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Getting help in Washington

If you’re ready for a life after betting, here’s a simple path in WA. Official details are below.

1. Step 1: Block access

   • BetBlocker (free) or Gamban
   • Ask someone you trust to hold the admin PIN
   • Mute or remove sportsbook apps and notifications

2. Step 2: Self-exclude

   What’s legal here: Tribal retail + on-premise mobile sports only. Card rooms, tribal casinos, lottery available.

   • Card room exclusion + Lottery Voluntary Self-Exclusion · Washington State Gambling Commission + Washington’s Lottery
   • Open the official page / enrollment path
   • How to enroll: Card rooms: in person at a house-banked card room or Commission (Lacey), or notarized mail. Lottery: separate Voluntary Self-Exclusion at walottery.com. Tribal casinos run their own programs.
   • Terms: Card rooms historically 1, 3, 5, or 10 years (not auto-removed). Lottery: 1, 3, or 5 years.
   • Coverage: Privately owned house-banked card rooms statewide; Lottery prizes/second-chance/My Lottery 360 for the lottery path. Tribal casinos separate. No statewide online sports betting.

   Verified 200 wsgc.wa.gov/problem-gambling and walottery SelfExclusion (Oct 2026).

   Before you enroll: withdraw balances you can, save records you might need, cancel recurring deposits. Many terms can’t be shortened. If this state has no statewide list, use blockers, helplines, GA, and operator tools anyway.

3. Step 3: Protect your money

   • Withdraw remaining balances where possible
   • Cancel autopay and remove saved payment methods
   • Download win/loss or tax records you may need later

4. Step 4: Get support

   • WSGC problem gambling page. Call or text 1-800-GAMBLER / 1-800-MY-RESET.
   • National: call or text 1-800-GAMBLER / 1-800-522-4700 / 1-800-MY-RESET
   • Gamblers Anonymous meetings
   • Gam-Anon for family & friends
   • SMART Recovery
   • My Progress tracker (private, on your device)