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Gambling self-exclusion in Texas

Self-exclusion in Texas: the one program on record is a single operator’s own list. Texas: Lone Star Park at Grand Prairie only, run by Lone Star Park at Grand Prairie (Global Gaming Solutions, LLC). First step: Ask Lone Star Park security for the self-exclusion form. This is not everything in Texas.

Reviewed 2026-10-01 against official sources. Every fact below links to the agency that published it. How we check facts.

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Self-exclusion programs in Texas 1

Compare what each program blocks and how to sign up. Click any program name for the full step-by-step instructions, official forms, and sources.

Asking a program for a form or an answer does not enroll you.

Self-exclusion programs in Texas
ProgramHow you enrollWhat it blocksHow long it lastsSources
Getting inBettingCredit, compsOnlineMail
Texas: Lone Star Park at Grand Prairie onlyCasino operator Run by Lone Star Park at Grand Prairie (Global Gaming Solutions, LLC).In person

Ask Lone Star Park security for the self-exclusion form.

Program page

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Before you count on it. This is one racetrack, not a state program. Texas has no statewide self-exclusion list of any kind — the Racing Commission's only exclusion power is an integrity tool aimed at bookmakers and people convicted of racing-related offenses, and its published Ejection List names those people rather than self-excluded patrons. Nothing is published about how long this restriction lasts, whether it can be lifted, what identification is checked, or whether you get any confirmation, so you are relying on what the staff tell you on the day. Sam Houston Race Park in Houston and Retama Park in Selma are run by a different company, PENN Entertainment. Neither publishes a self-exclusion process, so this form does not reach them and you would have to ask staff there. Three tribal gaming facilities operate in Texas and none publishes a self-exclusion mechanism on the pages that could be read. Whether someone living outside Texas may enroll is not established.

Gambling types in Texas

One self-exclusion list rarely blocks every kind of gambling. Here is what we found for each type of gambling in this state.

What we found for each gambling type in Texas
Gambling typeWhat we foundSources
commercial casino — land-based commercial casinosNo program foundWhat we checked: Texas Penal Code Chapter 47 (current through the 2025 legislative sessions). This covers state-regulated gambling only and says nothing about the three tribal casinos or offshore sites.
Why

Texas has no state-licensed commercial casino. Penal Code Sec. 47.02(a)(3) makes it an offense to play and bet "for money or other thing of value at any game played with cards, dice, balls, or any other gambling device", and Sec. 47.04 makes keeping a gambling place an offense. Sec. 47.09(a) lists what is authorized: charitable bingo, raffles, the Texas Racing Act, prize savings accounts and the state lottery. There is a narrow defense for a private game where nobody takes a cut (Sec. 47.02(b)). With no state casino license, there is no state casino self-exclusion program to join.

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tribal casinosOfficial sources don't settle it0 sources
online casino / iGamingNo program foundWhat we checked: Texas Penal Code Chapter 47 (current through the 2025 legislative sessions). This covers state-regulated gambling only and says nothing about tribal operators or offshore websites.
Why

Texas has no licensed online casino. Penal Code Sec. 47.02(a)(3) makes it an offense to play and bet "for money or other thing of value at any game played with cards, dice, balls, or any other gambling device" and has no exception for the internet. Sec. 47.09(a) lists what is authorized, and online casino games are not on the list. With no state license, there is no state online casino self-exclusion program to join.

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sports betting — retail sports bettingNo program foundWhat we checked: Texas Penal Code Chapter 47 (current through the 2025 legislative sessions). This covers state-regulated gambling only and says nothing about tribal casinos or offshore sites.
Why

Texas has no licensed sportsbook. Penal Code Sec. 47.02(a)(1) makes it an offense to make "a bet on the partial or final result of a game or contest or on the performance of a participant in a game or contest", and Sec. 47.03(a)(2) and (4) make bookmaking and selling chances on a game's result offenses. Sec. 47.09(a) lists what is authorized, and sports betting is not on the list. With no state license, there is no state sports betting self-exclusion program to join. The Kickapoo Lucky Eagle 'Legends Sportsbook' lead is still unconfirmed: the casino's site had no 'sportsbook' or 'legends' text on 2026-10-01.

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sports betting — online sports bettingNo program foundWhat we checked: Texas Penal Code Chapter 47 (current through the 2025 legislative sessions). This covers state-regulated gambling only and says nothing about tribal operators or offshore websites.
Why

Texas has no licensed online sportsbook. Penal Code Sec. 47.02(a)(1) makes it an offense to make "a bet on the partial or final result of a game or contest or on the performance of a participant in a game or contest" and draws no line between betting in person and betting online. Sec. 47.09(a) lists what is authorized, and sports betting is not on the list. With no state license, there is no state online sports betting self-exclusion program to join.

