Illinois Gambling Self-exclusion List

Section 3000.760 Distribution and Availability of Confidential Self-Exclusion List

The article linked above (and here) offers a few statistics on Illinois's statewide casino self-exclusion plan. In mid-April, 2014, there were more than 10,600 people on the self-exclusion list. In mid-April, 2014, there were more than 10,600 people on the self-exclusion list. Illinois Gaming Board officials acknowledge the technology to create a self-exclusion list exists but said that implementing it across the state’s 6,800 video gambling locations poses a huge hurdle and would likely lead to steep revenue declines.

a) The Board shall maintain and keep current the Self-Exclusion List. The List shall be updated and distributed in its entirety to each riverboat casino on a regular basis.

b) Upon placement on the Self-Exclusion List by the Administrator, the name and identifying information of the self-excluded person shall be distributed to each riverboat gaming operation.

c) No riverboat gaming operation may disclose the name of any person on the Self-Exclusion List to any third party unless specifically authorized by this Part or required by a court order specifically requiring the release of mental health records and information.

d) No owner licensee, occupational licensee or applicant or approved Key Person or Key Person applicant who obtains identifying information about a person on the Self-Exclusion List from any source may discloses the name or identifying information of the self-excluded person, except as necessary to effectuate, or as specifically permitted by, this Part.

e) Any licensee or applicant for license and any approved Key Person or Key Person applicant who knowingly discloses, authorizes disclosure, permits a disclosure, or otherwise assists in the disclosure of the identity of a person on the Self-Exclusion List shall be subject to discipline for each disclosure, including but not limited to any disclosure by any of its officers, directors, employees, attorneys, agents and contractors, unless the disclosure complies with the following provisions:

1) The disclosure is made on the same need to know basis restriction applicable to mental health information to staff for the sole purpose of effectuating the approved Internal Control responsibilities.

2) The disclosure is made for the sole purpose of effectuating the Self-Exclusion program and this Part as to any customer tracking system, customer identification system, chips and token exchange system, financial transactions system, or check and credit system.

3) The disclosure is made in compliance with the approved Internal Controls.

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f) Disclosure may be made to affiliate gaming operations with the prior written approval of the Administrator. A licensee seeking such approval must provide to the Administrator an explanation of the manner in which the identity of the self-excluded persons will be maintained confidentially by the affiliate gaming operations.

g) Nothing in this Section prohibits disclosure of the name of a person on the Self-Exclusion List to the Board or its staff or to a person authorized in writing by the self-excluded person on the Self-Exclusion List to receive such information.

(Source: Added at 26 Ill. Reg. 9307, effective June 14, 2002)

Section 3000.750 Establishment of a Self-Exclusion List

a) Any person who acknowledges that he or she has a gambling problem may request of the Board that he or she be excluded voluntarily from the area within the admission turnstiles of all riverboat gaming operations in Illinois on a permanent basis, except as limited by Section 3000.780. A person shall be placed on the Self-Exclusion List upon submission of all information and completion and execution of all forms required under Section 3000.755, as enforced by the Administrator.

b) Any person placed on the Self-Exclusion List shall be prohibited for a minimum of 5 years from entering the area within the admission turnstiles of any riverboat gaming operation in the State of Illinois. Any gaming operation in the United States owned or operated by an affiliate of an Illinois riverboat gaming operation may, in its sole discretion, prohibit a person placed on the Self-Exclusion List from entering its affiliated gaming operations. Any gaming regulatory agency in any state with which the Board enters into an agreement to share confidentially the information contained in the Self-Exclusion List may, in its sole discretion, prohibit a person placed on the Self-Exclusion List from entering any gaming operation within its jurisdiction.

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c) The Administrator shall maintain the Self-Exclusion List in a confidential manner.

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(Source: Amended at 31 Ill. Reg. 8098, effective June 14, 2007)