VOLUNTARY EXCLUSION PROGRAMS

Take back control of your life. Hope starts with taking the first step.

The Voluntary Exclusion Program (VEP) is designed to help you take that initial step and gain control of your life. With the VEP, that single decision, that courageous step you take to quit gambling, becomes a defining moment where the past and the future is yours.

Addressing a gambling problem, after all, isn’t just about the gambling. It is about taking control of your life. The VEP applies to all Indiana casinos and sports wagering operators and the Four Winds South Bend casino.

  • Participants in the VEP agree to refrain from entering any casino gaming area in Indiana and from participating in sports wagering gaming activities.

  • Individuals interested in enrolling in the VEP may do so:

    • Online via the Indiana Gaming Council’s website

    • By scheduling an appointment with a designated problem gambling treatment provider

    • At any Indiana casino location by approaching a uniformed security guard at any Indiana Casio location

    • By scheduling an appointment at the IGC office in Indianapolis.

  • A person must complete the request form of his or her own free will and must not be under the include of alcoholic beverages, controlled substances or prescription medication when the form is completed.

  • Information about participants of the Voluntary Exclusion Program is confidential and will be issued only to casinos for the purpose of enforcement.

  • Participants may elect to self-exclude for one year, five years or life.

  • Once the time period chosen has concluded, a participant may request removal from the VEP by completing a removal application.

  • VEP participants will be removed from the marketing lists of all casinos and sports wagering operators.

  • Participants found to be in an Indiana casino will be asked to leave.

  • If a VEP participant is discovered at an Indiana casino and has winnings in his/her possession, the winnings will be forfeited and submitted to the Indiana Gaming Commission in the form of a fine.

  • Casinos may elect to permanently evict VEP participants from their properties.

  • VEP’s are prohibited from participating in sports wagering activities at the casino sportsbooks, on mobile websites and at the off track betting facilities in Clarksville, Indianapolis and New Haven.

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INTERNET STATEWIDE SELF-RESTRICTION PROGRAM

Compliments the VEP to self-exclude from mobile sports wagering.

INTERNET SELF-RESTRICTION PROGRAM ENROLLMENT:

  • A person may sign up for the ISRP online via the IGC website at www.in.gov/igc/ISRP.

  • A person may select the length of self-restriction of one (1) year or five (5) years.

  • Sports wagering operators may elect to evict participants of the ISRP from their properties.

  • Sports wagering operators may decide to evict or deny service to a participant in the ISRP at any of their other facilities anywhere in the world.

  • A self-restricted person must sign a waiver and release discharging the IGC from liability.

PARTICIPATION IN THE ISRP:

  • If a person signs up for the ISRP, the person’s name will appear on a confidential list to be distributed to all sports wagering operators who are required to restrict ISRP participants from placing wagers and receiving direct marketing.

  • By signing up for the ISRP, a participant agrees not to participate in mobile sports wagering.

  • Following enrollment on the ISRP, a patron will be allowed to withdraw the full monetary amount remaining in their sports wagering account, provided that the sports wagering operator acknowledges that the funds have been cleared.

  • It is the responsibility of the participant to refrain from mobile sports wagering gaming activities.

  • A self-restricted person volunteers to forfeit any money or thing of value that he/she obtains from or is owed to him/her by the casino if he/she is found gambling on an internet gaming site conducting mobile sports wagering.

  • All sports wagering operators must stop all direct marketing efforts to an ISRP participant.

  • All sports wagering operators shall cancel wagers made by an ISRP participant and refund the amount wagered.

  • Assets in sports wagering accounts at the time of self-restriction may be collected pursuant to the policies of each sports wagering operator.

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If you are in a life threatening situation, please call 911 for Emergency Services or 988 for the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline.