Self-exclusion in Connecticut

How to put yourself on Connecticut's self-exclusion list, what it covers, and what it does not.

Programme: The Connecticut Gaming Self-Exclusion List, run by the Department of Consumer Protection's Gaming Division under Connecticut Public Act 21-23. One application does most of the work: 'Only one request is required to self-exclude from gambling online or in-person in Connecticut. This includes participating in Fantasy Contests/Fantasy Sports.' Your details go 'to all Connecticut Gaming Licensees ('Gaming Licensees') offering internet or in-person gambling or fantasy sports/fantasy contests', who 'will use your information to close any accounts that you have with them and to stop providing you with any gambling services or marketing of gambling services.'portal.ct.gov, checked 3 October 2026
Covers online betting: Yes. The scheme is built around the DCP regulation 'concerning online casino gaming, retail and online sports wagering, fantasy contests, Keno and online sale of lottery tickets', and a single request covers 'gambling online or in-person in Connecticut'. Every Connecticut gaming licensee offering internet gambling receives your details and must close your accounts with them and stop marketing to you.portal.ct.gov, checked 3 October 2026
Covers casinos and shops: Yes for state-licensed retail gambling, including retail sports wagering - but NOT for the tribal casinos, which is the carve-out that matters most in Connecticut. The terms are explicit: 'This request does not exclude you from Internet or other gaming that is conducted solely on the reservations of the tribes located within the state. To self-exclude from Internet or other gaming conducted on a reservation you will need to complete the form which is available on the Department's website.' Foxwoods and Mohegan Sun each run their own on-site exclusion programme with its own application, and the Department links both.Read from the Department's own Terms and Conditions PDF. The practical consequence: someone who signs the state list and then walks into Mohegan Sun or Foxwoods is not excluded there. If the tribal casinos are where you gamble, the state form is not enough on its own and you need the separate casino application as well - Mohegan Sun's 'Security Self-Exclusion Form' and Foxwoods' 'Patron Voluntary Exclusion Application', both linked from the Department's self-exclusion page.portal.ct.gov, checked 3 October 2026
Covers the lottery: Partly, and the boundary is the thing to notice. The regulation underpinning the scheme covers 'Keno and online sale of lottery tickets', so Keno and buying lottery tickets online are within it. Neither the Department's page nor its Terms and Conditions says anything about walking into a shop and buying a lottery ticket over the counter, so do not assume the list stops that.We are recording what the source says and no more. The regulation is described by its own subject matter - 'online casino gaming, retail and online sports wagering, fantasy contests, Keno and online sale of lottery tickets' - which pairs 'retail and online' with sports wagering but only 'online sale' with lottery tickets. That wording strongly suggests retail lottery counter sales sit outside the scheme, but the Department does not say so in terms, so we have not written it as a finding. If retail lottery or scratch tickets are your problem, email dcp.selfexclusion@ct.gov and ask before relying on this.portal.ct.gov, checked 3 October 2026
How long you can choose: One year, five years, or lifetime: 'You must choose one of the three following options in connection with the length of time your name must remain on the Connecticut Gaming Self-Exclusion List: one year, five years, or lifetime.' The Department notes that the lifetime option 'is only offered through the DCP'.portal.ct.gov, checked 3 October 2026
Can it be undone: No early exit, and lifetime is final. 'If you choose the one year option or the five year option, you are not allowed to remove yourself from the Gaming Self-Exclusion List until the time period that you selected has expired.' And: 'If you select a lifetime exclusion you are not allowed to request removal from the Connecticut Gaming Self-Exclusion List.' The Department repeats it plainly on the web page - 'you can only remove yourself from the self-exclusion list once you've reached the end of your selected 1 or 5 year exclusion period. If you select the lifetime option for self-exclusion, you will not be able to remove yourself from the list.'portal.ct.gov, checked 3 October 2026
What happens when it ends: It does not end by itself. You stay on the list after the term runs out until you actively ask to come off: 'Additionally, your name will remain on the Connecticut Gaming Self-Exclusion List until you request its removal. Once the time period you selected has expired you are responsible for making the request to remove yourself from the Connecticut Gaming Self-Exclusion List. A request for the removal of your name from the Connecticut Gaming Self-Exclusion List may be done online.'This is the reassuring end of the spectrum and the direct opposite of New York, where a term lapses on its own and you must re-file within 30 days to stay excluded. In Connecticut, forgetting about it keeps you excluded. Nothing restarts unless you submit a removal request through the Department's portal.portal.ct.gov, checked 3 October 2026
How you sign up: Online, through the Department's portal - no notary, no photograph, no appointment. Start at https://portal.ct.gov/gaming/self-exclusion and follow 'Sign up for the self-exclusion list', which goes to the Department's registration service at https://gaming-exclusion.service.ct.gov/selfexclusion/s/registration. At the end you must agree to several terms, which are set out in full in the Connecticut Gaming Self-Exclusion Terms and Conditions. If you have trouble signing up, the Department gives an email address for help: dcp.selfexclusion@ct.gov. For the tribal casinos you additionally complete Mohegan Sun's or Foxwoods' own exclusion application.portal.ct.gov, checked 3 October 2026

Worth knowing before you start

Connecticut is one of the better-designed schemes in this batch, with one large hole. The good part: a single online application, with no notary and no photograph, reaches every state-licensed gambling operator at once - online casino, retail and online sports betting, fantasy contests, Keno and online lottery sales - and the licensees must close your existing accounts and stop marketing to you. It also does not quietly lapse: you remain listed until you ask to be removed, and a lifetime election cannot be undone at all. The hole is tribal gaming. The terms state that the request 'does not exclude you from Internet or other gaming that is conducted solely on the reservations of the tribes located within the state', so Foxwoods and Mohegan Sun are outside the state list and each requires its own separate application, both of which the Department links. Anyone whose gambling happens at those two casinos and who files only the state form has not achieved what they think they have. Three smaller things worth knowing mid-form. Enrolling bars you from winning: self-excluded people 'are prohibited from collecting any winnings, recovering any losses or accepting complimentary gifts or services or any other thing of value from a licensee or operator', and if you are found gambling, 'your winnings and/or prizes will be forfeited, this includes forfeiting any chips, tokens, or credits in your possession.' The ban may travel further than Connecticut, because 'Operators may choose to exclude participants in the Connecticut Self-Exclusion list from their services in other states or countries.' And the state is careful to tell you the list is not a technical barrier: 'It is your responsibility to refrain from gambling', and the Department and licensees are not liable for 'the failure to withhold your ability to gamble'. Treat it as one layer, with bank blocks and blocking software underneath it.

Done? The rest of the hour: blockers, a bank block, closing the accounts, telling one person.

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