Self-exclusion in Missouri

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

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Programme: Two separate Missouri Gaming Commission lists, and joining one does not join the other. The List of Disassociated Persons (DAP), 'also referred to as the Problem Gambling List', is Missouri's long-standing casino self-exclusion list, 'designed in 1996 as a recovery tool'. The List of Self-Excluded Persons (SEP List) is a newer, separate list for sports wagering. Do not confuse either with the Commission's involuntary 'Exclusion List', which is something else entirely.mgc.dps.mo.gov, checked 3 October 2026
Covers online betting: Yes, but only through the separate sports wagering SEP List, which reaches online accounts: operators must deny a listed person 'Creation of online sports wagering accounts', 'Sports wagering privileges', and the collection of 'all winnings for mobile wagers... for wagers placed after placement on the SEP List'. The casino DAP List does not cover sports betting — it is the Commission's casino list, and sports wagering sits on the SEP List instead (see note).The quotations above are from the sports wagering rule 11 CSR 45-20.600 cited here. The split between the two lists is stated separately, on the Commission's DAP page at https://www.mgc.dps.mo.gov/DAP/dap_about.html, which describes the DAP List as "specific to casino gambling in Missouri" and the SEP List as "specific to sports wagering in Missouri".mgc.dps.mo.gov, checked 3 October 2026
Covers casinos and shops: Yes. 'The Problem Gambling List consists of those persons who have voluntarily declared that they desire to self-exclude from ALL licensed casinos in the State of Missouri because they are problem gamblers.' The list also directs casinos to drop you from their direct marketing lists, refuse check cashing and credit privileges, deny participation in player programmes, and forfeit the points and complimentaries you have earned (wording in the note). Retail sports betting is covered by the separate SEP List.The casinos' obligations are set out on the Commission's DAP page at https://www.mgc.dps.mo.gov/DAP/dap_about.html, not in the FAQ cited here. That page says the DAP List directs Missouri riverboat casino operators to: "remove Disassociated Persons from all direct marketing lists; refuse check cashing and credit privileges; deny participation in player programs; and forfeit all points or complementaries earned by the individual."mgc.dps.mo.gov, checked 3 October 2026
Covers the lottery: Not confirmed. Neither the DAP pages, the DAP application, nor the sports wagering SEP rule mentions the Missouri Lottery. The DAP material refers only to licensed casinos, and separately notes that fantasy sports contest operators must remove a listed individual from their direct marketing lists. That silence is not a 'no' — ask the Missouri Lottery whether it runs any exclusion of its own. Check with Missouri Gaming Commission, PO Box 1847, Jefferson City MO 65102 — Jefferson City office (573) 526-4080.mgc.dps.mo.gov, checked 3 October 2026
How long you can choose: The casino DAP List has no menu of lengths — placement is open-ended. The application you sign says: 'Your name will remain on the List indefinitely. You may apply to the Commission to have your name removed from the List no sooner than five years after placement on the List.' The sports wagering SEP List is a fixed five years instead (see note).The open-ended DAP wording quoted above is on the application form cited here. The five-year SEP term is in the Commission's sports wagering rule 11 CSR 45-20.600 at https://www.mgc.dps.mo.gov/RulesNRegs/csr_proposed/2025_csr_prop/August_2025/11%20CSR%2045-20.600%20Proposed%20Rule.pdf, which reads: "The individual filing an initial application for placement on the SEP List is requesting to be excluded from sports wagering activities for five (5) years."mgc.dps.mo.gov, checked 3 October 2026
Can it be undone: Only after five years, only if you ask, and there is a one-way door. Clause 12 of the application: 'Your name will remain on the List indefinitely. You may apply to the Commission to have your name removed from the List no sooner than five years after placement on the List.' Clause 13: 'If you apply for and have your name removed from the List, and later reapply to be placed on the List, your placement on the List is irrevocable for life.'Both sentences are on the application form itself, which is why that is cited here rather than the removal page. The mechanics of coming off are set out separately at https://www.mgc.dps.mo.gov/DAP/dap_offList.html: a request 'may take 60 days or more to process', is not effective until the Commission writes to confirm it, and each casino 'may choose to continue exclusion or reinstate privileges ... at the licensee's sole discretion', so removal from the list is not the same as being let back in. The sports wagering list is separate and behaves differently.mgc.dps.mo.gov, checked 3 October 2026
What happens when it ends: The two lists behave in opposite ways. The casino list does not expire: 'Your name will remain on the List indefinitely', and you must apply to come off, no sooner than five years. The sports betting list does expire on its own after five years.The sports betting half is in the Commission's rule 11 CSR 45-20.600 at https://www.mgc.dps.mo.gov/RulesNRegs/csr_proposed/2025_csr_prop/August_2025/11%20CSR%2045-20.600%20Proposed%20Rule.pdf, which reads: "At the end of the five-(5-)year exclusion period, the individual will be automatically removed from the SEP List, unless the self-excluded person requests to remain on the SEP List for an additional five (5) years." So doing nothing keeps you off the casinos forever and puts you back in the sportsbooks after five years, which is the opposite of what most people would assume.mgc.dps.mo.gov, checked 3 October 2026
How you sign up: For the casino DAP List, in person at a Missouri Gaming Commission office — the FAQ gives the Jefferson City office on (573) 526-4080 — using the Application for Placement on the Problem Gambling List, with an interpreter form if needed. Only the individual can do it: 'A person may not place another person on the Problem Gambling List.' Your details go into a statewide self-exclusion database.mgc.dps.mo.gov, checked 3 October 2026

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Missouri's reputation as the lifetime-only state needs updating, carefully. The casino list is not literally lifetime any more: your name stays on it 'indefinitely' and you may apply for removal after five years. But it behaves like one in two ways that matter. Doing nothing keeps you on it forever, and if you come off and later rejoin, your placement 'is irrevocable for life'. Sports betting is a separate list that expires on its own, so someone on both lists who assumes both will hold is wrong about one of them.

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