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Gambling Self-Exclusion in South Carolina

South Carolina has some of the strictest gambling laws in the US - the state lottery and limited charitable raffles/bingo are essentially the only legal gambling; there are no casinos, no sports betting, and no legal online gambling.

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The short answer

South Carolina has no statewide self-exclusion program and no gaming commission to run one. Proposed sports betting bills would create a voluntary exclusion list, but none has passed. First move: Call the SC Gambling Helpline at 1-877-452-5155, run through the SC Department of Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Services (DAODAS), which funds gambling addiction treatment in every county.

Can I use NVSEP in South Carolina?

Partly. NVSEP — the National Voluntary Self-Exclusion Program — is a free service that fills in and files state self-exclusion forms for you, and it does file in South Carolina. What it reaches here is fantasy sports and nothing else: not casinos, not sportsbooks, not the lottery. What NVSEP covers, state by state has the full roster.

What can I do instead in South Carolina?

South Carolina has no statewide self-exclusion program and no gaming commission to run one. Proposed sports betting bills would create a voluntary exclusion list, but none has passed.

  1. 1 Call the SC Gambling Helpline at 1-877-452-5155, run through the SC Department of Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Services (DAODAS), which funds gambling addiction treatment in every county.
  2. 2 Self-exclude individually within any offshore or sweepstakes app you use.
  3. 3 Install blocking software such as Gamban or BetBlocker.
  4. 4 The National Problem Gambling Helpline, 1-800-MY-RESET (1-800-697-3738), also serves South Carolina.

Is self-exclusion enough on its own in South Carolina?

With no statewide list to join, the gaps in South Carolina are wider, not narrower — operator-by-operator bans miss anything you have not thought of, and offshore sites ignore all of it. The setup that holds is layered: self-exclusion, plus a ban inside each betting app you hold, plus a gambling-blocking software on every device plus a card block that stops the deposit itself. For the full walkthrough, start with our self-exclusion guide or the complete guide to quitting gambling.

Gambling across the South Carolina line?

A state program only binds operators licensed in that state. If you drive to a casino or bet on an app registered next door, you need that state's ban too.

Or compare every US state's program side by side.

Frequently asked questions

Does South Carolina have a gambling self-exclusion program?
No. South Carolina runs no statewide voluntary self-exclusion program you can sign up for. That does not leave you without options — see below.
What can I do instead in South Carolina?
1. Call the SC Gambling Helpline at 1-877-452-5155, run through the SC Department of Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Services (DAODAS), which funds gambling addiction treatment in every county. 2. Self-exclude individually within any offshore or sweepstakes app you use. 3. Install blocking software such as Gamban or BetBlocker. 4. The National Problem Gambling Helpline, 1-800-MY-RESET (1-800-697-3738), also serves South Carolina.
Is there any statewide list I can put my name on in South Carolina?
Not a voluntary one. Where South Carolina keeps an exclusion list at all it is enforcement-run — a regulator bars someone, it is not a form you fill in. The bans that work here are the ones you set up operator by operator, plus blocking software and a bank gambling block.
Does anything protect me from offshore and crypto gambling sites?
No self-exclusion scheme does, in any state. Offshore and crypto casinos ignore them entirely, which is why a gambling blocker app and a bank gambling block matter more in South Carolina than almost anywhere else.

South Carolina runs no statewide program. These layers still work.

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