Terms you can choose
Any whole number of years from one to ninety-nine, chosen by the applicant; the chapter requires not less than one year. There is no lifetime option. Removal is automatic only at the conclusion of the chosen period, with no early-removal or petition clause.
When it ends
This ends on its own at the end of the term.
Removal happens at the conclusion of the chosen period, which the applicant sets as any whole number of years from one to ninety-nine. The chapter carries no early-removal or petition clause.
How to enroll
Start the fantasy contest enrollment on the PGCB portal.
This opens the Board's self-exclusion portal. Creating an account and filling in the form is not enrollment. Your request is submitted only when the completion screen appears, and your name is active only after the Board verifies your information and adds it. No source gives a timeframe for the fantasy list.
- Create or sign in to your PGCB self-exclusion account and choose the fantasy contest list. Enrolling here leaves the casino, iGaming and VGT lists untouched. If you would rather do this in person, book an appointment at the Harrisburg office on 717-346-8300 or problemgambling@pa.gov. Mail is not accepted, and booking an appointment is not enrollment.
- Enter your name and any nicknames, address, phone, email, age, date of birth and the last four digits of your Social Security number. Choose a term in whole years, from one up to ninety-nine. There is no lifetime option on this list.
- The portal's shared instructions call for initialled acknowledgements, an e-signed release, a live selfie and photographs of the front and back of your government ID, with a third-party identity check that may ask knowledge-based questions. Expect the same steps here.
- Wait for the completion screen and save the printed or emailed receipt. Nothing is submitted until that screen appears. If the selfie cannot be verified automatically, manual review adds three to five business days.
- This list expires on its own at the end of the term you chose, and you cannot shorten it. The Board deletes your name within ten business days after expiry and operators may take up to five more.
Before you count on it. Whether you can enroll from outside Pennsylvania is not verified. Ask the Office of Compulsive and Problem Gambling on 717-346-8300 if you are unsure. The fantasy regulation itself has no identification clause, so the selfie and ID steps are taken from the portal's shared instructions rather than confirmed for this list alone. Opening the portal, creating an account or reaching the selfie step does not confirm enrollment. The completion screen confirms submission; your name is active only once the Board adds it. We don't submit anything for you.
Every route we checked
Routes that enroll you
- Online — https://pgcb.pa.gov/SelfExclusion
One portal account enrolls in any PGCB list, but each list is a separate enrollment. The request is not submitted until the completion screen appears. - In person — PGCB main office, 303 Walnut Street, Commonwealth Tower, 5th Floor, Harrisburg, PA 17101
By appointment, booked on 717-346-8300 or problemgambling@pa.gov. The regulation establishes an appointment route at the Harrisburg office; the street address itself comes from the Board's official contact page and the self-exclusion portal footer, both re-verified 2026-09-17. Confirm the location when booking. - In person Not verified — a PGCB regional office or a PGCB office inside a licensed facility
The regulation authorizes these locations but the official contact page publishes only telephone and fax numbers, no street addresses, and no source lists which casinos host a Board office. Addresses circulating elsewhere are unverified. - By mail Source says this does not apply — not accepted
Explicitly ruled out. Every PGCB self-exclusion brochure asks 'May I mail the self-exclusion request to the PGCB offices?' and answers 'No.' The casino brochure adds that the applicant 'must apply in person to the PGCB office or other approved locations to be photographed'. The regulation independently lists only two methods, neither of them mail. Checked again on 2026-09-17. The regulation's own street-address occurrence is for the Change of Information form, not for enrollment; the Harrisburg office address is evidenced separately by the Board's contact page.
Routes that get you a form or an answer, not an exclusion
- By phone — 717-346-8300
Office of Compulsive and Problem Gambling. Books appointments and assists with submission; booking is not enrollment. - By email — problemgambling@pa.gov
Published for appointment scheduling and assistance. No source offers it as a submission route.
Requirements and sources
Sources read 2026-09-17. These are the program's requirements, not a record of anyone's enrollment.
- Terms available
- Any whole number of years from one to ninety-nine, chosen by the applicant; the chapter requires not less than one year. There is no lifetime option. Removal is automatic only at the conclusion of the chosen period, with no early-removal or petition clause.
- Can a resident enroll
- Not verified: No reviewed source addresses residency. The online registration form accepts any US state, Canadian province or other country, which is form design rather than a statement of acceptance. No reviewed source addresses residency eligibility.
- Can a visitor enroll
- Not verified: No reviewed source addresses residency. The online registration form accepts any US state, Canadian province or other country, which is form design rather than a statement of acceptance. No reviewed source addresses residency eligibility.
- Identification
- Government-issued identification containing signature and photograph must be presented or submitted electronically; in-person applicants are photographed by the Board and online applicants supply a live selfie plus front and back of identification. Identity is checked against a third-party verification service, which may pose knowledge-based questions.
- Notarization
- Not verified: No reviewed source mentions notarization for any PGCB list.
- Witnesses
- Not verified: No witness requirement is stated.
- Notarizing online
- Not verified: Notarization is not part of the process, so remote online notarization does not arise.
- How long processing takes
- Not verified: No fantasy source states how long the Board takes to add a name. The five-business-day clause is in the casino, interactive gaming and video gaming chapters (58 Pa. Code §§ 503a.4(a), 815a.4(a), 1119a.4(a)); § 1209a.3 has no timeframe and neither does the fantasy brochure. Requests still under review are not active. If the live capture cannot be authenticated automatically, manual review takes a further three to five business days.
- How you are told it took effect
- A completion screen offers a printed or emailed receipt, and the enrollment is not considered submitted until that screen appears.
The form asks for: complete name including aliases or nicknames, current address, telephone number, email address, age, date of birth, last four digits of Social Security number, period of self-exclusion in whole years, not less than one.
- 58 Pa. Code Chapter 1209a, fantasy contest self-exclusion pacodeandbulletin.gov · read 2026-09-17
- Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board contact us, main office address gamingcontrolboard.pa.gov · read 2026-09-17
- PGCB fantasy contest self-exclusion brochure responsibleplay.pa.gov · read 2026-09-17
- PGCB self-exclusion enrollment instructions pgcb.pa.gov · read 2026-10-24
- PGCB self-exclusion enrollment portal pgcb.pa.gov · read 2026-09-17
- PGCB self-exclusion FAQ pgcb.pa.gov · read 2026-09-17