Self excluding yourself from the casino or sportsbooks is a huge step. By self-excluding you're telling the casino/ sportsbooks you know you have a problem and are not allowing yourself to gamble anymore. These laws vary by state as well as the maximum amount of time you can self-exclude. Some states such as Illinois consider it a lifetime ban. However after 5 years, you can remove yourself from the ban list. If you plan to reverse the exclusion, it will take many hoops to jump through in order for that to happen. However, for other states, its kind of like a slap on the wrist, one to five years banned and your self ban is lifted. I have some issues about this as after ban is lifted, the compulsive gambler can just go right back to their old ways once again and not learn anything from the first time.
If you use an app to bet, you will not be allowed to login. Might as well delete the app from existence. If you are found at a specific casino that you self-excluded from, they will have every right to consider that trespassing and can become a problem with the law. At this time, I am unaware if there is any nationwide self-exclusion for the United States. There are some in other countries, such as Austrailia. This year, they started a country wide self exclusion application called BetStop. If any Austrailians are signed up for BetStop, the online sites will not be permitted to let them gamble for a pre-selected amount of time.
If self-exclusion is not an option for the compulsive gambler, there is an app/website that can block all gambling sites. Gamban is an easy alternative which blocks online gambling from all devices including on a laptop. The downfall is there is a small price to keep these on any device.
Heres a link to the Illinois gaming board website with more information on self-excluding here in Illinois.
Self-exclusion has worked exceptionally well for me. My weak spot was the availability of gambling on my phone. I could and would gamble every last dime in my bank account wherever and whenever I wanted. Once I found a way to essentially take that option away, I have been amazed at how much money I have kept. I still have an addiction, and I still have to keep myself from indulging in other options, but this has been a giant step forward. I'm just sharing for those that might be struggling with the same form of gambling.
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