Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024
(a)
Any person may have his or her name placed on the self-exclusion list or
Internet self-exclusion list by submitting a request in the form and manner
required by this section.
(b) Any
person requesting placement on the self-exclusion list shall submit, in person,
a completed request for self-exclusion as required in (c) below. The request
shall be delivered to either the Identification Unit of the Division located at
the Arcade Building, Tennessee Avenue and the Boardwalk, in Atlantic City, or
to the Trenton office of the Division of Gaming Enforcement located at 140 East
Front Street. The Division may designate other locations for submission of
completed requests for self-exclusion in accordance with this subchapter, which
locations may be designated on a temporary basis. Any person submitting a
self-exclusion request shall be required to present valid identification
credentials containing his or her signature and either a photograph or a
general physical description. Any person requesting self-exclusion pursuant to
this subchapter shall be required to have his or her photograph taken by the
Division upon submission of the request.
(c) Any person requesting placement on the
Internet self-exclusion list shall submit through his or her Internet gaming
account using strong authentication as defined in
13:69O-1.1 or other means approved
by the Division, a completed request for Internet self-exclusion as required in
(d) below. Notwithstanding the above, if a person requests to be placed on the
Internet self-exclusion list for life such request shall be made in person at a
location designated by the Division.
(d) A request for self-exclusion or Internet
self-exclusion shall be in a form prescribed by the Division, which form shall
include:
1. The following identifying
information concerning the person submitting the request:
i. The name, including any aliases or
nicknames;
ii. The date of
birth;
iii. The address of current
residence;
iv. The telephone number
of current residence; and
v. The
Social Security Number, which information is voluntarily provided in accordance
with section 7 of the Privacy Act,
5 U.S.C. §
552a; and
vi. For self-exclusion, a physical
description of the person, including height, weight, gender, hair color, eye
color, and any other physical characteristic that may assist in the
identification of the person;
2. The length of self-exclusion or Internet
self-exclusion, as applicable, requested by the person:
i. One year;
ii. Five years; or
iii. Lifetime;
3. A waiver and release, which shall release
and forever discharge the State of New Jersey, the Division, and its employees
and agents, and all casino licensees and their employees and agents from any
liability to the person requesting self-exclusion or Internet self-exclusion,
as applicable, and his or her heirs, administrators, executors, and assigns for
any harm, monetary or otherwise, which may arise out of or by reason of any act
or omission relating to the request for self-exclusion or Internet
self-exclusion, as applicable, or request for removal from the self-exclusion
list or Internet self-exclusion list, including:
i. Its processing or enforcement;
ii. The failure of a casino licensee to
withhold gaming privileges from, or restore gaming privileges to, a
self-excluded person;
iii.
Permitting a self-excluded person to engage in gaming activity in a licensed
casino or simulcasting facility while on the list of self-excluded
persons;
iv. Permitting an Internet
self-excluded person to engage in Internet gaming activity while on the list of
Internet gaming self-excluded persons; and
v. Disclosure of the information contained in
the self-exclusion or Internet self-exclusion request or list, except for a
willfully unlawful disclosure of such information;
4. For self-exclusion:
i. The signature of the person submitting the
request indicating acknowledgment of the following statement:
"I am voluntarily requesting exclusion from all gaming
activities at all New Jersey licensed casinos and simulcasting facilities. I
certify that the information that I have provided above is true and accurate,
and that I have read and understand and agree to the waiver and release
included with this request for self-exclusion. I am aware that my signature
below authorizes the Division of Gaming Enforcement to direct all New Jersey
casino licensees to restrict my gaming activities in accordance with this
request and, unless I have requested to be excluded for life, until such time
as the Division removes my name from the self-exclusion list in response to my
written request to terminate my voluntary self-exclusion. I am aware and agree
that during any period of self-exclusion any money or thing of value seized
from me, or owed to me by, a casino licensee shall be subject to
forfeiture.";
ii. The type
of identification credentials examined containing the signature of the person
requesting self-exclusion, and whether said credentials included a photograph
or general physical description of the person; and
iii. The signature of a Division employee
authorized to accept such request, indicating that the signature of the person
on the request for self-exclusion appears to agree with that contained on his
or her identification credentials and that any photograph or physical
description of the person appears to agree with his or her actual
appearance.
5. For
Internet self-exclusion:
i. The Internet
gaming system shall provide a link within the patrons Internet gaming account
directly to an Internet self-exclusion application form and provide his or her
acknowledgment of the following statement: "I am voluntarily requesting
exclusion from all New Jersey Internet gaming . I certify that the information
I have provided is true and accurate, and that I have read and understand and
agree to the waiver and release included with this request for Internet
self-exclusion. I am aware that my digital signature authorizes the Division of
Gaming Enforcement to direct all New Jersey casino licensees to restrict my
Internet gaming in accordance with this request and until such time as the
Division removes my name from the Internet self-exclusion list in response to
my request to terminate my voluntary Internet self-exclusion. I am aware and
agree that during any period of Internet self-exclusion any money or thing of
value seized from me, or owed to me by, a casino licensee shall be subject to
forfeiture."; and
ii. The Division
shall confirm the patron's request to be placed on the Internet gaming
self-exclusion list.
