Colorado Proposes Statewide Self-Exclusion Database

Colorado is considering changing its self-exclusion rules for problem gamblers to create a statewide database that would be shared with all sportsbook operators in the state.

The new system would require the sportsbooks, both mobile and retail, to redirect the players wishing to self-exclude for one, three, or five years directly to a Colorado Division of Gaming portal that would put them in a statewide database. That database then would be redistributed to all 26 licensed sportsbook operators in the state, who would be required to exclude those players.

Players wishing to self-exclude in Colorado must now do so separately with each sportsbook operator they use, often giving them different terms and dates for their self-imposed gambling bans and without operators sharing information about their most at-risk clients.

Under the proposed emergency rule changes, which were discussed at a responsible gaming workshop with stakeholders Monday morning in a Division of Gaming conference room, the problem gambler would be told that self-excluding in Colorado may cause some operators to exclude them in other states where they operate as well.

Industry seems supportive

  
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