FAQs

Time Out Ohio is a partnership between the Ohio Casino Control Commission and the Ohio Lottery Commission that allows individuals to voluntarily agree to refrain from accessing Ohio’s casinos, Ohio’s racinos, and Ohio sports gaming.

No. Time Out Ohio is a voluntary program. Once enrolled, an individual must agree to participate for the minimum duration of their selected term length.

You may complete an enrollment application via the Time Out Ohio Online Portal at www.TimeOutOhio.com, at any of the 4 Ohio casinos, the 7 Ohio Video Lottery Terminal facilities (racinos), and at the Ohio Casino Control Commission Central Office in downtown Columbus.

For additional means for completing an enrollment application, please email TimeOut@Ohio.gov.

You may complete an enrollment application via the Time Out Ohio Online portal, the 4 Ohio casinos, the 7 Ohio racinos 24/7. You may also complete enrollment at the Ohio Casino Control Commission Central Office during normal business hours.

Time Out Ohio allows an individual to complete an application to voluntarily agree to refrain from accessing or entering all banned facilities and all banned entities in the state of Ohio for a period of one year, five years, or a lifetime. 

Banned entities and banned facilities are defined as the 4 Ohio casinos, the 7 Ohio Video Lottery Terminal facilities (racinos), all sports gaming facility sportsbooks, and all sports gaming conducted by sports gaming proprietors including all Lottery sports gaming products.

In addition, banned entity operators and excluded facility operators may have a corporate policy that will cause this ban to apply at other facilities or offerings they have in other states and countries. It is your responsibility to determine if any entity or facility has a policy that will ban them from playing at or visiting those other gaming entities or gaming facilities.

When completing an enrollment application using www.TimeOutOhio.com, you will need a camera-ready device, your government-issued ID, and your full social security number to be able to verify your identity.

When completing an enrollment application at one of the 4 Ohio casinos, one of the 7 Ohio racinos, or at the Ohio Casino Control Commission Central Office, Commission staff will first attempt to use the Time Out Ohio Online Portal using a provided camera-ready device. You would still need to provide your government-issued ID and your full social security number.

If you do not wish to disclose your social security number, Commission staff will make alternate arrangements to verify your identity.

Due to the voluntary nature of the program, Commission staff must be able to verify your identity when enrolling in Time Out Ohio.

The Ohio Casino Control Commission and the Ohio Lottery Commission, as well as all banned entities and facilities, will comply with all rules protecting your confidentiality. However, the Commissions must release information regarding the Time Out Ohio to all banned entities and facilities so that the Commissions and the banned entities and facilities can help you fulfill your commitment to refrain from gambling. Accordingly, the Commissions cannot guarantee the confidentiality of the information once the information has been shared.

Additionally, the Commissions may disclose anonymized information from the Time Out Ohio to research entities for the purpose of evaluating the effectiveness of and ensuring the proper administration of the Voluntary Program.

The term lengths for the Time Out Ohio are for the minimum duration of 1 year, for the minimum duration of 5 years, and for a lifetime.

To enroll in the Time Out Ohio, you must agree to forfeit all points, complimentaries, and promotional credits at any of the 4 Ohio casinos, the 7 Ohio racinos, and any Ohio sports gaming proprietor.

Due to corporate policies from banned operators, points, complimentaries, and promotional credits at a banned operator’s other facilities or offerings in other states and countries may also be forfeited.

Banned operators may have a corporate policy that will cause this ban to apply at other facilities or offerings they have in other states and countries. It is your responsibility to determine if any entity or facility has a policy that will ban you from playing at or visiting those other gaming entities or gaming facilities.

Yes. You may re-enroll in the Time Out Ohio at any time given that your most recent enrollment application requires that your serve the minimum duration of your previously selected term length. (For example, if you completed an application for a 5-year term, you would not be eligible to submit a new application for an additional 1 year term until you had less than 1 year remaining).

You may complete an enrollment application via the Time Out Ohio Online Portal at www.TimeOutOhio.com at any of the 4 Ohio casinos, at any of the 7 Ohio racinos, and at the Ohio Casino Control Commission Central Office in downtown Columbus.

For additional means for completing an enrollment application, please email TimeOut@Ohio.gov.

Yes. If your current Ohio VEP enrollment application was completed before January 1, 2023, you may enroll in Time Out Ohio to include sports gaming and select any term you choose (1 year, 5 years, or a lifetime). Your new term length will supersede your previously selected term length. and you will be banned from 4 Ohio casinos, the 7 Ohio racinos, all sports gaming facilities, and all sports gaming conducted by sports gaming proprietors.

If you wish to be able to access your information via the online portal after you have completed the enrollment process, you must register using a valid email address. If you do not currently have an email address, you can register for a free email account using a common email provider such as:

Yahoo: https://mail.yahoo.com

Gmail: https://mail.google.com

Outlook: https://outlook.live.com

If you do not wish to use an email address, you may still enroll; however, you will not be able to access your information via the online portal after completing the enrollment process and instead will need to contact the Commission offices for information regarding your enrollment. A temporary sign in will be created to complete the enrollment process.

