Gambling Self-Exclusion in Missouri (DAP)

How does Missouri's self-exclusion program work?

List of Disassociated Persons (DAP List) is run by Missouri Gaming Commission. You enroll once and every operator it covers must refuse you for the term you chose.

Run by

Missouri Gaming Commission

What it covers

Lifetime exclusion from all licensed Missouri riverboat casinos; casinos must remove you from marketing lists, deny credit and check cashing, drop you from player programs, and forfeit your points and comps.

Durations

lifetime

Help line

1-888-238-7633

How do I sign up for self-exclusion in Missouri?

Missouri's self-exclusion form is on the official Missouri Gaming Commission page linked below — there is no fee and no third party needs to be involved.

1. 1 Online: submit the Disassociated Persons online application via the Missouri Gaming Commission website
2. 2 In person: apply at a Missouri Gaming Commission office located at any licensed Missouri casino during casino hours
3. 3 Questions: Problem Gambling Administrator, 573-526-4080

Official page: www.mgc.dps.mo.gov/dap/dap_about.html — enroll there directly, never through a third-party site.

How do I get off the Missouri self-exclusion list?

Missouri's casino list (DAP) is lifetime placement, but you can petition for removal after five years. The separate sports-betting list (SEP) drops you automatically after five years.

Can it be ended early?

No. The term you pick is the term you serve.

At the end of the term

You stay on the list until you apply to come off. Reaching the end date on its own does nothing.

1. 1 Stay on the DAP list for at least five years - there is no earlier route off it.
2. 2 Petition the Missouri Gaming Commission for removal.
3. 3 Know the one-way door before you file: if you are removed and later re-enroll, that placement is permanent, with no further removal ever.

Re-enrolling after a removal makes the ban permanent. The DAP covers casino gambling only - sports betting is the separate SEP list, which clears itself after five years.

Worth saying plainly: wanting off the list is not the same as being ready to gamble again, and the urge to check usually arrives long before the term does. What actually happens when people come off a self-exclusion list goes through that in full.

What should I watch out for with Missouri self-exclusion?

Placement is lifetime, but you may petition for removal after 5 years on the list; if you are removed and later re-enroll, placement becomes permanent with no further removal. The DAP List covers casino gambling only, not sports betting; Missouri maintains a separate List of Self-Excluded Persons (SEP) for sports wagering with automatic removal after 5 years. State problem gambling helpline: 1-888-BETSOFF (1-888-238-7633).

Is self-exclusion enough on its own in Missouri?

Missouri's program only binds operators licensed in the state — offshore sites and crypto casinos ignore it. The setup that holds is layered: self-exclusion, plus a ban inside each betting app you hold, plus a gambling blocker on your devices plus a gambling block on your bank card. For the full walkthrough, start with our self-exclusion guide or the complete guide to quitting gambling.

Gambling across the Missouri line?

A state program only binds operators licensed in that state. If you drive to a casino or bet on an app registered next door, you need that state's ban too.

• Arkansas: enrollment options and alternatives
• How to self-exclude in Illinois
• How to self-exclude in Iowa
• Kansas self-exclusion: sign-up and durations
• Kentucky self-exclusion: sign-up and durations
• Nebraska self-exclusion program details
• Oklahoma self-exclusion: sign-up and durations
• Tennessee's self-exclusion program

Or compare every US state's program side by side.

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