3770:2-8-03. Responsibilities of voluntarily excluded individuals  


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  • (A) Participants in the Ohio VEP agree to abide by all terms of the program, including refraining from entering all excluded facilities or otherwise participating or attempting to participate in any gambling or wagering activity offered at an excluded facility.

    (B) A participant who violates the terms of the Ohio VEP at a video lottery facility agrees to surrender to the Ohio lottery commission any money or thing of value the individual has converted or attempted to convert into a wagering instrument, and any prize won, claimed, or attempted to be claimed, at the excluded facility. Any money surrendered to the Ohio lottery commission will be used for the benefit of problem gambling programs in Ohio.

    (C) Participants in the Ohio VEP agree to forfeit all points or comps earned by the individual on or before the date the individual completed an application for the Ohio VEP. If at the time the individual completes an application to participate in the Ohio VEP, the individual is owed a cash amount from the excluded facility, the individual will retain the right to receive that amount from an excluded facility, even after enrollment in the Ohio VEP. To the extent that comps or points earned on or before the date an application is completed are redeemable for cash under an excluded facility's marketing program, the individual may claim that amount.

    (D) An individual who violates the terms of the Ohio VEP by entering an excluded facility may be subject to criminal prosecution.

    (E) The individual must remain a participant in the Ohio VEP for at least the minimum duration of exclusion selected by the individual before requesting to be removed.

    (F) An Ohio VEP participant may request to increase the duration of participation in the program at any time.


Effective: 12/24/2018
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates: 12/14/2023
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 3770.03
Rule Amplifies: 3770.01, 3770.02, 3770.03 , 3770.06, 3770.21