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Iowa Adopts Self-Banning Rules

IOWA – As reported by the Des Moines Register: "Iowans addicted to gambling will have an easier time banning themselves from casinos under rules being adopted by state regulators.

"Iowa's casino industry, since at least the mid-1990s, has allowed thousands of people with gambling problems to file paperwork at individual riverboats and racetracks to have themselves permanently excluded as customers.

"Now, under a bill passed during the last legislative session, people will have the option of banning themselves throughout Iowa by completing a single form at one casino, said Wes Ehrecke, president of the Iowa Gaming Association, a casino trade group.

"By enrolling in the program and having a photo taken, a person agrees that he or she can be arrested for trespassing and will forfeit to the Iowa Gambling Treatment Program any winnings, slot machine credits or casino chips, Ehrecke said…"

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