Is online gambling legal in California? Online casinos, sweepstakes, sports betting and Stake
Is online gambling legal in California?
No law in California licensing real-money online casinos was found. Sweepstakes casinos are banned by statute (AB 831). No law licensing online sports betting was found. Stake.com’s terms list the United States as restricted. Stake.us excludes California in its own terms. Not legal advice. Read 2026-10-08. Sources are linked below.
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Not legal advice. This page reports what state agencies and operator terms say, with the date each was read. It ranks nothing and links to no operator.
Is Stake legal in California?
Stake.com and Stake.us are different products. Stake.com is the crypto casino on the register; its restricted-territory clause lists the United States, so a player in California is outside the territories its terms accept.Source: Stake.com terms , retrieved
Stake.us is a sweepstakes casino with Gold Coins and redeemable Stake Cash. Its terms exclude California: the state is one of the 22 named in clause 2.1.Source: Stake.us terms , retrieved
On the public record: Maryland Lottery and Gaming Control Agency, 2025-03, Cease-and-desist letter to Stake.us. The full record is on the Stake.us check.
Online casino and sports betting law in California
- Real-money online casino
- No law found.No state law authorising real-money online casino games was found in this pass.No primary source on file. Checked .
- Online sports betting
- No law found.No state law authorising online sports betting was found in this pass.No primary source on file. Checked .
A crypto casino that takes a player from California is not offering a product licensed by the state.
Sweepstakes casinos in California
California bans dual-currency sweepstakes casinos by statute: AB 831 (2025), signed 2025-10-11. The Governor’s legislative update of 11 October 2025 lists AB 831, "Gambling: operation of a contest or sweepstakes", as signed. The bill text and its operative date were not read: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov did not return the page.Source: gov.ca.gov , retrieved
Of the 26 sweepstakes brands on the register, 10 exclude California in their own terms, 4 do not list it, and 12 have no excluded-state list on record. A brand that does not exclude the state is not thereby lawful there.
| Brand | Excluded per its terms | Terms read |
|---|---|---|
| Chumba Casino | Not verifiedThe brand’s terms were not read, so its excluded-state list is not on record. | |
| Cider | No | |
| Crown Coins Casino | Not verifiedThe brand’s terms were not read, so its excluded-state list is not on record. | |
| DoubleU Casino | No | |
| Fliff | Yes | |
| Fortune Coins | Yes | |
| Funrize | No, limited (see check) | |
| Hello Millions | No, limited (see check) | |
| High 5 Casino | Yes | |
| Lavish Luck | Not verifiedThe record counts 14 excluded states but the names could not be reconciled with that count. | |
| Legendz | Yes | |
| Lucky Legends | Not verifiedThe brand’s terms were not read, so its excluded-state list is not on record. | |
| McLuck | Not verifiedThe brand’s terms were not read, so its excluded-state list is not on record. | |
| Modo Casino | Not verifiedThe brand’s terms were not read, so its excluded-state list is not on record. | |
| MoonSpin | Yes | |
| Pulsz | Yes | |
| Punt | Not verifiedThe record counts 6 excluded states but the names could not be reconciled with that count. | |
| RealPrize | Yes | |
| Rolla | Not verifiedThe brand’s terms were not read, so its excluded-state list is not on record. | |
| Rolling Riches | Not verifiedThe brand’s terms were not read, so its excluded-state list is not on record. | |
| Sixty6 | Yes | |
| Spree | Not verifiedThe brand’s terms were not read, so its excluded-state list is not on record. | |
| Stake.us | Yes | |
| Sweeptastic | Not verifiedThe brand’s terms were not read, so its excluded-state list is not on record. | |
| Wow Vegas | Not verifiedThe brand’s terms were not read, so its excluded-state list is not on record. | |
| Zula Casino | Yes |
Crypto casinos that accept or restrict California
21 of the 24 casino operators on the register name the United States in their restricted-territory clause, which covers California. Jackbit: the record says the United States is not restricted anywhere in the terms. None of these operators holds a licence from a US state regulator in the register’s records, so playing there from California is outside the state’s licensed market either way. The licence column shows the authority each record names.
| Operator | US in restricted list | Licence on record | Terms read |
|---|---|---|---|
| BC.GAME | Yes, restricted | Offshore Finance Authority of the State of Anjouan, under the Computer Gaming Licensing Act 007 of 2005 | |
| BetFury | Yes, restricted | Curacao Gaming Authority | |
| Bets.io | Yes, restricted | Anjouan Gaming Authority, Autonomous Island of Anjouan, Union of the Comoros | |
| Bitcasino | Yes, restricted | Curacao Gaming Authority | |
| Cloudbet | Yes, restricted | Curacao Gaming Authority | |
| Coins.game | Not verified | Anjouan Gaming Authority, Autonomous Island of Anjouan, Union of the Comoros | no data |
| Duelbits | Not verified | Curacao Gaming Authority | |
| Flush | Yes, restricted | Government of the Autonomous Island of Anjouan, Union of Comoros | |
| FortuneJack | Yes, restricted | Anjouan Offshore Finance Authority | |
| Gamdom | Yes, restricted | Anjouan, Union of Comoros, per the operator's own FAQ | |
| Jackbit | No, per the record | Curacao Gaming Authority | |
| Lucky Block | Yes, restricted | Gaming Services Provider N.V., named in the terms as the licensing body | |
| mBit | Yes, restricted | Curacao Gaming Authority | |
| Metaspins | Yes, restricted | Anjouan Gaming Authority, Autonomous Island of Anjouan, Union of the Comoros | |
| Rakebit | Yes, restricted | Offshore Finance Authority of the State of Anjouan, via Anjouan Licensing Services Inc., under the Computer Gaming Licensing Act 007 of 2005 | |
| Rollbit | Yes, restricted | Curacao Gaming Authority | |
| Roobet | Yes, restricted | Curacao Gaming Authority | |
| Shuffle | Yes, restricted | Curacao Gaming Authority | |
| Sportsbet.io | Yes, restricted | Curacao Gaming Authority | |
| Stake | Yes, restricted | Curacao Gaming Authority | |
| Thunderpick | Yes, restricted | Curacao Gaming Authority / Gaming Control Board | |
| Vave | Yes, restricted | Curacao, per the operator's help centre | |
| Wild.io | Yes, restricted | Anjouan, Union of Comoros, per the operator's own terms and footer | |
| Winz.io | Yes, restricted | Anjouan, Union of Comoros, per the operator's own terms and footer |
Legal routes in California
No state-licensed online casino or online sportsbook was found for California.
Help
California problem gambling helpline: 1-800-GAMBLER (1-800-426-2537). Text SUPPORT to 53342.Source: cdph.ca.gov , retrieved
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
What we could not verify
- Sweepstakes: The bill text and its operative date were not read: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov did not return the page.
- The effective date of the sweepstakes statute was not confirmed from the statute text.
- The excluded-state lists of 12 sweepstakes brands are not on record, so their position on California reads not verified: Chumba Casino, Crown Coins Casino, Lavish Luck, Lucky Legends, McLuck, Modo Casino, Punt, Rolla, Rolling Riches, Spree, Sweeptastic, Wow Vegas.
- No court ruling on whether a specific sweepstakes or offshore casino is lawful in the state was searched for.
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