Self-exclusion in Montana
How to put yourself on Montana's self-exclusion list, what it covers, and what it does not.
1 of 12 things on this page could not be confirmed from an official source. They are marked, and each one says who to ask. We would rather leave a gap than fill it with a guess.
- Programme
- None that we could find. Montana runs no statewide self-exclusion list. The Department of Justice Gambling Control Division — which licenses the video gambling machines, live card games and sports pools in Montana's bars and casinos — publishes a Problem Gambling page that offers only helplines ('Help is available in many Montana communities. To find help, call any of the following phone numbers'), and no self-exclusion page appears anywhere in its site navigation.dojmt.gov returns HTTP 403 to automated requests, so this was read from an archived copy of the Division's own page (Internet Archive snapshot of 8 August 2026). The Division's page list on the same snapshot runs Licensing, Forms, Guidelines, Card Dealer & Poker Rules, VGM resources, Problem Gambling, Statistics, State-Tribal Gaming Compacts, Administrative Rules and FAQs — there is no self-exclusion item.dojmt.gov (archived copy of 8 August 2026), checked 3 October 2026
- Covers online betting
- Not confirmed. Montana law requires the State Lottery and Sports Wagering Commission's rules to cover 'player exclusion requirements' for sports wagering (23-7-202(1)(g), MCA), and Sports Bet Montana is the only legal sportsbook in the state. But neither the Lottery nor the Gambling Control Division publishes a self-exclusion form, terms or any description of how that exclusion works, so we could not confirm what it covers or how to use it. Ask the Montana Lottery directly before relying on it. Check with Two regulators, neither running a list: the Montana Department of Justice Gambling Control Division (video gambling machines, card games, bingo, keno, and enforcement of the state-tribal gaming compacts) and the Montana Lottery / State Lottery and Sports Wagering Commission (lottery games and Sports Bet Montana)..mca.legmt.gov, checked 3 October 2026
- Covers casinos and shops
- No state list covers them. The Gambling Control Division licenses Montana's retail gambling — the video gambling machines in taverns and casinos, live card games, keno and bingo — and offers no self-exclusion scheme; its only published help is the Montana Council on Problem Gambling's 24-hour helpline on (888) 900-9979 and Gamblers Anonymous hotlines.Read from an archived copy of the Division's own page (snapshot 8 August 2026) because dojmt.gov blocks automated requests.dojmt.gov (archived copy of 8 August 2026), checked 3 October 2026
- Covers the lottery
- No. The Montana Lottery's own Play Responsibly page describes no self-exclusion or voluntary exclusion option at all. What it offers is 'Do you need help or more information on problem gambling? 1-888-900-9979 Counseling, education and information is available to you 24-hours a day, 7-days a week', plus links to the Montana Council on Problem Gambling and the Department of Justice.montanalottery.com, checked 3 October 2026
- How long you can choose
- None to choose, because there is no statewide programme. No regulator page we could find offers a term, a form or a length.dojmt.gov (archived copy of 8 August 2026), checked 3 October 2026
- Can it be undone
- Not applicable — there is no state exclusion to reverse.dojmt.gov (archived copy of 8 August 2026), checked 3 October 2026
- What happens when it ends
- Not applicable — there is no state exclusion, so nothing expires and nothing stays in force.If you set an exclusion with Sports Bet Montana or at an individual casino, the expiry is theirs to state — get it in writing from them, because there is no state register standing behind it.dojmt.gov (archived copy of 8 August 2026), checked 3 October 2026
- How you sign up
- There is no state enrolment route. The Gambling Control Division's problem gambling page directs people to counselling and helplines rather than to any form.dojmt.gov (archived copy of 8 August 2026), checked 3 October 2026
Worth knowing before you start
Montana is a state where the thing people assume exists does not. There is no list to join, so the levers that work here are the ones you control: ask each venue you use to bar you (the casinos and tribal casinos keep their own exclusion lists and handle these requests at the door or the responsible-gaming desk — ask that casino, because the state keeps no register of it and the Division says it 'does not regulate enforcement decisions' of that kind), set an exclusion inside your Sports Bet Montana account, close betting accounts one by one, and put a gambling block on your card or bank account. The Division enforces state-tribal gaming compacts but licenses no tribal casino player exclusion list we could find, so never assume an exclusion at one casino reaches another. The Montana Council on Problem Gambling's 24-hour helpline is (888) 900-9979.
Done? The rest of the hour: blockers, a bank block, closing the accounts, telling one person.
Every fact on this page was read from an official source and dated. The oldest of them was checked on 3 October 2026. Tell us if something here is wrong.