Terms you can choose
One year, five years or lifetime, with an 'other' option on the form, and a minimum of one year on the list. Removal at the end of a chosen term is AUTOMATIC: the form states no action is needed after a normal expiration. Early removal requires a verified petition to the Board, which has ninety days to act, cannot grant it inside the first year, and places the burden on the petitioner.
Sign up for the longest exclusion time you can. Future you will thank you.
When it ends
A fixed term ends on its own at the end of the term; a lifetime term continues until a removal is granted.
A fixed term. The form states no action is needed at a normal expiration, so a chosen fixed term comes off by itself. Early removal is a different route: a verified petition the Board has ninety days to act on, which it cannot grant inside the first year and which puts the burden on the petitioner. A lifetime term does not expire.
A lifetime term. A lifetime term does not expire. The only route off the list is the verified petition to the Board, which has ninety days to act, cannot grant it inside the first year and places the burden on the petitioner.
How to enroll
Book an in-person appointment with the Gaming Control Board.
Enrollment is in person only, by appointment at 4900 Alameda Blvd NE, Albuquerque, or at another approved location you can ask about by phone. The Board refuses mailed applications. Your photograph is taken at the appointment.
- Complete the form leaving no blanks, initial your term (one year, five years, lifetime or other) and your facility selection, and initial the two acknowledgments. The Board's FAQ calls the Social Security number voluntary while the form says leave no blanks; ask the Board if you would rather not give it. We don't fill in or submit this form.
- Attach a passport-quality photograph and sign in front of a notary public; the form carries a notary block. The Board's rule and FAQ do not mention the notary, so if that is a barrier for you, ask the Board before your appointment.
- Book a thirty-minute appointment online or on (505) 841-9700 and bring the form and a current driver license or state ID. Mail is refused. The Board photographs you on site.
- Your exclusion takes effect when the Board issues a Decision and Order. It ends automatically at the end of your term, with nothing further to file. Early removal needs a petition to the Board and cannot happen inside the first year.
Official form (v6.2) Program page (505) 841-9700
Before you count on it. Tribal coverage under the statewide option is an obligation on tribal agencies to run procedures, not a promise that exclusion will work at any tribal property: no source confirms enforcement at any particular casino, and the compact preserves sovereign immunity and disclaims liability if a self-excluded person is permitted to gamble. Exclusion applies to gaming floors and gaming operations, not the rest of a property. Resident and visitor eligibility is not established. The form's own instructions point to a website that could not be loaded; use gcb.nm.gov. Preparing or notarizing the form, or booking an appointment, does not confirm enrollment.
Every route we checked
Routes that enroll you
- In person — New Mexico Gaming Control Board, 4900 Alameda Blvd NE, Albuquerque, NM 87113
The published enrollment route: apply in person with the completed form, by appointment booked on (505) 841-9700 or through the Board's scheduling page. A photograph is taken on site. - In person Not verified — an appointment with a Board agent at an unpublished approved location
The form and FAQ both refer to additional approved locations reachable by calling the Board, but no source lists them. - In person Not verified — a casino or racetrack property using the statewide form
A tribal responsible-gaming association states most properties hold the statewide form and the form's acceptance block names a tribal gaming facility representative alongside a Board agent, but no Board source states that properties accept it. - By mail Source says this does not apply — not accepted
Explicitly ruled out. The Board's FAQ asks 'May I mail the self-exclusion application to one of the NMGCB offices?' and answers 'No. The person filing the request for self-exclusion must apply in person to the NMGCB offices in Albuquerque or other approved locations to be photographed'. Checked again on 2026-09-17.
Routes that get you a form or an answer, not an exclusion
- Online — https://www.gcb.nm.gov/schedule-meeting-for-self-exclusion/
Appointment booking widget for a thirty-minute meeting at the Albuquerque office. Booking is not enrollment. - By email — gcb-enforcement@state.nm.us
Published for more information. No source offers email submission and the in-person requirement excludes it.
Requirements and sources
Sources read 2026-09-17. These are the program's requirements, not a record of anyone's enrollment.
- Terms available
- One year, five years or lifetime, with an 'other' option on the form, and a minimum of one year on the list. Removal at the end of a chosen term is AUTOMATIC: the form states no action is needed after a normal expiration. Early removal requires a verified petition to the Board, which has ninety days to act, cannot grant it inside the first year, and places the burden on the petitioner.
- Can a resident enroll
- Not verified: The rule says any person may apply and states no residency requirement. No reviewed source addresses residency eligibility.
- Can a visitor enroll
- Not verified: The rule says any person may apply and states no residency requirement. No reviewed source addresses residency eligibility.
- Identification
- A current driver license or state identification card must be brought to the appointment and a photograph is taken on site; the rule also requires photo identification with the application.
- Notarization
- The form requires it: it must be signed by the person seeking self-exclusion, be properly notarized, and submitted to the Board, and it carries a notary block. The rule requires the application to be on a form the Board approves, so the form's requirement applies. The rule and the Board's FAQ do not mention notarization and neither says it can be skipped. No Board source says whether a notary is available at the appointment.
- Witnesses
- Not verified: No witness requirement beyond the notary is stated.
- Notarizing online
- Not verified: Notarization is required but no source addresses whether a remotely notarized form is accepted.
- How long processing takes
- Exclusion takes effect immediately on issuance of a Decision and Order approving the request. No processing interval is published. The list is distributed to establishments at least monthly, and to tribal gaming agencies monthly under the compact.
- How you are told it took effect
- Not verified: No confirmation mechanism is published; the acknowledgements note only that Board staff may make contact about the process.
The form asks for: name including suffix, home address, two contact telephone numbers, Social Security number, email, date of birth, gender, driver license number and issuing state, height, weight, hair color, eye color, distinguishing physical characteristics, initialled exclusion length of one year, five years, lifetime or other, initialled facility selection including the statewide option, affixed passport-quality photograph, initialled declaration of being a problem gambler, initialled acknowledgement of the one-year minimum, eleven further declarations, printed name and signature witnessed by a notary public, notary block, translator signature where used.
- 15.1.11 NMAC, New Mexico self-exclusion rules srca.nm.gov · read 2026-09-17
- 2015 New Mexico Tribal-State Class III Gaming Compact, Pueblo of Isleta, section 4(F) problem gambling bia.gov · read 2026-09-17
- New Mexico Gaming Control Board compulsive and problem gambling, self-exclusion FAQ gcb.nm.gov · read 2026-09-17
- New Mexico Gaming Control Board self-exclusion appointment scheduling gcb.nm.gov · read 2026-09-17
- New Mexico Request for Self-Exclusion, form v6.2 api.realfile.rtsclients.com · read 2026-10-22
- NMSA 60-2E-34.1, New Mexico self-exclusion statute law.justia.com · read 2026-09-17