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Gambling self-exclusion in Washington

Self-exclusion in Washington: you need two separate enrollments. Washington: every house-banked card room statewide, run by the Washington State Gambling Commission (WSGC). First step: Mail the notarized form to the Gambling Commission. It continues until you request removal. Washington's Lottery self-exclusion, run by Washington's Lottery (Washington State Lottery Commission). First step: Take the completed form to a Lottery office. It ends on its own at the end of the term. None substitutes for another, and this is not everything in Washington.

Reviewed 2026-09-24 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 Washington 2

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 Washington
ProgramHow you enrollWhat it blocksHow long it lastsSources
Getting inBettingCredit, compsOnlineMail
Washington: every house-banked card room statewideState regulator Run by Washington State Gambling Commission (WSGC).By mail In person

Mail the notarized form to the Gambling Commission.

Official form (GC4-034 (Rev 5/25)) Program page

ConfirmedNot confirmedNot confirmedNot confirmedNot confirmedUntil you ask to lift it

Before you count on it. This list covers house-banked card rooms. Tribal casinos are not participating — the Commission says so on its own page and directs you to contact each tribal casino separately, and state law makes tribal participation optional. Sports wagering in Washington happens only inside tribal casinos, so this list does not reach it. The state Lottery runs a completely separate program that this form does not touch. Bingo, pull-tab and raffle licensees sit outside the statutory scope of this program. There is no early removal for any term you pick. Your name stays on the list after the term ends until you file a notarized removal form and the Commission processes it. Nothing comes back to confirm it: the Commission told us in writing on October 2, 2026 that it does not send an applicant a confirmation notice once they are enrolled. Keep your own copy of the signed form, and a mailing receipt if you mail it. Whether someone living outside Washington may enroll is not established by any source. Whether a remotely notarized signature is accepted for the mailed route is not established either.

Washington's Lottery self-exclusionState regulator Run by Washington's Lottery (Washington State Lottery Commission).In person

Take the completed form to a Lottery office.

Official form Program page

Not confirmedConfirmedNot confirmedNot confirmedNot confirmedEnds at the end of the term

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.

Gambling types in Washington

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 Washington
Gambling typeWhat we foundSources
tribal casinosOfficial sources don't settle it
9 sources
online casino / iGamingNo program foundWhat we checked: RCW 9.46.240's stated policy against internet gambling except where specifically authorized.
Why

RCW 9.46.240 states as a matter of legislative policy that Washington prohibits 'all forms and means of gambling, except where carefully and specifically authorized and regulated,' naming internet technologies specifically; no online casino licensing regime exists. As of 2026-10-01, the statute makes transmitting gambling information by 'the internet' a class C felony, with an exception for activities the chapter authorizes, 'including... sports wagering', under tribal-state compacts.

1 source
retail sports bettingOfficial sources don't settle it
5 sources
online sports bettingOfficial sources don't settle it
5 sources
fantasy sportsNo program foundWhat we checked: Washington State Gambling Commission's own sports-wagering requirements and rules page.
Why

The Gambling Commission's own sports-wagering rules page states directly: 'Washington law has never allowed: Bracket pools, Office sports pools, Fantasy sports.'

1 source
racing / pari-mutuelOfficial sources don't settle it
4 sources
charitable / nonprofit gaming (bingo, pull-tabs, punch boards, raffles)No program foundWhat we checked: The Gambling Commission's statewide self-exclusion scheme (RCW 9.46.071 and chapter 230-23 WAC).
Why

RCW 9.46.071(2)(a) scopes the statewide program to 'authorized gambling establishments that offer house-banked social card games'. WAC 230-23-005 defines its 'licensee' as 'a house-banked card room licensee' and its list as persons excluded from 'house-banked card room licensees and participating tribal gaming facilities'. Searched 2026-10-01: none of the 16 chapters linked from the Title 230 WAC index, including charitable and nonprofit rules (230-07), fund-raising events (230-09), bingo (230-10), raffles (230-11) and punch boards and pull-tabs (230-14), creates a self-exclusion program for these licensees. The only other mention of the statewide list is chapter 230-15's debit-card rule for card rooms. This rules out coverage under the Commission's scheme only. Individual charities' own policies were not surveyed.

3 sources
video gambling terminals / skill gamesNot checked yet0 sources
How we checked

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

Washington runs two separate statewide programs, and neither reaches the other. The Gambling Commission's program (implemented May 2022) bans you from every licensed house-banked card room in the state with a single form. Terms are 1, 3, 5 or 10 years, with no early removal. Tribal casinos don't take part: the Commission's page tells you to contact each tribal casino individually, even though state law lets tribes opt in. The Washington Lottery runs its own Voluntary Self-Exclusion Program for lottery activities, with terms of 1, 3 or 5 years. The Lottery's own page admits that retailers and vending machines can't check the exclusion list before every sale, so an excluded person can still buy tickets. Enforcement happens when you collect winnings over $600 and in second-chance drawings. Sports wagering is legal only inside tribal gaming facilities under compact amendments, as geofenced on-premises mobile wagering. State law otherwise makes transmitting gambling over the internet a felony, and the Commission's sports-wagering rules page says plainly that 'Washington law has never allowed... Fantasy sports.' We found no exclusion option for horse racing. The Horse Racing Commission's Rules of Racing page says nothing about exclusion, and its only problem-gambling link goes to the Gambling Commission's general page. Charitable gaming (bingo, pull-tabs, raffles) is outside the card-room program, and we found no separate option for it. Washington has 29 tribes, and we haven't read every tribal casino's own self-exclusion process. We checked the official sources linked on this page, not every way to gamble or every tribe in the state. We don't know yet whether people who live outside Washington can use these programs.

How Washington's programs fit together

Washington has two separate statewide lists, one for house-banked card rooms and one for the Lottery, and neither covers tribal casinos.

What we know about each one

The Gambling Commission's card-room list and the Lottery's list are run by two different agencies, and neither reaches the other. Neither covers tribal casinos, sports wagering or racing. You can enroll in the Lottery's list in person at a Lottery office, and no mailing address for its form is published. Signing up for both still doesn't cover every way to gamble in the state.

Official Washington 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.