Gambling self-exclusion in West Virginia

Before you count on it. Two of the West Virginia Lottery's own current statements disagree about whether this program reaches Limited Video Lottery — the terminals in bars, taverns and clubs. The Lottery's Self-Exclusion webpage tells iPlay users that exclusion from "Sports Betting, iGaming, LVL, and Casino activities" "must be done via the Self-Exclusion program." The Self-Exclusion Request Form itself lists only casinos, iGaming and sports betting, the Lottery's FAQ describes this program as covering "Sports Betting, iGaming, and Casino activities", the same webpage's description of the program never mentions LVL (its opening line does promise exclusion from "all gaming activities at West Virginia Lottery regulated venues" without saying which venues), and Rule 179 CSR 5 — the Limited Video Lottery rule, read start to finish — sets out no exclusion mechanism of any kind. Nobody has asked the Lottery which statement governs, and this card does not pick one. If you play LVL terminals, ask the Lottery directly before you count on this program to cover them: Customer Service on 800-982-2274, or mail@wvlottery.com. Beyond that: this does not reach your iPlay online lottery account, which is a separate enrollment, and no source describes any exclusion route for lottery tickets bought in a store, for fantasy sports, for charitable gaming, or for pari-mutuel wagering regulated by the West Virginia Racing Commission (its published forms list only a licensee ejection-hearing form). No tribal gaming facility was found in West Virginia, and no official source states there is none, so that is unresolved rather than ruled out. Enrollment is permanent — there is no shorter term on the form — and nothing lapses on its own. The Commission only considers a written removal petition after one year, and considering a petition is not granting it. No processing time and no confirmation letter is published, so you will not automatically be told when you have been added; follow up with the Lottery. Whether people who live outside West Virginia can enroll is not stated anywhere. If you enter a casino's property after you are on the list, the form says you are guilty of trespass and subject to prosecution, and you will be escorted from the premises without appeal or recourse. One thing the form makes you initial, worth knowing before you sign it: “the West Virginia Lottery Exclusion List is public record, and therefore my inclusion on this list is public record.” Mailing or handing over the form is not the same as being excluded; you are excluded once the Lottery has you on the list.

Before you count on it. This reaches your iPlay online account and nothing else. The Lottery states, verbatim, that "an iPlay Self-Exclusion does not exclude the player from Sports Betting, iGaming, LVL, and Casino activities. That must be done via the Self-Exclusion program." So if you also play casinos, iGaming or sports betting, you have to enroll in that separate program as well. The LVL half of that sentence is disputed. It sends you to the Self-Exclusion program for Limited Video Lottery — the terminals in bars, taverns and clubs — but that program's own form and scope description never mention LVL, and Rule 179 CSR 5, the Limited Video Lottery rule read start to finish, sets out no exclusion mechanism of any kind. Two of the Lottery's own current statements disagree, nobody has asked the Lottery which one governs, and this card does not pick one. If you play LVL terminals, ask the Lottery directly before relying on either program to cover them — Customer Service on 800-982-2274. This tool also does nothing about lottery tickets bought in a store; no source describes any exclusion route for those. An exclusion cannot be reversed during its term, and a permanent one has no published way to end. No processing time and no confirmation email is published. It presumes you already have an iPlay account, and whether people outside West Virginia can enroll is not addressed. Signing in or opening the menu does not exclude you; only a confirmed length does.