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lotteryOfficial sources don't settle it
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fantasy/prediction — fantasy sportsOfficial sources don't settle it
2 sources
racing/pari-mutuel — racing / pari-mutuelOfficial sources don't settle it
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charitable/bingo — charitable bingoOfficial sources don't settle it
4 sources
card rooms — commercial card roomsOfficial sources don't settle it
1 source
skill games — eight-liners / video gaming terminalsOfficial sources don't settle it
1 source
racing/pari-mutuel — under the Texas Racing CommissionNo program foundWhat we checked: The Texas Racing Commission’s exclusion authority, which is an enumerated twelve-ground integrity power over people who cheat or have criminal convictions, and whose published ejection list names only occupational licensees; the statewide racing regulator operates no patron self-exclusion program. What an individual racetrack does is left to it by the same Act and is the separate row above.
Why

Texas has horse racing and the state racing regulator does keep an exclusion list, but it is not for gamblers who want to stop. Read again 2026-10-10: the Racing Act tells the Commission to write rules barring a person from a track for twelve specific reasons — bookmaking, touting, illegal wagering, living on criminal income, theft or felony convictions, forging a pari-mutuel ticket, fixing races, rowdy behavior. Asking to be kept out yourself is not on that list, and the Commission’s published list is addressed to "All Occupational and Business Licensees". The law separately says a racetrack may bar anyone "for any lawful reason", which is where a self-exclusion request belongs — and Lone Star Park at Grand Prairie runs one, which this plan already holds. What the other tracks do is the open row above.

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How we checked

These are the kinds of gambling we checked in Texas, and the list may not include every way to gamble in the state.

Texas has no statewide self-exclusion program. The two state agencies with any gambling jurisdiction are the Texas Racing Commission (pari-mutuel horse and greyhound racing only) and the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation (lottery and charitable bingo), and neither runs a program that lets patrons exclude themselves. The Racing Commission's only exclusion power is aimed at bookmakers and people convicted of racing-related offenses, and its Ejection List names those people, not self-excluded patrons. The Texas Lottery's Play Responsibly page lists helplines only. The one self-exclusion program we found in Texas is run by a racetrack. Lone Star Park at Grand Prairie, licensed by the Racing Commission, offers an in-person process through its own Security Supervisory staff. It publishes no term length, ID requirement or removal process. Sam Houston Race Park (Houston) and Retama Park (Selma) are run by PENN Entertainment, not by Lone Star Park's parent company. Neither publishes a self-exclusion process. PENN's corporate page says in general terms that patrons may exclude themselves from its casinos and online apps, without naming either track. Three tribal gaming facilities operate in Texas: Kickapoo Lucky Eagle Casino Hotel, Naskila Casino and Speaking Rock Entertainment Center. None publishes a self-exclusion option on the pages we read on October 1, 2026. Texas has no state-licensed land-based commercial casino, online casino or sportsbook. State law makes betting on a game and playing for money at a gambling device offenses, and it lists the only authorized kinds: charitable bingo, raffles, racing, the state lottery and prize savings. That covers state law only and says nothing about tribal casinos. A 2016 Texas Attorney General opinion concludes that paid daily fantasy sports contests are illegal gambling. That opinion doesn't bind the courts, and we haven't confirmed whether any fantasy company serves Texas residents anyway. We checked the official sources linked on this page, not every gambling option in the state. We don't know yet whether people who live outside Texas can use the Lone Star Park program.

Casinos and operators in Texas, by name

Names come from the programs above and the casinos' own websites. One name can cover several properties. If a casino is missing here, we haven't added it yet.

We read pages on these casinos' own websites and found no way to ban yourself. That does not mean they won't bar you. Ask for security, ask whether they will bar you, and ask for it in writing.

Casinos and operators in Texas
NameWhere to goNotes
Kickapoo Lucky Eagle Casino HotelEagle PassNo published way to ban yourself1-888-255-8259

The pages we read on the casino's website publish no way to ban yourself. The number is the casino's main line.

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Naskila CasinoLivingstonNo published way to ban yourself936-563-2946

The pages we read on the casino's website name a problem-gambling helpline but no way to ban yourself. The number is the casino's main line.

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Speaking Rock Entertainment CenterEl PasoNo published way to ban yourself915-860-7777

The pages we read on its website name a problem-gambling helpline but no way to ban yourself. The number is the main line on its contact page.

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How Texas' programs fit together

Texas has no statewide list, and the only self-exclusion program we found is run by one racetrack, Lone Star Park at Grand Prairie, and covers that track only.

What we know about each one

We found one program in Texas, so there is nothing to combine. It covers horse racing wagering and simulcast (Bar & Book) wagering at Lone Star Park only. The state's two other racetracks publish no self-exclusion process, and we haven't researched them beyond their websites. This one sign-up doesn't cover every way to gamble in the state.

Official Texas links and forms

These are the primary sources this page is built from: agency program pages, statutes, regulations and the forms themselves. How we check facts explains what each label means.

If you also gamble outside Texas

State lists stop at the state line. Some casino companies' own bans reach their properties elsewhere, and each program above says what it covers. If you also travel to nearby states to gamble, check their pages too: