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Analysis · Crypto cards

Crypto cards and gambling: what each card's own terms say about casinos

Published By the CryptoGuardz Register Desk6 min read15 sources
Photo: Emil Kalibradov / Unsplash
In short, from the documents

Can you use a crypto card at a casino?

Two of the fourteen cards on the card register prohibit gambling outright in a document the issuer publishes: Crypto.com and the US KAST card. The Coinbase One Card reserves the right to refuse internet gambling merchants and prices gambling as a cash advance. Five could not be verified because the terms would not load, and RedotPay names no gambling rule.

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Two of the fourteen cards on the CryptoGuardz card register prohibit gambling outright in a document the issuer publishes: Crypto.com and the US KAST card. One more, the Coinbase One Card, reserves the right to refuse internet gambling merchants and prices any gambling transaction as a cash advance. Five could not be verified because the terms would not load, and RedotPay, the card with the most searches, names no gambling rule at all.

Every clause below was read on 28 September 2026 and is quoted as written. The full set, with the document each line came from, is on the card register.

Which crypto cards prohibit gambling?

Two outright, and in both cases the wording is sharper outside the bank's own contract than inside it.

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Illustration: reading the small print. The gambling bans in this section are in the card terms and network rules, not in the marketing pages. Photo: Spencer Liao / Unsplash
CardPositionWhere it is written
Crypto.com VisaProhibitedHelp centre, One-Time Card terms
KAST (US)ProhibitedCardholder agreement
Coinbase OneIssuer may blockCardholder agreement
RevolutBlocks gambling MCCHelp centre
Exodus CardIllegal gambling onlyCardholder terms
PlutusIllegal gambling onlyPlatform terms
RedotPayNot disclosednone found
Bybit, MetaMask Card, Gnosis Pay, Binance, NexoNot verifiedterms not retrieved

Crypto.com is the clearest case of a gap between documents. The US cardholder agreement, which is the contract with Community Federal Savings Bank, says only this:

You agree (i) not to use your Card for illegal gambling or any other illegal purpose;

CRYPTO.COM Prepaid Visa Cardholder Agreement (US), effective 1 September 2026

The Crypto.com help centre goes further: "For compliance reasons, we have restricted the use of our cards for gambling services and cash advances." The One-Time Card section of the US app terms lists "betting/gambling" as a prohibited transaction. A declined casino deposit is what the help centre predicts. The contract alone would not predict it.

Can I use a KAST card at a casino?

Not under the US agreement. Section text, verbatim: "You agree not to use, try to use, or permit use of the Card or Account for any Internet gambling transactions or any other transactions that are illegal or not permitted by us." The next sentence is the one that costs money: "Even if you do, you must still pay us for these transactions."

The non-US KAST agreement, with Troia Corp, is softer. It lists "casino gaming chips" and online betting among cash-like transactions the issuer "may from time to time limit". Same brand, two positions, depending on which agreement the cardholder signed. KAST membership runs from $0 on Standard to $1,000 a year on Premium and $10,000 on Private, according to its help centre. Neither agreement names the issuing bank; both call it "Issuer". Details on the KAST entry.

Does Revolut block casino payments?

Only if the cardholder switches the block on. Revolut's UK help page says the gambling block "is disabled by default" and "will prevent payments to merchants using MCCs linked to gambling". Turning it off "takes up to 48 hours". Then the line that matters most:

If companies use different MCCs to hide their gambling services, the block won't be able to prevent those transactions.

Revolut help centre, gambling block, retrieved 2026-09-28

The block reads the merchant category code, not the merchant. It is a tool for a player who wants to stop, and its own page says where it leaks. The Revolut account terms returned a bot challenge and were not read, so any prohibition in the contract itself is not verified. Anyone who wants help stopping will find the helplines on the responsible gambling page.

What do RedotPay's terms say about gambling?

Nothing, in the three documents read: the general card terms, the Hong Kong programme and the Singapore programme. None contains gambling, betting, casino, wager or lottery. That is an absence in the documents, not a permission, and card-network rules still apply to every payment.

The RedotPay terms do reserve one thing worth knowing: which programme a cardholder lands on. "The Group reserves the right, in its absolute sole discretion, to designate you to a specific RedotPay Card under a particular Programme based on factors including, but not limited to, your country of ordinary residence, verification information". The Hong Kong programme describes itself as a line of credit from Red F. Technology Limited, not a prepaid balance. See the RedotPay entry.

What happens on a credit card?

It becomes a cash advance. The Coinbase One Card agreement, issued by First Electronic Bank under an American Express licence, says: "We may prohibit your use of the Card at certain types of merchants, such as internet gambling businesses." It then lists "purchasing lottery tickets, gaming chips (physical or digital), placing racetrack wagers, or engaging in any other gambling-related transactions" as cash advances. Each one costs $10 or 5% of the amount, whichever is greater.

Which cards only ban illegal gambling?

Exodus Card and Plutus. The Exodus Card terms prohibit using the card for "any illegal activity, including without limitation illegal gambling", and separately list "gambling and betting transactions (including lottery tickets and gaming chips)" as earning no rewards. Plutus says users must not "use our Platforms illegally for gambling", and excludes "gambling and lotteries, including the national lottery" from rewards. Whether a given casino is legal where the cardholder lives is a question for local law, not for the card. Casino-side consequences, such as what happens to a balance when ID is demanded, are on KYC on withdrawal.

Quick answers

Does the Crypto.com card work at casinos?

Its help centre says gambling services are restricted and its One-Time Card terms prohibit betting. The US cardholder agreement prohibits only illegal gambling. Crypto.com entry.

Is the KAST card allowed for gambling?

Not in the US: the agreement prohibits internet gambling and keeps the cardholder liable if it happens. Outside the US the issuer may limit betting as a cash-like transaction. KAST entry.

Does RedotPay allow gambling?

Its terms name no gambling rule in the 3 documents read. That is not a permission. RedotPay entry.

Is the Gnosis Pay card still working?

Until 23:59 UTC on 20 December 2026, per a notice dated 21 September 2026. Gnosis Pay entry.

More analysis

Casino KYC requirements: what documents fourteen crypto casinos actually nameTwelve of fourteen operators name at least one document a player must supply. Only two publish a maximum age for proof of address, and two name no ordinary document at all.What the terms say about crypto casinos in Canada, and why Ontario is the clause to readOntario's regulated market verifies identity before an account is created, and no operator on this register is part of it. Three of the fourteen name Ontario in their own restricted list, and the consequence for playing from a restricted place is written into the contract.What an anonymous bitcoin casino means in the terms of fourteen operatorsTwelve of fourteen operators take a first deposit without documents, and all fourteen reserve identity checks at withdrawal or at their discretion. Anonymous at sign-up is not anonymous in the contract.What fourteen crypto casinos' terms say happens to your balance when verification fails or a VPN is detectedSix of the twelve operators whose terms could be read reserve the deposit as well as the winnings when a restricted-territory or VPN breach is found. One writes that the deposit is returned, one says it may be, and two write balance forfeiture into the verification clause itself.MetaMask and crypto casinos: what MetaMask's own terms sayMetaMask's terms of use name no gambling rule. They do let MetaMask suspend access on enumerated grounds, disclose that its own stablecoin can be frozen by third parties, and cap liability at fees paid or 25,000 dollars if none were.What the operators' own terms say about a no KYC casino for the USAThirteen of fourteen operators on the register exclude the United States in their own binding terms, none names an individual state, and six reserve the right to keep the entire balance of an account found to be playing from there.

Sources

  1. Crypto.com Prepaid Visa Cardholder Agreement (US), effective 1 September 2026
  2. Crypto.com help centre, where can I use the prepaid card, retrieved 2026-09-28
  3. Crypto.com US app terms, One-Time Cards
  4. Coinbase One Card Cardholder Agreement, effective 11 May 2026
  5. KAST Cardholder Agreement (US)
  6. KAST Cardholder Agreement (Non-US)
  7. KAST fees and conditions
  8. Revolut help centre, how does the gambling block work (UK), retrieved 2026-09-28
  9. RedotPay card terms
  10. RedotPay Hong Kong Programme terms
  11. RedotPay Singapore Programme terms
  12. Exodus Card EU+UK Terms and Conditions
  13. Plutus Terms and Conditions (EUR)
  14. Gnosis Pay formal notice of closure, 21 September 2026
  15. CryptoGuardz card register

About this piece

Compiled by the CryptoGuardz register team from the sources listed above. Research and drafting are AI-assisted and reviewed by a named editor before publication. Nothing here is a recommendation to gamble. If a figure or a reading is wrong, tell us and the correction is logged in public.