{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-5-5-65.1","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 5:5-65.1","heading":"List of persons voluntarily excluded from certain racetracks, wagering.","body":"1. a. The commission shall provide by regulation for the establishment of a list of persons who voluntarily seek to be excluded from entry into permitted racetracks and licensed off-track wagering facilities located in this State and from opening or maintaining a wagering account with the account wagering system, with the exchange wagering system, or with the fixed odds wagering system established in this State.  A person may request placement on the self-exclusion list by acknowledging in a manner to be established by the commission that the person is a problem gambler and by agreeing that, during a period of voluntary exclusion, the person may not collect winnings or recover losses resulting from wagering at a racetrack or off-track wagering facility or from account wagering, exchange wagering, or fixed odds wagering.\nb.\tThe commission shall promulgate regulations to: (1) establish procedures for placements on, and removals from, the list of self-excluded persons; (2) establish procedures for the transmittal to the permitted racetracks, licensed off-track wagering facilities, the account wagering system, the exchange wagering licensee, and the fixed odds wagering licensee of identifying information concerning persons on the self-exclusion list; and (3) require permitted racetracks, licensed off-track wagering facilities, the account wagering system, the exchange wagering licensee, and the fixed odds wagering licensee to establish procedures designed, at a minimum, to remove persons on the self-exclusion list from targeted mailings or other forms of advertising or promotions and deny such persons access to credit, complimentaries, check cashing privileges, club programs, and other similar benefits.\nc.\tThe commission, a permitted racetrack, a licensed off-track wagering facility, the account wagering system, the exchange wagering licensee, the fixed odds wagering licensee, or an employee thereof shall not be liable to a person on the self-exclusion list or to another party in a judicial proceeding for harm, monetary or otherwise, which may arise as a result of:\n(1)\tthe failure of a permitted racetrack, licensed off-track wagering facility or the account wagering system or the exchange wagering licensee or the fixed odds wagering licensee to withhold wagering privileges from, or restore wagering privileges to, a person on the self-exclusion list; or\n(2)\tpermitting a person on the self-exclusion list to engage in wagering activity at a permitted racetrack or licensed off-track wagering facility, or through the account wagering system, or through the exchange wagering system, or through the fixed odds wagering system.\nd.\tNotwithstanding the provisions of section 8 of P.L.1940, c.17 (C.5:5-28), the commission's self-exclusion list shall be privileged and confidential and shall not be accessible to the public pursuant to P.L.1963, c.73 (C.47:1A-1 et seq.), as amended and supplemented.\ne.\tThe commission, a permitted racetrack, a licensed off-track wagering facility, the account wagering system, the exchange wagering licensee, the fixed odds wagering licensee, or an employee thereof shall not be liable to a person on the self-exclusion list or to another party in a judicial proceeding for harm, monetary or otherwise, which may arise as a result of disclosure or publication, other than a willfully unlawful disclosure or publication, of the identity of a self-excluded person.\nL.2002, c.89, s.1; amended 2011, c.15, s.19; 2021, c.193, s.18.","path":["TITLE 5 AMUSEMENTS, PUBLIC EXHIBITIONS AND MEETINGS"],"source_url":"https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/statutes/STATUTES-TEXT.zip","current_through":"P.L.2025, c.405, and J.R.22","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:54:13Z","sha256":"e9664adddc8efb582c7dc6116656583f50822284e1ebb1a3b00777a2241a7d97","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-5-5-65","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-5-5-65.2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}