California Department of Justicewww.ag.ca.gov/gambling/responsible.php

CaliforniaSelf-Exclusion Program

Assistance for Problem Gamblers

Do You Need Help? Answer the following questions:

1) Have you ever tried to stop gambling but needed help to stop?

YES or NO

2) Have friends or family members ever told you that you may have a gambling problem?

YES or NO

3) Do you feel the need to make more money by gambling?

YES or NO

If you can answer “YES” to any of these questions, take a moment to learn about the services available to you.

Where to go for help:

Gamblers AnonymousA 12-step self-help group

www.gamblersanonymous.org

Gam-Anon A 12-step self-help group for family

members of problem gamblers www.gam-anon.org

California Council on Problem Gambling

www.calproblemgambling.org

California Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs, Office of Problem Gamblinghttp://www.adp.ca.gov/opg/

UCLA Gambling Studies Programwww.uclagamblingprogram.org

(310) 825-4845

Bureau of Gambling Controlwww.ag.ca.gov/gambling/

(916) 263-3408

For more information, please call or visit our website on responsible gambling at:

California Department of Justice’s Bureau of Gambling Control

www.ag.ca.gov/gambling/responsible.php

Responsible Gambling ProgramP.O. Box 168024 • Sacramento, CA • 95816-8024

Phone: (916) 263-5380 • Fax: (916) 263-0928 E-mail: gamblingcontrol@doj.ca.gov

During the completion of a self-exclusion form, you may choose from one of the following irrevocable exclusion terms:

• One year (If a one-year term is chosen, access to licensed cardrooms and gambling activities are automatically restored one year after the form is completed.)

• Five years (If a five-year term is chosen, access to licensed cardrooms and gambling activities are automatically restored five years after the form is completed.)

• Lifetime (Remember, if a lifetime term is chosen, it is completely irrevocable and access to licensed cardrooms and gambling activites will never be reinstated.)

What is the Self-Exclusion Program? What are the Exclusion Terms? What Happens After the Form is Completed?The California Department of Justice’s Bureau

of Gambling Control maintains a Self-Exclusion Program. The program helps people who have a gambling problem stay out of California licensed cardrooms. You can volunteer to self-exclude yourself from entering these cardrooms by completing a self-exclusion form for either one year, five years, or for life.

Follow these easy steps to participate:(Steps 1-3 may take anywhere from 10 to 15 minutes.)

Step 1: Complete a self-exclusion form.

Step 2: Have the form witnessed by a licensed cardroom key employee or have it notarized.

Step 3: If notarized, send us the form immediately; if witnessed by a key employee, give the form to the key employee for submission.

Step 4: Don’t enter any licensed cardrooms in California, and please seek treatment from Gamblers Anonymous or inpatient/outpatient counseling centers.

Self-exclusion forms are available at all licensed cardrooms and can be downloaded from our website at www.ag.ca.gov/gambling/responsible.php or from the California Gambling Control Commission’s website at www.cgcc.ca.gov/forms by clicking “Responsible Gambling.”

24-hour self-help hotline live and confidential1-800-GAMBLER

Before the expiration of a one-year or five-year exclusion term, we send a letter to all licensed cardrooms and the exclusion participant to notify them of the expiration.

If an exclusion participant visits a licensed cardroom, the cardroom is required to remove the participant from the premises and notify us of the incident.

If an exclusion participant is found playing in a licensed cardroom, their money is confiscated and sent to the Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs, Office of Problem Gambling, for problem gambling prevention and treatment services.