Terms you can choose
One year minimum, five years minimum, or lifetime. Not automatically removed at term end -- a participant stays on the list until they request removal through an unaltered removal application. Lifetime removal additionally requires at least 5 years enrolled and completing the program's own problem-gambling education course.
Sign up for the longest exclusion time you can. Future you will thank you.
When it ends
This continues until you request removal.
How removal works. Ohio VEP participants are not automatically removed from the program at the end of their term. The 1-year and 5-year tiers can be removed on request, via an unaltered removal application, once the chosen minimum has been served.
On a lifetime term. Lifetime enrollment can only be removed after at least 5 years enrolled, completing the Ohio VEP's own problem-gambling education program, and requesting/completing an unaltered removal application.
How to enroll
Enroll on the Time Out Ohio portal.
This opens Ohio's official enrollment portal (publicly branded as TimeOutOhio.com). You'll need a government-issued ID, your full Social Security number, and a camera-capable device for a live photo and an electronic signature. Starting an application doesn't confirm you're enrolled -- a PENDING result means you still need a verification appointment.
- There's no downloadable form. Start directly at timeout.ohio.gov, or ask Commission staff to enroll you in person at any of Ohio's 4 casinos or 7 racinos, who use the same online system. We don't fill in or submit anything for you.
- Have a government-issued ID and your full Social Security number ready, plus a camera-capable device -- the portal verifies your identity with a live photo and takes an electronic signature. No notary or witness step is mentioned anywhere in the statutes, rules, FAQ, or the enrollment walkthrough.
- If your online application comes back PENDING, email TimeOut@Ohio.gov to schedule a virtual identity-verification appointment, or visit any of the 4 casinos or 7 racinos in person with your ID.
- Choose one year, five years, or lifetime. None of these end automatically: you have to request removal yourself once the minimum has passed, and lifetime removal additionally requires at least 5 years enrolled plus completing the program's own problem-gambling education course.
Before you count on it. Removal is never automatic -- you have to request it yourself once your term ends, and lifetime removal needs at least 5 years enrolled plus the program's own education course. Nothing we found says Time Out Ohio covers the state's draw or scratch lottery, pari-mutuel racing, skill-based amusement machines, or charitable gaming (bingo, pull-tabs, raffles), so don't count on it for those, and whether it reaches a track's separate pari-mutuel windows, not just the racino floor, is unresolved. Fantasy contests are handled by each operator individually with no shared list -- we don't have a route for that yet. Resident and visitor eligibility isn't stated anywhere. Starting an application, or visiting a casino or racino to ask about one, does not confirm you are enrolled.
Every route we checked
Routes that enroll you
- Online — https://timeout.ohio.gov/
The primary enrollment route (publicly branded as TimeOutOhio.com). - In person — Any of Ohio's 4 licensed casinos or 7 video lottery terminal facilities (racinos)
Commission staff use the same online portal on your behalf and can help with the process; you still provide valid government-issued ID and your full Social Security number.
Routes that get you a form or an answer, not an exclusion
- By email — TimeOut@Ohio.gov
Published for additional help completing an enrollment application. Ohio's rules accept an application only if it is completed in front of Commission or Lottery staff or through the online portal, so you can't enroll by email. Email can ask staff to arrange how you complete it. - By email — timeout@ohio.gov
Used to schedule a virtual identity-verification appointment when an online application returns PENDING status. - By email — responsible.gambling@lottery.ohio.gov
General questions about the Ohio Responsible Gambling Program. - By phone — 614-387-5858
Ohio Casino Control Commission general contact number. - By phone — 216-774-5747
Ohio Lottery Commission general contact number.
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 minimum, five years minimum, or lifetime. Not automatically removed at term end -- a participant stays on the list until they request removal through an unaltered removal application. Lifetime removal additionally requires at least 5 years enrolled and completing the program's own problem-gambling education course.
- Can a resident enroll
- Not verified: No statute, rule, FAQ, or the Lottery's operating-standards document states a residency requirement or addresses non-resident eligibility.
- Can a visitor enroll
- Not verified: Same as residents; no source distinguishes visitor eligibility.
- Identification
- A camera-capable device, a valid government-issued ID, and your full Social Security number verify your identity; if verification fails, status goes to PENDING and you have to schedule a virtual identity-verification appointment by emailing timeout@ohio.gov, or visit any of the 4 casinos or 7 racinos with valid ID.
- Notarization
- Not verified: No source -- not the statutes, the implementing rules, the FAQ, or the Enrollment Aid PDF -- mentions a notary, witness, or sworn-statement step; identity is instead verified by ID, SSN, a selfie photo, and an electronic signature.
- Witnesses
- Not verified: No witness requirement is stated anywhere in the statute, rules, FAQ, or enrollment walkthrough.
- Notarizing online
- Not verified: Notarization is not established as required for enrollment, so remote online notarization does not squarely arise; no source addresses it either way.
- How long processing takes
- Not verified: Time Out Ohio does not publish a processing time for a verified online application.
- How you are told it took effect
- Not verified: The FAQ describes a PENDING status when your identity can't be verified online, but does not describe a confirmation notice after enrollment.
The form asks for: government-issued ID, full Social Security number, camera-capable device for a live photo, electronic signature.
- FAQ - The Ohio Voluntary Exclusion Program timeoutohio.com · read 2026-09-24
- New Participant Enrollment Aid timeoutohio.com · read 2026-09-24
- OAC 3772-12-01 | Definitions, purpose, and scope of the Ohio VEP codes.ohio.gov · read 2026-09-24
- OAC 3772-12-02 | Application for Ohio voluntary exclusion codes.ohio.gov · read 2026-09-24
- OAC 3772-12-03 | Terms of the Ohio VEP codes.ohio.gov · read 2026-09-24
- OAC 3772-12-04 | Ohio VEP compliance and enforcement codes.ohio.gov · read 2026-09-24
- OAC 3772-12-05 | Removal from the Ohio VEP codes.ohio.gov · read 2026-09-24
- OAC 3772-12-06 | Disordered and problem gambling plan codes.ohio.gov · read 2026-09-24
- OAC 3772-12-07 | Prior voluntary exclusions codes.ohio.gov · read 2026-09-24
- Ohio Voluntary Exclusion Program - login portal timeout.ohio.gov · read 2026-09-24
- Operating Standards - Responsible Gambling Program / Time Out Ohio (eff. 11/1/2025) ohiolottery.com · read 2026-09-24
- ORC 3770.03 | Powers and duties of commission codes.ohio.gov · read 2026-09-24
- ORC 3770.21 | Video lottery terminal definitions codes.ohio.gov · read 2026-09-24
- ORC 3772.03 | Authority of commission codes.ohio.gov · read 2026-09-24
- ORC 3772.031 | Involuntary exclusion codes.ohio.gov · read 2026-09-24
- ORC 3775.01 | Definitions codes.ohio.gov · read 2026-09-24
- ORC 3775.02 | Duties of casino control commission re sports gaming codes.ohio.gov · read 2026-09-24
- The Ohio Voluntary Exclusion Program - Time Out Ohio timeoutohio.com · read 2026-09-24