DES MOINES – Persons who have banned themselves for life from Iowa casinos may have the option of returning, after the Iowa Senate approved legislation Tuesday that would allow those gamblers to apply to have their ban lifted.
Under Senate File 204, which passed 46-2 in the Democratically-controlled Senate, banned persons could apply to have the ban lifted after five years. The option of just a five year ban would also be offered, versus the only option now, which is a ban for life.
Currently, a self-imposed ban from Iowa casinos is for life and there is no way to undo it. By signing an exclusion form, a person can voluntarily request a lifetime ban from all casinos in Iowa. This form will then be disseminated to all IGA member casinos (The two tribal casinos are exempt from participation). The form can be downloaded and taken to the nearest casino.
I believe that a person on persons can become wiser with age and therefore we should be allowed if not privileged after a certain period of time to lift a state wide bar food for thought
The problem with the current ban is… They didn’t explain it THOROUGHLY !! I had NO IDEA it was imposed in OTHER states !! I did some checking and there seems to be NO training or guidelines to how this is presented. The state knows they have had problems with the way it was presented and explained, because I know I am not the only one who later found out they couldn’t go into a casino in another state….. I would be interested in contributing to a lawsuit to get out of it !
okay so I ban myself from the Waterloo Casino now I Drive one hour to go to the Indian Reservation in Tama so tell me what is the difference between driving there in spending my money are staying in town spending my money
Excluded myself because of frequency, not a gambling proble. If I wish to gamble, I simply drive a few miles in any of three directions to an out-of-state casino. lose some money and come back home.
Note to Citizen: Thankfully, there is help and treatment for gambling. The fact that a person would want their name off the “banned” list should be a major red flag. Sadly there is no treatment program for assholism so it looks like you’re doomed.
Now WHY do you thick this is happening? Because the casinos lobbied for it and your bought and paid for representatives are going along. Problem gamblers are good income gamblers for the casino so we got to get that changed.
You don’t get it. Our government is sold to the highest bidder today on every level.
Always follow the money.
Why make society responsible for the bad choices these people make? If they wish to throw away their money in a casino, let them. Their choice, their loss.
Wow what away to get more money from sick people. Lets band AAA meetings after 5 years people won’t need it!