If you are discovered at a banned facility or banned entity after enrolling in Time Out Ohio, you must surrender any money or thing of value that you convert or attempt to convert into a wagering instrument (such as jackpots, slot tickets, TITOs, chips) and any winnings gained from these. These surrendered funds will be used to fund state problem gambling and addictions services. 

Upon your discovery, you will be removed, and you may be charged with criminal trespassing.

Current and future employees and those who are required to access banned facilities for the purposes of performing required job duties are eligible to enroll in Time Out Ohio.

If you are a current participant in Time Out Ohio, please contact the applicable Commission to request limited access for the purpose of performing required job duties.

All actions that either the Commissions or the banned entities or facilities may take are incentives that you are asking the Commissions and the banned entities and facilities use to help you fulfill your commitment to refrain from gambling. These actions are not a guarantee that any party, including the Commissions, can physically prevent you from gambling via banned entities or facilities.

At the end of the applicable banned period, you are not automatically removed from Time Out Ohio, and you will need to complete a request for removal application and receive notification of its approval before returning to any banned facility or banned entity.

Requests for removal applications can be completed via the Time Out Ohio Portal or requested from either Commission after you serve the minimum duration of their selected term length.

If you have created an account on the Time Out Ohio Online Portal, you can access your information, including your eligibility to request removal, on the Time Out Ohio Online Portal.

If you do not have an account, and you wish to access your information, you can create an account at www.TimeOutOhio.com.

If you do not wish to create an account, you may contact the Commissions at timeout@ohio.gov to inquire about your eligibility to request removal. 

If you have created an account, you can access your information and submit a request for removal application via the Time Out Ohio Online Portal, at any of the 4 Ohio casinos, at any of the 7 Ohio racinos., or at the Ohio Casino Control Commission Central Office in downtown Columbus.

If you do not have an account, and you wish to access your information and submit a request for removal application, you can create an account at www.TimeOutOhio.com.

If you do not wish to create an account and submit a removal application via the Time Out Ohio Online Portal, you may complete a request for removal via a paper application at any of the 4 Ohio casinos, at any of the 7 Ohio racinos, or at the Ohio Casino Control Commission Central Office in downtown Columbus.

For additional means for completing a request for removal application, please email TimeOut@Ohio.gov.

To request removal via the Time Out Ohio Online Portal, you will need your sign-in information, including your username and password.

Whether submitting a request for removal via the Time Out Ohio Online Portal or via a paper application any of the 4 Ohio casinos, at any of the 7 Ohio racinos, or at the Ohio Casino Control Commission Central Office in downtown Columbus, you will need to provide your government-issued ID for identity verification.

You may complete a request for removal application via the Time Out Ohio Online portal, the 4 Ohio casinos, and the 7 Ohio racinos 24/7. You may complete an enrollment application at the Ohio Casino Control Commission Central Office during normal business hours.

Yes. You may re-enroll in the Time Out Ohio an unlimited number of times.

No. You may re-enroll in Time Out Ohio at any time given that your most recent enrollment application requires that your serve the minimum duration of your previously selected term length (For example, if you completed an application for a 5-year term, you would not be eligible to submit a new application for an additional 1 year term until you had less than 1 year remaining).

You may complete an enrollment application via the Time Out Ohio Online Portal at www.TimeOutOhio.com, at any of the 4 Ohio casinos, at any of the 7 Ohio Video Lottery Terminal facilities (racinos), and at the Ohio Casino Control Commission Central Office in downtown Columbus.

For additional means for completing an enrollment application, please email TimeOut@Ohio.gov.

The 4 Ohio casinos, the 7 Ohio Video Lottery Terminal facilities (racinos), all sports gaming facilities, and all sports gaming proprietors have options to prevent you from receiving direct marketing through mail and email and options to prevent you from receiving credit. You must contact the operator(s) directly to enroll in these options.

Sports gaming mobile management service providers allow you to set limits on time and money spent, deposits and wager amounts, and other limit setting options directly inside of the app. Please direct any questions to the specific sports gaming proprietor with which you wish to set limits.

Some Ohio-specific resources for gambling responsibly include If you Gamble, Get Set Before You Bet and Keep it Fun Ohio. Please visit these resources for more information on gambling responsibly.

Resources for gambling treatment services and peer support services can be found in the Problem Gambling Resources section.

For immediate assistance in finding problem gambling resources, you can call the Ohio Problem Gambling Helpline at 1-800-589-9966 or use the live chat feature here.

If you or a loved one is experiencing suicidal thoughts, call 988, the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline.

For more information on on Time Out Ohio, please contact Cory Brown, Manager of Problem Gambling Services with the Ohio Casino Control Commission, at (614) 387-5854 or Susan Diamond, Responsible Gambling Program Coordinator with the Ohio Lottery Commission, at (216) 774-5738.