The Pause and Plan: After Your Voluntary Self-Exclusion Period Ends course provides you with information about how gambling works as well as the opportunity to think about your own experiences with gambling.
This information may help you make informed decisions about whether you want to return to gambling once your exclusion period ends and help you to think about a personal plan of action.
If you choose to end your voluntary self-exclusion once your self-selected time period has ended, completing the Pause and Plan: After Your Voluntary Self-Exclusion Period Ends course is a requirement of Manitoba Liquor & Lotteries.
Important notes:
- The course is divided into seven sections.
- You must view all of the content and complete all seven sections of the course in sequential order.
- You can complete the course all at once or one section at a time.
- Your login will expire after 30 days of inactivity.
- Once you have completed the entire course, an email notification will be sent to Manitoba Liquor & Lotteries to confirm that you have fulfilled the requirement for completing the course.
You have the option to take this course in Winnipeg at the Addictions Foundation of Manitoba (AFM). To do this please call 204-944-6368, Monday to Friday between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.
Acknowledgements: Manitoba Liquor & Lotteries would like to acknowledge the support and input from the Addictions Foundation of Manitoba in the development of the Pause and Plan: After Your Voluntary Self-Exclusion Period Ends course.
This course will help you:
- Understand how gambling works, including randomness, independence of events and house advantage
- Appreciate the differences and range between lower-risk and higher-risk gambling
- Identify the myths and incorrect beliefs that may lead to higher-risk gambling
- Review your past and present motivations, intentions and decisions about gambling and voluntary self-exclusion
- Develop a personal plan that could include the following:
- Continue to abstain from gambling
- Choose not to conclude your voluntary self-exclusion, even after your self-selected time period has ended
- Choose to conclude your voluntary self-exclusion and enter the casino for entertainment, e.g. shows and dinner
- Gamble on PlayNow.com or at the casino or gaming centre
- Be aware of the problem gambling resources in Manitoba.
Please login to the Pause and Plan: After Your Voluntary Self-Exclusion Period Ends course below.
By clicking OK below, I acknowledge that I have read and understood the following information, and that I consent to the disclosure of my personal information as outlined below.
I acknowledge that the "Pause and Plan: After Your Voluntary Self-Exclusion Period Ends" program:
- is offered by Manitoba Liquor & Lotteries as part of its mandate to promote responsible gambling; and
- is intended to provide information to assist individuals in making informed decisions regarding gambling and their well-being.
I acknowledge that my decision whether to participate in gambling is a personal choice.
I acknowledge that Manitoba Liquor & Lotteries and its officers, directors, agents and employees are not responsible for my personal decisions regarding gambling and that Manitoba Liquor & Lotteries has no responsibility for any past or future losses due to gambling.
I hereby release and discharge Manitoba Liquor & Lotteries and its officers, directors, agents and employees from any liability or claims, including claims for financial loss related to the "Pause and Plan: After Your Voluntary Self-Exclusion Period Ends" program.
I understand that Manitoba Liquor & Lotteries may need to obtain personal information about me, such as my name and birth date, for the following purposes:
- administering and enforcing the Voluntary Self-Exclusion Program;
- facilitating my participation in the Voluntary Self-Exclusion Program; and
- verifying my completion of Voluntary Self-Exclusion Program requirements.
Consent
I consent to the disclosure of my personal information by third-party service partners, including the Addictions Foundation of Manitoba, to Manitoba Liquor & Lotteries for these purposes. I also consent to Manitoba Liquor & Lotteries collecting my personal information from these third-party service partners, and to Manitoba Liquor & Lotteries providing such personal information to the third-party service partners as may be necessary to obtain the information Manitoba Liquor & Lotteries requires from them.
Access to the course is anonymous but you are required to register with a unique, private username and password so that you can track your progress through the program and pick up where you left off. Fill in the registration fields below to get started with the program. Make sure you write these down or remember them as there is no way to recover these at this point.
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