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Coinbase Card and gambling: what the terms say

Position: Not disclosedLast reviewed 2026-09-282 sources

In short, from the documents

Can you use a Coinbase card at a casino?

The Coinbase Card documents read name no gambling rule. That is not a permission: the issuer can still decline any transaction. Merchant category rule for gambling: not disclosed. Issuer: MetaBank National Association (now Pathward). 1 point is not verified. Every clause behind this answer is quoted further down the page with its source and the date it was read.

Documents last checked 2026-09-28Reviewed by CryptoGuardz Register Desk, editorial desk

Coinbase Card: gambling clause: not disclosed; issuer MetaBank National Association (now Pathward); regions US; network Visa; 3 fee lines quoted: monthly $0; ATM $0 card fee; ATM operator and Coinbase may charge; spend $0 card fee; Coinbase may charge. As published by the issuer, documents last checked 2026-09-28. Not a rating. Drawn by the CryptoGuardz Register Desk from the record.

Disclosure: CryptoGuardz has no commercial relationship with Coinbase Card or its issuer and earns nothing if you apply. Nothing here explains how to get a gambling payment past a card issuer. Every statement below is a verbatim quote from a document the issuer or programme publishes, with the date it was read. Corrections go to the corrections page.

0 gambling clauses quoted · 3 fees recorded · 1 recorded gap · no numeric score

1. Can you use the Coinbase Card for gambling?

Position recorded: not disclosed. The documents were read and name no gambling rule. The documents read name no gambling rule. That is not a permission: the issuer’s general right to decline any transaction still applies.

Both the Coinbase Card User Terms and the issuer fee schedule were read and searched for gambling, betting, casino, wager and lottery. No clause was found. That is an absence in the documents, not permission.

No clause is shown because the documents read contain none. See section 6 for the documents.

Coinbase’s separate user agreement, which the card terms incorporate, lists unlawful gambling as a prohibited use. It governs the Coinbase account that funds the card.

If gambling has stopped being a choice, the helplines are on the responsible gambling page. For the wallet side of a deposit, see the wallet register.

2. What we could not verify

kyc: Identity requirements were not extracted from the card documents in this pass. Attempted 2026-09-28 at https://static-assets.coinbase.com/card/terms/v1/coinbase_card_terms.pdf

3. Who issues the card

Issuer	MetaBank National Association (now Pathward)static-assets.coinbase.com · retrieved 2026-09-28
Programme manager	Coinbasestatic-assets.coinbase.com · retrieved 2026-09-28
Network	Visastatic-assets.coinbase.com · retrieved 2026-09-28
Product	debitstatic-assets.coinbase.com · retrieved 2026-09-28
Where the money sits	exchange-balancestatic-assets.coinbase.com · retrieved 2026-09-28

From the documentRetrieved 2026-09-28

you may be given the option to apply for a Coinbase Visa Card (“Card”) issued by MetaBank National Association (“MetaBank”).

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4. Where it is available

Regions recorded: US. US documents only.

5. Fees and KYC

Fee	Amount	Source
monthly	$0Card purchase $0 Monthly usage Monthly fee $0	static-assets.coinbase.com2026-09-28
atm	$0 card fee; ATM operator and Coinbase may chargeATM withdrawal $0 This is our fee. You may also be charged a fee by the ATM operator and by Coinbase.	static-assets.coinbase.com2026-09-28
spend	$0 card fee; Coinbase may chargeCard Transactions $0 This is our fee. You may also be charged a fee by Coinbase.	static-assets.coinbase.com2026-09-28

KYC	No dataNot verified. Not extracted from the documents read.

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6. Sources

Coinbase Card User Terms · retrieved 2026-09-28
Coinbase Card cardholder agreement and fee schedule (MetaBank) · retrieved 2026-09-28

Compiled by the CryptoGuardz register team. First published 2026-09-28, last reviewed 2026-09-28. Every quotation on this page is verbatim from the document named beside it. Research and drafting are AI-assisted and reviewed by a named editor before publication.