, two vehicle descriptions with plates, other physical characteristics, fourteen sworn questions, signature with notary block, supporting affidavit and release, addenda initialled, initials on every page, photograph taken at the appointment.

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