Gambling Self-Exclusion in West Virginia

How does West Virginia's self-exclusion program work?

West Virginia Lottery Self-Exclusion Program is run by West Virginia Lottery Commission. You enroll once and every operator it covers must refuse you for the term you chose.

Run by

West Virginia Lottery Commission

What it covers

Excludes you from all four racetrack casinos and The Greenbrier casino, and because every legal online casino and sportsbook app must be tied to one of those properties, it also bans you from all West Virginia iGaming and mobile sports betting.

Durations

indefinite (removal possible after 1 year)

Help line

1-800-426-2537

How do I sign up for self-exclusion in West Virginia?

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

1. 1 Print the Self-Exclusion Request Form from the WV Lottery site, have it and a copy of your government-issued ID notarized, and mail both to the West Virginia Lottery, 900 Pennsylvania Avenue, Charleston, WV 25302

Official page: wvlottery.com/iplay-with-purpose/self-exclusion — enroll there directly, never through a third-party site.

How do I get off the West Virginia self-exclusion list?

West Virginia publishes no menu of term lengths. Exclusion is indefinite, and after a minimum of one year you may apply for removal using the separate Self-Exclusion Removal Application - removal is possible, but never automatic.

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 excluded for at least one year.
2. 2 File the Self-Exclusion Removal Application. It is a separate form from the one you enrolled with.
3. 3 You remain on the list until the application is granted.

Winnings collected while excluded are confiscated and trespassing charges are possible. The one-year mark is when you may apply, not when the ban lifts.

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.

Can I use NVSEP in West Virginia?

Partly. NVSEP — the National Voluntary Self-Exclusion Program — is a free service that fills in and files state self-exclusion forms for you, and it does file in West Virginia. What it reaches here is fantasy sports and nothing else: not casinos, not sportsbooks, not the lottery. What NVSEP covers, state by state has the full roster.

What should I watch out for with West Virginia self-exclusion?

There is no menu of term lengths: exclusion is indefinite, with a minimum of one year before you may apply for removal using the separate Self-Exclusion Removal Application, so removal is possible but not automatic. Winnings while excluded are confiscated and trespassing charges are possible. The phone number is the WV Problem Gamblers Help Network (1-800-GAMBLER).

Is self-exclusion enough on its own in West Virginia?

West Virginia'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 West Virginia 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.

• Kentucky self-exclusion: sign-up and durations
• How to self-exclude in Maryland
• Ohio self-exclusion: sign-up and durations
• Pennsylvania's self-exclusion program
• Voluntary Exclusion Program (VEP) (Virginia)

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

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