Is online gambling legal in Florida? Online casinos, sweepstakes, sports betting and Stake
Is online gambling legal in Florida?
No law in Florida licensing real-money online casinos was found. Sweepstakes casinos face state enforcement action but no confirmed statutory ban. Online sports betting is legal there. Stake.com’s terms list the United States as restricted. Stake.us does not list Florida among its 22 excluded states. 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 Florida?
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 Florida 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 do not name Florida among the 22 excluded states. That is the operator’s own list, not a finding that the product is lawful in Florida.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 Florida
- Real-money online casino
- No law found.The Florida Gaming Control Commission FAQ places legal casino gaming on certain tribal lands; it does not list online casino games. No authorising law was found.Source: flgaming.gov , retrieved
- Online sports betting
- Licensed.The Florida Gaming Control Commission says a sports wager placed other than through sportsbooks run by or with the Seminole Tribe of Florida is "most likely" illegal. The Tribe operates under a compact; no state licensing body for online sportsbooks is named.Source: flgaming.gov , retrieved
A crypto casino that takes a player from Florida is not offering a product licensed by the state.
Sweepstakes casinos in Florida
No statutory ban is confirmed for Florida, but state authorities have acted against sweepstakes casinos. On 19 August 2026 the Attorney General sued operators of sweepstakes casinos including Stake, Chumba Casino, LuckyLand and Global Poker, and their payment processors, in Hillsborough County. No ruling was found.Source: myfloridalegal.com , retrieved
Of the 26 sweepstakes brands on the register, 0 exclude Florida in their own terms, 14 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 | No | |
| Fortune Coins | No | |
| Funrize | No | |
| Hello Millions | No | |
| High 5 Casino | No | |
| Lavish Luck | Not verifiedThe record counts 14 excluded states but the names could not be reconciled with that count. | |
| Legendz | No | |
| 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 | No | |
| Pulsz | No | |
| Punt | Not verifiedThe record counts 6 excluded states but the names could not be reconciled with that count. | |
| RealPrize | No | |
| 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 | No | |
| Spree | Not verifiedThe brand’s terms were not read, so its excluded-state list is not on record. | |
| Stake.us | No | |
| 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 | No |
Crypto casinos that accept or restrict Florida
21 of the 24 casino operators on the register name the United States in their restricted-territory clause, which covers Florida. 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 Florida 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 Florida
No state-licensed online casino or online sportsbook was found for Florida beyond the sports betting described above, whose licensing body was not named in the source read.
Help
Florida gambling helpline (Playwise): 1-833-PLAYWISE (1-833-752-9947). Linked from the Florida Gaming Control Commission FAQ.Source: playwise.org , 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
- The body that licenses online sportsbooks was not named in the source read.
- The excluded-state lists of 12 sweepstakes brands are not on record, so their position on Florida 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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