7 states license real-money online casinos: Connecticut, Delaware, Michigan, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, West Virginia. Online sports betting is licensed in 31 states and DC. 6 ban sweepstakes casinos by statute. Stake.com’s terms list the United States as restricted, which covers every state. Stake.us excludes 22 states in its own terms. Not legal advice.
Not legal advice. Each status below was read on a state regulator, legislature, governor or attorney general page on the date shown, or says not verified. Nothing is ranked and no operator is linked.
Online gambling law by state
Pick a state for the sources behind each cell, the sweepstakes brands that exclude it in their own terms, and the register’s casino operators set against it. The Stake.us column is clause 2.1 of its terms, read 2026-10-08.
Each tile is one state or DC, coloured by the status its regulator, legislature, governor or attorney general page gave on 2026-10-08; hatched is not verified. Pick a tile for that state’s page and sources, or use the table below.
51 of 51 states
US states and DC, A to Z. Each status read from a state source; not ranked, not legal advice.
State by state. 6 states have a statute aimed at dual-currency sweepstakes casinos confirmed from the legislature or governor: California, Louisiana, Maine, Montana, New Jersey, New York. Others have acted through cease-and-desist letters or lawsuits, and bills reported elsewhere that could not be read on the legislature’s own site are marked not verified on the state page. 14 of the 26 sweepstakes brands on the register have an excluded-state list on record; the sweepstakes page sets every brand against every state.
There is no federal licence. Real-money online casinos are licensed in 7 states: Connecticut, Delaware, Michigan, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, West Virginia. Nevada licenses online poker only. Online sports betting is licensed in more states, each listed in the table. Stake.com names the United States in its restricted-territory clause, and so do most of the crypto casinos on the register.
Is Stake legal in the US?
Stake.com’s restricted-territory clause lists the United States, which covers every state, DC included. Stake.us, the sweepstakes site, is a different product: its terms exclude 22 states, listed with the source on each state page and on the Stake.us check. Every sweepstakes brand on the register is set against every state on the sweepstakes page.
Help
National Problem Gambling Helpline (NCPG): 1-800-MY-RESET (1-800-697-3738), call, text or chat. NCPG lists call, text and chat at 1-800-MY-RESET. Its SMS terms say texting 1-800-522-4700 also reaches the helpline. 1-800-GAMBLER is not listed on the NCPG page.Source: NCPG , retrieved
State lines, where a state source gave one, are on each state page.
Sweepstakes and US law in the analysis
Posts on sweepstakes casinos and Stake.us under US state law.
Method: Each status was read on the state regulator’s, legislature’s, governor’s or attorney general’s own page on the retrieval date. A status that could not be confirmed from such a page is null with a note. "none_found" and "no_specific_law_found" state what this pass found, not a legal conclusion. Not legal advice. Signed by the CryptoGuardz Register Desk. Report an error.
