The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board (PGCB) announced that its Casino Self-Exclusion Program has added its 20,000th participant.
“The Casino Self-Exclusion Program, along with the agency’s three other self-exclusion programs, are effective and proven tools that allow for individuals to regain control over their lives, and to learn about other recovery resources,” said PGCB Director of the Office of Compulsive and Problem Gambling Elizabeth Lanza in a statement.
“The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board encourages anyone who thinks they may have a gambling problem to seek treatment and consider taking advantage of the voluntary Self-Exclusion Programs.”
Addition to the self-exclusion list prohibits gamblers from wagering in any Pennsylvania casino. Gaming operators are required to refuse wagers from excluded customers, and to deny them player club memberships or comps. Self-excluded customers can be charged with criminal trespass upon entering a casino.
The list was created in 2006, when the first Pennsylvania casino opened. Of the 20,000 on the list, 21 percent have chosen lifetime bans.
