伊利诺斯州的问题赌徒自我排斥计划开始实施，问题赌徒可以登记并自我剥夺去赌场的权利，这个方案还禁止赌场发送诱使赌徒回到赌场的任何类型宣传材料。
违反上述规定的任何行为都是不能被容忍的。在过去的一周里，伊利诺斯最新的赌场-沙河赌场因为向州赌博自我排斥列表上的赌徒发送宣传材料而被伊利诺斯博彩业监管机构罚款25000美元。赌场并不是想挑战州政府的权威，他们是向监管部门“自首”的，监管部门为了以儆效尤，迅速作出了处罚规定。
去年夏季开业的砂河进入伊利诺斯时间不长，他们的德斯普兰斯赌场每晚聚集了数以千计的赌徒，曾为热衷赌博的旅行者提供了好去处，经济衰退之后还给予了一些人安慰。“在这里实在没有什么可以干”伯克说“我们在这里玩了很多年了，也很高兴有新东西，过去的几个月我和朋友们经常来，平均一周三次，而且都能过得很愉快”然而，伯克并不是自我排斥列表上的问题赌徒。几乎已经在每一个州实施的自我排斥方案让那些无法控制自己赌博欲望的问题赌徒有机会远离赌场。
目前为止，伊利诺斯的自我排斥方案实施还没有遇到什么问题。很多时候，赌场违反自我排斥方案是因为他们的俱乐部成员邮件发送列表，当一个人选择注册加入问题赌徒自我排斥，他的名字就应该从赌场的列表中删除，个别情况下赌场会出现工作上的遗漏，这种情况造成的赌场违反自我排斥方案所受到的处罚是最低的。
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Illinois Fines Rivers Casino For Targeting Problem Gamblers
The state of Illinois has a self-exclusion program in place where gamblers can sign up and ban themselves from casinos in the state. The program also prohibits casinos from sending any type of promotional material that may lure the gamblers back into the gaming facilities.
Rivers Casino, the newest casino in Illinois, was sent a message this past week that any violations of these rules will not be tolerated. The casino was fined $25,000 by Illinois gaming regulators for sending promotion material to gamblers who had signed up for the Illinois Don’t’ Let Me Gamble List.
The casino was not intending on trying to get one over on the state, and they reported the violation on their own to regulators. Once they reported their violation, regulators came down with a swift penalty, acknowledging that any future violations would result in similar, or larger, fines.
Rivers Casino has burst on to the scene in Illinois, where their Des Plaines casino is packing thousands of customers in each night. The casino opened last summer to the delight of gamblers who had previously been traveling to enjoy their gaming habits. The casino has provided relief to many people since the economic recession.
”There really wasn’t much to do around here,” said Brittany Burke. “The entertainment we had has been here for years, and I was glad something new came along. My friends and I have come here dozens of times over the past few months. We usually come on an average of three times a week, and we always have a good time.”
Burke, however, is not a self-excluded gambler. The self-exclusion program gives gamblers who cannot control their addition a chance to forcefully keep themselves out of casinos. The program has worked in nearly every state that operates casinos, and Illinois has had little problems with their self-exclusion program up until now.
Many times when violations occur, it is because casinos have mailing lists that they send out promotional material to their Club Members. When a person chooses to go on the self-exclusion list, their names are supposed to be taken off the mailing lists, but there are circumstances where the gambler’s name slips through the cracks. When these violations are found, it is common for the casino to report them to regulators in order to keep their penalties to a minimum.