The Time Out Ohio Voluntary Program
Ohio Casino Control and the Ohio Lottery Commission’s partners to administer this program. This program offers individuals the ability to ban themselves from Ohio’s casinos, Ohio racinos and Ohio sports gaming for one year, five years or their lifetime. Once the request is validated, you are not permitted access to any Ohio casino, racino properties and to participate in Ohio sports gaming during the length of the self imposed ban. This ban may include affiliated properties outside of Ohio.
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HOW IT WORKS
- Applicant must request enrollment voluntarily
- Applicants’ personal information is confidential
- Applicants can sign up for Time Out Ohio at any of the four casino and seven racino location or through
- Applicants have the option of banning from the Ohio properties and all Ohio sports betting for one year, five years or a lifetime
- Applicants cannot be under the influence of any substance at the time of enrollment request
- Once enrolled in Time Out Ohio, these properties may expand bans across all properties outside of Ohio – national and international
- The casino/racino/sportsbook operators are required to make all reasonable attempts to stop all direct marketing efforts to participants
- The Ohio Voluntary Exclusion Program (Ohio VEP) has been branded as Time Out Ohio. Time Out Ohio includes all aspects of the Ohio VEP, including all active participant agreements.
TAKE A BREAK
Ready to take a time out from gambling?
Signing up only takes a minute.
NEED HELP STAYING OFF GAMBLING APPS?
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Gamban helps you avoid temptation by blocking access to gambling websites and apps.
WONDERING IF YOU MAY HAVE A PROBLEM?
The first step in overcoming a problem with gambling is identifying it.
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Visit GamblingHelpOhio.org to search by ZIP code or City to find local, professional problem gambling counseling, self-help/peer support groups, locate support groups for friends/family of problem gamblers and resources on how to identify or prevent a gambling problem.
Other Resources
During your call to the Ohio Problem Gambling Helpline, you may request to be transferred to a problem gambling specialist for additional resources.
National Problem Gambling Helpline
National Suicide Prevention Hotline
Crisis Text Line
Text 4hope to 741741