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Revolut Card and gambling: what the terms say

Position: Blocks gambling MCCLast reviewed 1 source
In short, from the documents

Can you use a Revolut card at a casino?

Revolut Card's documents describe a gambling block the cardholder can switch on, which refuses payments coded as gambling. It is off unless turned on. 5 clauses are quoted from the issuer's documents. Issuer: not verified. 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 Reviewed by CryptoGuardz Register Desk, editorial desk

Revolut Card: gambling clause: blocks gambling mcc. A gambling block the cardholder can switch on; off unless turned on.Gambling clauseBannedLimitedSilentMarked: Limited, blocks gambling mccA gambling block the cardholder can switchon; off unless turned on.Revolut Card: issuer not verified; regions UK.Issuer and regionIssuerNot verifiedRegionsUK
Revolut Card: gambling clause: blocks gambling mcc; issuer not verified; regions UK; no fee line on record. As published by the issuer, documents last checked . Not a rating. Drawn by the CryptoGuardz Register Desk from the record.

Disclosure: CryptoGuardz has no commercial relationship with Revolut 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.

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

1. Can you use the Revolut Card for gambling?

Position recorded: blocks gambling mcc. A block the cardholder can switch on refuses payments coded as gambling. The cardholder can switch on a block that refuses payments coded as gambling. It is off unless you turn it on.

A block the cardholder switches on, off by default, keyed to merchant category codes. The help centre states that a merchant using a different code gets through.

Help centre · clause 1 of 5Retrieved 2026-09-28
The gambling block is a feature of the Revolut app that, when enabled, will block card payments that are identified as gambling.
help.revolut.com
Help centre · clause 2 of 5Retrieved 2026-09-28
When you open a Revolut account, it is disabled by default.
help.revolut.com
Help centre · clause 3 of 5Retrieved 2026-09-28
The gambling block will prevent payments to merchants using MCCs linked to gambling.
help.revolut.com
Help centre · clause 4 of 5Retrieved 2026-09-28
If companies use different MCCs to hide their gambling services, the block won't be able to prevent those transactions.
help.revolut.com
Help centre · clause 5 of 5Retrieved 2026-09-28
If you decide to disable it, it takes up to 48 hours for the block to be lifted.
help.revolut.com

The block is a responsible-gambling tool, and its own page states its gap: it reads the merchant category code, not the merchant.

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

  • gambling: The Revolut account terms returned a bot challenge, so any gambling prohibition in them is not verified. Attempted 2026-09-28 at https://www.revolut.com/legal/terms

3. Who issues the card

IssuerNo dataNot verified. The Revolut account terms returned a bot challenge and were not read.
Programme managerRevoluthelp.revolut.com · retrieved 2026-09-28
NetworkNo dataNot verified. Not stated on the page read.
Productdebit (not a crypto card, recorded because it is the card most asked about)help.revolut.com · retrieved 2026-09-28 · not verified in the binding text
Where the money sitsNo dataNot verified. Not applicable to this field on the page read.

4. Where it is available

Regions recorded: UK. The United Kingdom help centre page was read. Other markets not verified.

5. Fees and KYC

No dataNo fee was read from a primary document for this card in this pass.

KYCNo dataNot verified. Not extracted.
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6. Sources

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.