Terms you can choose
1, 3, or 5 years, defaulting to 1 year if no period is selected. 'After expiration of the selected period of enrollment, the participant will be automatically removed from the program' — no way to shorten the term is described.
When it ends
This ends on its own at the end of the term.
The Lottery removes you automatically once your chosen period of 1, 3 or 5 years runs out, with nothing to file. No way to shorten the term is described.
How to enroll
Take the completed form to a Lottery office.
The Lottery's rule lets you enroll in person at a Lottery office with the completed form and your ID. No notary is needed for that route. The main office is at 814 4th Avenue East, Olympia, WA 98506. The contact page also lists regional offices in Everett, Federal Way, Spokane, Vancouver and Kennewick, and marks some of them as limited hours, so call the office before you go. The Lottery publishes no mailing address for a mailed form. Emailing VSEProgram@walottery.com gets you an answer, not an exclusion. At the office, ask what was recorded, and write down the date and what they tell you.
- Download the Voluntary Self-Exclusion Form (.docx) from walottery.com. We don't fill in or submit this form for you.
- Complete your identifying information and choose your period — 1, 3 or 5 years. If you leave the period blank, the form defaults to one year.
- Attach a copy of a valid driver's license from any state, another government-issued ID, or a valid US or Canadian passport.
- Choose how you will submit it. In person, take the form and your ID to a Lottery office; the contact page lists the main office in Olympia and regional offices, and some have limited hours, so call first. By mail, the form has to be notarized, and the Lottery publishes no mailing address for it. Email VSEProgram@walottery.com to ask where to send a mailed form.
- Sign the form. A mailed form has to be notarized; an in-person submission at a Lottery office does not.
- At the end of your chosen period the Lottery removes you automatically. No way to shorten the term is described.
Before you count on it. The Lottery's rule lets you enroll in person at a Lottery office. It also accepts a notarized form by mail, and it publishes no mailing address for one. Emailing VSEProgram@walottery.com gets you an answer, not an exclusion. The Lottery's own page also says retailers and vending machines cannot check the exclusion list before a sale, so being on this list does not stop you buying a ticket — what it stops is collecting winnings over $600 and any second-chance drawing prize. This is a separate program from the Gambling Commission's card-room list, and signing one does nothing about the other. Washington sells no lottery tickets online or through couriers, so there is nothing of that kind to exclude yourself from. Whether someone living outside Washington may enroll is not established. No confirmation or receipt is published.
Every route we checked
Routes that enroll you
- By mail Not verified — "the Lottery" — no specific mailing address was found on the pages reviewed
'If you prefer, you can mail your notarized form and a copy of your identification to the Lottery.' WAC 315-06-220(3)(b) allows mail with a notarized form and a copy of ID. Neither the rule, the form nor the self-exclusion page gives an address for it. The Contact page lists 'Washington's Lottery, PO Box 43000, Olympia, WA 98504-3000, PLEASE DO NOT mail tickets or claim forms to this address.' That is the agency's general mailing address and no source says it takes enrollments, so the route stays unknown. - In person — A Washington's Lottery office: main office, 814 4th Avenue East, Olympia, WA 98506; regional offices in Everett, Federal Way, Spokane, Vancouver and Kennewick
WAC 315-06-220(3)(a): a person may enroll 'In person at a lottery office by: (i) Submitting a completed application on a form provided by the lottery; (ii) Providing proof of identity.' The Contact page lists the main office and five regional offices with addresses and phone numbers, 'Monday - Friday: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.', and marks some regional offices 'Limited Office Hours'. No notarization is needed for this route. Neither source says which offices take enrollments or whether an appointment is needed.
Routes that get you a form or an answer, not an exclusion
- By email — VSEProgram@walottery.com
Published for questions about the Voluntary Self-Exclusion Program. No source states this address accepts a submitted application.
Requirements and sources
Sources read 2026-10-01. These are the program's requirements, not a record of anyone's enrollment.
- Terms available
- 1, 3, or 5 years, defaulting to 1 year if no period is selected. 'After expiration of the selected period of enrollment, the participant will be automatically removed from the program' — no way to shorten the term is described.
- Can a resident enroll
- Not verified: The program is described as open to 'a player' generally, with no residency requirement stated.
- Can a visitor enroll
- Not verified: No residency requirement is stated; not established either way.
- Identification
- A valid driver's license from any state, another government-issued ID, or a valid US or Canadian passport.
- Notarization
- Required only if the form is mailed; not required for in-person submission at a Lottery office.
- Witnesses
- Not verified: No witness alternative to notarization is described (unlike the Gambling Commission's card-room program, which accepts a certified gambling counselor's signature).
- Notarizing online
- Not verified: A mailed form must be notarized; no source addresses whether a remote online notary is accepted.
- How long processing takes
- Not verified: No processing interval is published between submission and the exclusion taking effect.
- How you are told it took effect
- Not verified: No confirmation mechanism is published.
The form asks for: identifying information, selected enrollment period: 1, 3 or 5 years (defaults to 1 year if unselected), valid driver's license (any state), other government-issued ID, or valid US/Canadian passport, signature, notarized if mailed.
- Contact Washington's Lottery (offices, hours, PO Box) walottery.com · read 2026-10-01
- Self-Exclusion Application walottery.com · read 2026-10-01
- Voluntary Self-Exclusion walottery.com · read 2026-10-01
- WAC 315-06-050 Location of sale (subsection 3: no internet or lottery courier sales) app.leg.wa.gov · read 2026-10-01
- WAC 315-06-220 Voluntary self-exclusion program (effective 1/16/26) app.leg.wa.gov · read 2026-10-01