Missouri Casino Loss Limit

The Missouri Gaming Association membership includes representatives of the 13 Missouri casino properties. We also help casino companies and their business allies operate and grow responsibly in today’s challenging legislative, regulatory, and legal environment. MGA supports its membership with research and analysis on a variety of market. Laws regulating Missouri casinos have continued to evolve since voters approved riverboat gambling in November 1992. In November 2008, a statewide referendum abolished a loss-limit provision.

Missouri Casino Loss Limits

A Problem Gambler who has been on the List of Disassociated Persons ('Problem Gambling List') for AT LEAST 5 years may formally request removal from the Problem Gambling List by properly completing the Request for Removal form, submitting a photo with the application packet, and submitting the completed removal application to:

Please do not call the Commission to attempt to confirm placement on the Problem Gambling List for at least 5 years – this confirmation will not be provided over the phone due to confidentiality concerns. Individuals desiring removal from the Problem Gambling List who think they may have been on the Problem Gambling List for 5 years or more should submit the Request for Removal per the procedures noted previously.

The Commission provides written notification of whether the Request for Removal was approved or invalid. If the minimum 5 years on the Problem Gambling List have not been completed, the notification will include the date the individual will be eligible to request removal from the Problem Gambling List.

Missouri Casino Loss Limitations

Removal from the Problem Gambling List is not effective until the individual has received written notification from the Missouri Gaming Commission that their name has been removed from the Problem Gambling List.

Missouri Casino Loss Limit Rules

Each Missouri casino licensee may choose to continue exclusion or reinstate privileges for former Disassociated Persons (individuals who have been removed from the Problem Gambling List) at the licensee's sole discretion. It is the INDIVIDUAL'S responsibility to contact the casino(s) directly, by mail or telephone, to discuss the possibility of reinstatement.

Missouri Casino Loss Limitation

How long will it take to process a Request for Removal?

Request for Removal applications are processed in the order they are received, regardless of whether the documents are submitted via mail or personal delivery. Depending on the volume of completed applications for placement on the Problem Gambling List and removal requests received, a Request for Removal may take 60 days or more to process.