Switzerland :

• In Switzerland, customers are entitled to ban themselves from in all Swiss casinos.

Valid ID is required to fill out an information form about the customer, to follow the customer and for eventual requests to lift the ban. The ban takes immediate effect and becomes automatically valid nationwide.

After 1 year minimum, the person is entitled to lift the ban by sending a written letter to the Casino. To follow the procedure, an interview is set up with the customer and necessary financial documents (certificate from the prosecution office, pay slip, bank account statement). From this point, the decision to lift or continue the self ban will be made.
Customers need to go to one of the Swiss casinos to present the application (Basle, Montreux, Freiburg, Meyrin etc.). As all Swiss casinos share the same database, the request only needs to be made in 1 Swiss casino and the ban will take effect for 1 year throughout the entire country.

Customers may directly contact their local casino (addresses below) by sending a dated and signed letter with a photo-copy of a valid ID. The casino will confirm the ban by letter.

• Principle and legal basis

Gaming establishments are legally bound to pronounce bans as soon as suspicions of insolvency arise, or a customer cannot fulfil his/her financial demands or is liable to place bets exceeding his/her financial capabilities.
The legal basis to decide to ban a customer or lift a ban from a customer is in accordance with the following directives:
Article 21 ff. of federal laws on gaming and gaming establishments (laws on gaming establishments, LMJ)
Article 37 ff. of the decree on gaming and gaming establishments (decree on gaming establishments, OLMJ).

• Bans

Compulsory or voluntary bans, as stated in Article 22, para. 1 and 4 LMJ, are valid in all Swiss casinos, for an unlimited period but at least 1 year.
The ban is recorded in a national database. Access rights to the list are regulated by law.
Bans can only be cancelled by written request from the person in question, at the earliest after 1 year, provided that the initial reasons for imposing the ban no longer apply.
Only the casino which set the ban is authorized to lift it. During the private interview with the person in question about his/her financial and personal situation, the reasons which brought about the ban will be examined to see if they no longer exist. The person in question should also submit the requested documents (certificate from the prosecution office, pay slip, bank account statement). The casino can request an assessment from a qualified external person.
If the casino’s response is negative or if the person in question refuses to collaborate, the person will remain banned from all Swiss casinos. A new request to lift the ban can only be submitted after 1 year.

• Breach of ban

Attempts to breach the ban, by the person concerned, can lead to legal actions by the casino (complaint for forcible entry, Art. 186 of the penal code, CP).

• On the Internet

Principle (Art. 5 LMJ)
The 18th December 1998 federal law on gaming and gaming establishments (Law on gaming establishments, LMJ, RS 935.52) prohibiting games via an electronic communication network, notably on the Internet.

• Application

Article 5 of the LMJ law prohibits "use of an electronic communication network such as the Internet to exploit gaming". Therefore, the criminal provisions are also applicable to cyber-casinos.
There are no provisions concerning cyber-casino bans.