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Getting help in Pennsylvania

If you’re ready for a life after betting, here’s a simple path in PA. 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: Online and retail sports betting legal. Casinos, iGaming, VGTs, fantasy, and lottery available.

   • Self-Exclusion (Casino, iGaming, VGT, Fantasy; separate tracks) · Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board (PGCB)
   • Open the official page / enrollment path
   • How to enroll: Online via PGCB self-exclusion portal, or by appointment at a PGCB office / licensed facility. Office of Compulsive and Problem Gambling: 717-346-8300 · problemgambling@pa.gov.
   • Terms: You choose length at enrollment. Casino 1- or 5-year exclusions stay until you request removal after the ban; iGaming/VGT/Fantasy generally expire unless extended.
   • Coverage: Separate programs: casinos & offsite venues, interactive (online) gambling, video gaming terminals, fantasy contests. Enroll in each you need.

   Verified from responsibleplay.pa.gov/self-exclusion/

   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

   • 1-800-GAMBLER. National: 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)